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Lancer Books

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Lancer Books was a publisher of paperback books founded by Irwin Stein and Walter Zacharius that operated from 1961 through 1973. [1]

53 relations: A. A. Wyn, Ace Books, Book, Bram Stoker, Broom-Hilda, Charles Dickens, Comic strip, Conan the Barbarian, Doll Man, Fantasy, Frank Frazetta, Gothic fiction, H. G. Wells, Helen Keller, Heroic fantasy, Hillman Periodicals, Infinity Science Fiction, Jane Austen, John Wyndham, Jules Verne, Kensington Books, Larry Shaw (editor), Lesbian literature, List of Ace double titles, Macfadden Communications Group, Mark Twain, New York (state), New York City, Normandy landings, Paperback, Paul Little (author), Plastic Man, Public domain, Pulp magazine, Quality Comics, Robert E. Howard, Robert Louis Stevenson, Roberta Bender Grossman, Romance novel, Rudyard Kipling, Science fiction, St. John Publications, Ted White (author), Terry Southern, The Man from O.R.G.Y., The Secret People, True Confessions (magazine), True crime, True Story (magazine), United States, ..., Victor J. Banis, World War II, Zebra Books. Expand index (3 more) »

A. A. Wyn

Aaron A. Wyn (May 22, 1898 – November 3, 1967), born Aaron Weinstein, was an American publisher.

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Ace Books

Ace Books is an American specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books.

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Book

A book is a series of pages assembled for easy portability and reading, as well as the composition contained in it.

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Bram Stoker

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

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Broom-Hilda

Broom-Hilda is an American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Russell Myers.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

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Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.

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Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp-fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films (including Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer), television programs (cartoon and live-action), video games, role-playing games, and other media.

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Doll Man

Doll Man is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comics, originally published by Quality Comics and currently part of the DC Comics universe of characters.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.

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Frank Frazetta

Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta; February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers and other media.

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Gothic fiction

Gothic fiction, which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror, death, and at times romance.

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H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells.

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Helen Keller

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer.

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Heroic fantasy

"Heroic fantasy" is the name I have given to a subgenre of fiction, otherwise called the "sword-and-sorcery" story.

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Hillman Periodicals

Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher.

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Infinity Science Fiction

Infinity Science Fiction (also known as Infinity) was a short-lived American science fiction magazine.

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

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John Wyndham

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works written using the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes.

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Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Kensington Books

Kensington Publishing Corp. is a New York-based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011)Grimes, William.

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Larry Shaw (editor)

Lawrence Taylor Shaw (9 November 1924–1 April 1985) was a Hugo Award-winning science fiction fan, author, editor and literary agent who usually published as Larry T. Shaw.

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Lesbian literature

Lesbian literature is a subgenre of literature addressing lesbian themes.

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List of Ace double titles

American company Ace Books began publishing genre fiction starting in 1952.

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Macfadden Communications Group

Macfadden Communications Group is a publisher of business magazines.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.

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Paperback

A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Paul Little (author)

Paul Hugo Little (1915–1987) was an American pulp fiction writer and author of the historical novels forming the Windhaven series and The Hawk and the Dove series under the pen names Marie de Journlet and Leigh Franklin James respectively.

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Plastic Man

Plastic Man (real name Patrick "Eel" O'Brian) is a superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics.

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Public domain

The public domain consists of all the creative works to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.

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Pulp magazine

Pulp magazines (often referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the 1950s.

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Quality Comics

Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company which operated from 1937 to 1956 and was a creative, influential force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books.

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Robert E. Howard

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer.

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Roberta Bender Grossman

Roberta Grossman was an American publisher.

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Romance novel

Although the genre is very old, the romance novel or romantic novel discussed in this article is the mass-market version.

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)The Times, (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12 was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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St. John Publications

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Ted White (author)

Ted White (born February 4, 1938) is a Hugo Award-winning American science fiction writer, editor and fan, as well as a music critic.

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Terry Southern

Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style.

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The Man from O.R.G.Y.

The Man from O.R.G.Y. (also known as The Real Gone Girls) is a 1970 film starring Robert Walker Jr., Louisa Moritz, Slappy White, Lynne Carter and Steve Rossi.

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The Secret People

The Secret People (1935) is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham.

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True Confessions (magazine)

True Confessions is a confession magazine targeted at young women readers.

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True crime

True crime is a non-fiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.

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True Story (magazine)

True Story is an American magazine published by True Renditions, LLC.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Victor J. Banis

Victor J. Banis (born 1937) is an American author, often associated with the first wave of west coast gay writing.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zebra Books

Zebra Books is an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp. As the company's flagship imprint and its only until the late 80s, it currently publishes women's fiction, romantic suspense and bestselling historical, paranormal and contemporary romance.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancer_Books

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