Hadley Rille Books
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Hadley Rille Books is an independent book publisher
that publishes science fiction, fantasy, and historical anthologies and novels. They are also known for their series of archeological fiction, discovering new talent, and for publishing a large number of female authors in a male dominated industry.
Hadley Rille Books is based in Overland Park, Kansas, and was launched by Editor/Publisher Eric T. Reynolds in 2005. The company is named after the Moon's Hadley Rille
feature which reveals that the publisher's roots are in science fiction, but today they publish a number of speculative fiction genres such as fantasy and steampunk. To date (2010), Hadley Rille Books has published over 200 authors, 45% of them making their debut in a HRB anthology, and the majority are female authors.
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that publishes science fiction, fantasy, and historical anthologies and novels. They are also known for their series of archeological fiction, discovering new talent, and for publishing a large number of female authors in a male dominated industry.
Hadley Rille Books is based in Overland Park, Kansas, and was launched by Editor/Publisher Eric T. Reynolds in 2005. The company is named after the Moon's Hadley Rille
Mons Hadley
Mons Hadley is a massif in the northern portion of the Montes Apenninus, a range in the northern hemisphere of the Moon. The selenographic coordinates of this peak are 26.5° N, 4.7° E. It has a height of 4.6 km and a maximum diameter of 25 km at the base.To the southwest of this mountain...
feature which reveals that the publisher's roots are in science fiction, but today they publish a number of speculative fiction genres such as fantasy and steampunk. To date (2010), Hadley Rille Books has published over 200 authors, 45% of them making their debut in a HRB anthology, and the majority are female authors.
Hadley Rille Books Authors
Partial list:- Camille Alexa
- Isaac Asimov
- Stephen Baxter
- Elizabeth Bear
- Brandon Bell
- Gregory Benford
- Terry Bisson
- Jenny Blackford
- Russell Blackford
- Gustavo Bondoni
- David Brin
- Tobias S. Buckell
- Michael A. Burstein
- Pat Cadigan
- M.C. Chambers
- Richard Chwedyk
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Brenda Cooper
- Tom Dupree
- Christopher Fletcher
- Karin Rita Gastreich
- Sara Genge
- James Gunn
- Caren Gussoff
- Robert A. Heinlein
- James P. Hogan
- Lancer Kind
- Jay Lake
- Yoon Ha Lee
- Gerri Leen
- Lisa Mantchev
- Alastair Mayer
- Sandra McDonald
- Heather McDougal
- Christopher McKitterick
- G. David Nordley
- Charles Pelligrino
- Frederik Pohl
- Mike Resnick
- Shauna Roberts
- Lezli Robyn
- Rudy Rucker
- Allen Steele
- Pamela Sargent
- Lawrence M. Schoen
- Robert Sheckley
- Katherine Sparrow
- Fran Van Cleave
- James Van Pelt
- Kim Vandervort
- Kimberly Todd Wade
- Wendy Waring
- K.D. Wentworth
- Jack Williamson
- George Zebrowski
- Terry-Lynne DeFino
Worldwide Coverage
Hadley Rille Books aggressively discovers new talent and has published writers from nearly all timezones of the world, writers from countries such as North America, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Argentina, Israel, the South Pacific, New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, and Spain.Critical Acclaim
- Publishers Weekly gave a positive review to Eolyn by Karin Rita Gastreich.
- Library Journal gave a positive review to Finder by Terri-Lynne DeFino
- Library Journal gave a positive review to Transcendence by Christopher McKitterick
- Listed on the Locus Poll as a choice for Best Book Publisher.
- Publishers Weekly gave a positive review to Thrall by Kimberly Todd Wade.
- Publishers Weekly gave a starred review to Destination: Future, edited by Z.S. Adani and Eric T. Reynolds.
- Publishers Weekly gave a starred review to Push of the Sky by Camille Alexa.
- Publishers Weekly gave a positive review to Buffalito Destiny by Lawrence M. Schoen. (Publishers Weekly, June 2009)
- Library Journal gave a positive review to The Song and the Sorceress by Kim Vandervort.
- HerStoria magazine gave a positive review to The Priestess and the Slave by Jenny Blackford
- Publishers Weekly review of Renaissance Festival Tales, edited by Eric T. Reynolds and Gerri Leen, cited stories by Kim Vandervort and Julia Dvorin as delightful little romances
- Booklist gave a positive review to The Song and the Sorceress by Kim Vandervort (Booklist, August 2009)
- Booklist gave a positive review to Like Mayflies in a Stream by Shauna Roberts (Booklist, October 15, 2009)
- Booklist gave a positive review to Buffalito Destiny by Lawrence M. Schoen (Booklist, May 15, 2009)
- Booklist gave a positive review to Footprints, edited by Jay Lake and Eric T. Reynolds (Booklist, June 19, 2009)
- Booklist gave a positive review to The Best of Abyss & Apex, edited by Wendy S. Delmater (Booklist, April 15, 2009)
- Publishers Weekly a positive review to the stories in Origins: Tales of Human Evolution, edited by Eric T. Reynolds
- The short story "The Moment" by Lawrence M. Schoen from Footprints was nominated for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.
- The short story "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" from Golden Age SF by Terry Bisson was reprinted in Year's Best SF 12, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer; several stories were listed in The Year's Best Science Fiction #24, edited by Gardner Dozois as honorable mentions
- The short stories "Of Late, I Dreamt of Venus" by James Van Pelt from Visual Journeys and "The Wall" by Justin Staunchfield from Ruins Extraterrestrial were reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction #25, edited by Gardner Dozois; ten other stories appearing in Hadley Rille Books anthologies that year were listed as honorable mentions