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The absence of an sf banner or logo label on the Richard Hollis covers in 1968 was presumably what prompted Penguin to release an eight-page booklet promoting the new titles. The booklet also contained 'a complete list of Penguin Science Fiction titles' in print at the time, although the omission from this list of at least two books, The Hugo Winners and More Penguin Science Fiction, was symptomatic of the unsettled period that Penguin was going through following the departure of Tony Godwin and Alan Aldridge. |
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The Take Time Out booklet also announced three sf titles in Peacock Books, a separate imprint for 'younger readers eleven or over' that sought to fill the gap between the Penguin and Puffin lists. The imprint had been created by Kaye Webb following her appointment as Puffin editor in 1962 but this was the first time it had ventured into sf, and unlike the five new Penguin titles the Peacocks were clearly identified as sf on their covers. |
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The Beast Master (PK61) by André Norton First published 1959. Published by Penguin Books 1968 under its Peacock Books imprint with a cover by Douglas Lee Travis. |
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Lord of Thunder (PK62) by André Norton First published 1962. Published by Penguin Books 1968 under its Peacock Books imprint with a cover by Douglas Lee Travis. |
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Tales of Science Fiction (PK63) edited by Brian N Ball An anthology of nine short stories, first published in 1964. Published by Penguin Books 1968 under its Peacock Books imprint with a cover by Peter Barrett using photographs supplied by the United States Information Service. • Arthur C Clarke : Hide and Seek • E L Malpass : Return of the Moon Man • Robert A Heinlein : Life-Line • Brian Ball : Escape Velocity • Paul Ernst : Nothing Happens on the Moon • John Christopher : Mr Kowtshook • John Wyndham : Meteor • Eric Frank Russell : Allamagoosa • Brian Aldiss : But Who Can Replace a Man? |
Two more sf titles appeared as Peacocks over the next decade along with a two-volume Best Science Fiction of the Year while the Peacock logo was redesigned and placed in a white Penguin-style roundel. |
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Citizen of the Galaxy (PK71) by Robert A Heinlein First published September–December 1957 as a four-part serial in Astounding magazine. Published by Penguin Books 1972 under its Peacock Books imprint with a cover by Madelon Vrisesendorp. |
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Immortality Inc. (PK138) by Robert Sheckley First published October 1958–February 1959 as Time Killer, a four-part serial in Galaxy magazine. Published by Penguin Books 1978 under its Peacock Books imprint with a cover by Peter Goodfellow. |
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Best Science Fiction of the Year 1, Part One (PK144) edited by Terry Carr Part one of an anthology of twelve short stories which were first published in 1976 as The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5. Published by Penguin Books 1978 under its Peacock Books imprint with a cover by Peter Goodfellow. • Cordwainer Smith : Down to a Sunless Sea • John Varley : Retrograde Summer • Gene Wolfe : The Hero as Werwolf • Algis Budrys : The Silent Eyes of Time • Harlan Ellison : Croatoan • Gregory Benford : Doing Lennon |
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Best Science Fiction of the Year 1, Part Two (PK145) edited by Terry Carr Part two of an anthology of twelve short stories which were first published in 1976 as The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5. Published by Penguin Books 1978 under its Peacock Books imprint with a cover by Peter Goodfellow. • Ursula Le Guin : The New Atlantis • Robert F Young : Clay Suburb • George Martin and Lisa Tuttle : The Storms of Windhaven • P J Plauger : Child of All Ages • John Varley : In the Bowl • Richard Lupoff : Sail the Tide of Mourning |
Webb retired in 1979 and the Peacock imprint was discontinued. Two years later it was relaunched as Puffin Plus under Webb's successor Tony Lacey. A typewriter font was used for the series name, which ran across the foot of the cover like ticker-tape, with the two sf titles that joined the series – Constellations (which was published simultaneously in the main Penguin list) and a reprint of Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy – retaining the font for their other typography. |
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Constellations: Stories of the Future (1582) edited by Malcolm Edwards An anthology of twelve short stories, first published in 1980. Published by Penguin Books July 1983 under its Puffin Plus imprint with a cover illustration by Tony Roberts. • Bob Shaw : Light of Other Days • Fritz Leiber : A Pail of Air • Philip K Dick : Beyond Lies the Wub • Garry Kilworth : Let's go to Golgotha! • Vonda McIntyre : Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand • Kurt Vonnegut : Harrison Bergeron • Harry Harrison : Rescue Operation • Jerome Bixby : It's a Good Life • Kit Reed : Mister da V • J G Ballard : Billennium • Robert Sheckley : The Store of the Worlds • Arthur C Clarke : The Wind From the Sun |
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Citizen of the Galaxy (1119) by Robert A Heinlein Reissued by Penguin Books 1984 under its Puffin Plus imprint with a cover illustration by Tom Stimpson. |
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In 1988 the series moved from Puffin to Penguin and was launched again as Plus, with the name repeated on a black and yellow stripe down the left side of the front cover. |
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Chocky (2644) by John Wyndham Reissued by Penguin Books 1988 under its Plus imprint with a cover illustration by Mike Posen. |
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