Links to Bibliography Pages

Alan Dean Foster

The Big Three
--- Isaac Asimov
--- Arthur C. Clarke
--- Robert A. Heinlein

J.R.R. Tolkien

Philip E. High

Richard C. Meredith

Fighting Fantasy

Venture Science Fiction
--- Introduction
--- Bibliography

In April 1985 Arrow Books launched a new series of books under their Hamlyn Paperbacks imprint.

Venture Science Fiction, or as it was better known, Venture SF was hailed by Arrow Books as "a new publishing imprint to bring you the very best in adventure SF.  Time travel, galactic empires, alien invasions - all the traditional elements that have made science fiction the most exciting form of literature of the 20th century.  In Venture SF, we'll be bringing you novels of action adventure - no short stories, no fantasy, no boredom.  If action adventure SF is your type of reading, then Venture SF is for you - every book published by us will be the first appearance in paperback in the UK.  We'll be publishing one new book every month - Start collecting them now!"

Back in the mid-1980s this was right up my street and the distinctive cover design caught my eye.  I started collecting with glee.  Many of the authors were not particularly well known to me, but their books were easy reading, enjoyable, and well worth a look.  After the launch in April 1985, the books were published until September 1989, with a few breaks and changes to the imprint.  The series was edited by Rog Peyton and Rod Milner of Andromeda Books (the late, but great, bookshop in Birmingham) and the cover illustrations were all painted by artist Eddie Jones.  Twenty-five volumes were issued in total over a four and a half year period.

Nearly twenty-five years later, while looking for something to read, I re-discovered a selection of books from the series and began to read them all over again.  I have been scouring the web looking to fill in the holes in my collection, and after a lot of searching I believe I have found the complete series  As I had collated all the details it was a fairly simple task to drop them into a database and add images of each volume.

A gallery of the book covers can be found here.

Click on a title to see details of each volume as well as the publisher's blurb

Top