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jwharris28
Posted 2015-01-17 3:18 PM (#9317 - in reply to #9162)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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I don't know who recommended this link, and it will be embarrassing if it was from one of you, but check out this history of the paperback book.

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/rise-paperback-novel/

It covers the rise of science fiction book publication in the 1950s, with the emphasis on paperback books. Before 1950 there were very few science fiction books being published, which is one reason why I didn't do a 1940s list. There was some. Like Heinlein's first juveniles came out from Scribner's in the late 1940s. Fantasy Press's first books came out in 1947. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Press - and Gnome Press in 1948, but the number of titles was very limited.

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