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Panther Books Ltd was a British publishing house especially active in the 1950s and 1960s, specialising in paperback fiction. It was established in May 1952 by Hamilton's Ltd and titles carried the line "A Panther Book" or "Panther Science Fiction" on the cover. Science fiction was one of the major genres published by Panther Books and titles included Ray Bradbury's The Golden Apples of the Sun and Asimov's Foundation Trilogy. In 1954 Gordon Landsborough was employed as editor and started improving the quality of the imprint. Instead of publishing original genre novels in paperback and hardback, Panther Books became a reprint publisher, doing paperback reprints of best-selling hardcover novels from other publishers. The quality of the cover art was improved and the list expanded to include non-fiction titles and fiction titles by internationally known, best-selling writers.

By at least April 1966, books published under the Panther name indicate that the business was based at 108 Brompton Road, London, S.W.5. However, records of the tumultuous process of mergers and acquisitions in the publishing industry show that by 1968, Granada Group Ltd had acquired a number of publishers who became subsidiary companies of Granada Publishing Ltd. These included, amongst others, Panther Books Ltd, and thus Panther Science Fiction became a Granada imprint.

In 1983, Granada sold the publishing side of its business to the Scottish publishers William Collins, Sons & Co, based in Glasgow.

In 1989, William Collins Sons & Co merged with the American Harper & Row publishers, located in New York, to form HarperCollins, the British side of the company being managed through Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. Harper Collins Publishers continued to trade in 2003 with head offices at Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, employing circa 500 people.

Works in the WWEnd Database

1985 ANGELUS! Peter Tremayne	1985 PSYCHAMOK Brian Lumley	1984 PSYCHOMECH Brian Lumley	1985 RHIALTO THE MARVELLOUS Jack Vance	1984 STAR TREK: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK Vonda N. McIntyre	1985 CIRCUMPOLAR! Richard A. Lupoff
1984 THE WINDS OF CHANGE AND OTHER STORIES Isaac Asimov	1985 THE SENTINEL Arthur C. Clarke	1985 CUGEL'S SAGA Jack Vance	1984 THE COMPLETE ROBOT Isaac Asimov	1981 PLANET OF TREACHERY E. E. "Doc" Smith Stephen Goldin	1980 TIME AFTER TIME Karl Alexander
1978 THE BLOODSTAR CONSPIRACY E. E. "Doc" Smith Stephen Goldin	1978 THE PURITY PLOT E. E. "Doc" Smith Stephen Goldin	1980 MORTAL GODS Jonathan Fast	1977 MANALONE Colin Kapp	1977 SEEKING THE MYTHICAL FUTURE Trevor Hoyle	1977 KEEP THE GIRAFFE BURNING John Sladek
1977 THE CLOCKWORK TRAITOR E. E. "Doc" Smith Stephen Goldin	1977 GETAWAY WORLD E. E. "Doc" Smith Stephen Goldin	1980 THE SECRETS OF SYNCHRONICITY Jonathan Fast	1978 LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT AND OTHER STORIES J. G. Ballard	1977 SLAPSTICK OR LONESOME NO MORE! Kurt Vonnegut	1976 THE IMPERIAL STARS E. E. "Doc" Smith Stephen Goldin
1977 STRANGLERS' MOON E. E. "Doc" Smith Stephen Goldin	1975 THE MACHINE IN SHAFT TEN AND OTHER STORIES M. John Harrison	1974 THE TIME OF THE EYE Harlan Ellison	1974 OUT OF SPACE AND TIME: VOLUME I Clark Ashton Smith	1974 OUT OF SPACE AND TIME: VOLUME II Clark Ashton Smith	1974 BEST SF STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS 8 Michael Moorcock
1974 THE HORROR HORN AND OTHER STORIES E. F. Benson	1975 THE CENTAURI DEVICE M. John Harrison	1974 THE EARLY ASIMOV VOLUME 2 Isaac Asimov	1974 THE EARLY ASIMOV VOLUME 3 Isaac Asimov	1975 TRAITOR TO THE LIVING Philip José Farmer	1973 THE EARLY ASIMOV VOLUME 1 Isaac Asimov
1984 THE BOOK OF FRANK HERBERT Frank Herbert	1973 ALL THE SOUNDS OF FEAR Harlan Ellison	1973 THE STEAM-DRIVEN BOY AND OTHER STRANGERS John Sladek	1975 LOVECRAFT Lin Carter	1984 A BETTER MANTRAP Bob Shaw	1974 THE IRON DREAM Norman Spinrad
1971 NIGHTFALL ONE Isaac Asimov	1971 NIGHTFALL TWO Isaac Asimov	1978 THX 1138 Ben Bova	1971 BEST SF STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS 7 Michael Moorcock	1973 THE COMMITTED MEN M. John Harrison	1971 DENVER IS MISSING D. F. Jones
1973 THE SIMULTANEOUS MAN Ralph Blum	1972 THE INNER WHEEL Keith Roberts	1977 THE GOD OF THE LABYRINTH Colin Wilson	1970 UNDER OLD EARTH AND OTHER EXPLORATIONS Cordwainer Smith	1970 THE SHUTTERED ROOM AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR August Derleth H. P. Lovecraft	1970 BEST SF STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS 6 Michael Moorcock
1974 THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE Colin Wilson	1969 THE SEEDY Robert Ray	1984 UBIK Philip K. Dick	1969 THE TOMB AND OTHER TALES H. P. Lovecraft	1969 BEST SF STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS 4 Michael Moorcock	1969 BEST SF STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS 5 Michael Moorcock
1968 BEST STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS II Michael Moorcock	1968 BEST SF STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS 3 Michael Moorcock	1970 UNDER COMPULSION Thomas M. Disch	1972 ENGLAND SWINGS SF Judith Merril	1970 NEBULA AWARD STORIES THREE Roger Zelazny	1970 NEBULA AWARD STORIES TWO Brian W. Aldiss Harry Harrison
1975 THE ZAP GUN Philip K. Dick	1967 THE OVERLOADED MAN J. G. Ballard	1967 BEST S.F. STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS Michael Moorcock	1970 CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT John Blackburn	1970 WATCHERS OF THE DARK Lloyd Biggle, Jr.	1966 SCIENCE FICTION THROUGH THE AGES 1 I. O. Evans
1966 SCIENCE FICTION THROUGH THE AGES 2 I. O. Evans	1978 THE PUPPIES OF TERRA Thomas M. Disch	1968 GARBAGE WORLD Charles Platt	1967 SHOOT AT THE MOON William F. Temple	1965 THE DALEK POCKETBOOK AND SPACE TRAVELLERS GUIDE Terry Nation	1968 THE COOK Harry Kressing
1968 ANALOG 3 John W. Campbell, Jr.	1967 ANALOG 2 John W. Campbell, Jr.	1964 WHO KNOCKS? August Derleth	1963 TOMORROW CAME Edmund Cooper	1966 THE WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION Robert P. Mills	1967 ANALOG 1 John W. Campbell, Jr.
1975 ORPHANS OF THE SKY Robert A. Heinlein	1976 WAR WITH THE ROBOTS Harry Harrison	1965 NO FUTURE IN IT John Brunner	1964 PIPPIN'S JOURNAL Rohan O'Grady	1965 THE DARKEST OF NIGHTS Charles Eric Maine	1976 THE SMALL ASSASSIN Ray Bradbury
1964 THE MIND OF MR. SOAMES Charles Eric Maine	1964 FAR STARS Eric Frank Russell	1976 THE MALE RESPONSE Brian W. Aldiss	1979 GALAXIES LIKE GRAINS OF SAND Brian W. Aldiss	1966 DOCTORS WEAR SCARLET Simon Raven	1963 HE OWNED THE WORLD Charles Eric Maine
1963 WASP Eric Frank Russell	1963 THE MIND CAGE A. E. Van Vogt	1964 THE HUNGER AND OTHER STORIES Charles Beaumont	1954 WORLD AT BAY E. C. Tubb	1953 DIMENSION OF HORROR Sydney J. Bounds	1960 DESTINATION: UNIVERSE! A. E. Van Vogt
1952 ATOM WAR ON MARS E. C. Tubb	1965 THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK H. P. Lovecraft August Derleth	1977 REVELATIONS IN BLACK Carl Jacobi	1960 MISS SHUMWAY WAVES A WAND James Hadley Chase	1974 LOST WORLDS Clark Ashton Smith	1974 OUT OF SPACE AND TIME Clark Ashton Smith
1965 MISS HARGREAVES Frank Baker	1964 THE BIRDS Frank Baker	1964 THE CHILD OF THE CAVERN; OR, STRANGE DOINGS UNDERGROUND Jules Verne

Authors Published

• Michael Moorcock  • Isaak Ozimov  • Edward Smith  • Stephen Goldin  • Clark Smith  • Howard Lovecraft  • Michael Harrison  • Brian Aldiss  • August Derleth  • David McIlwain  • John Campbell  • Idrisyn Evans  • Edwin Tubb  • Colin Wilson  • Frank Baker  • John Vance  • Thomas Disch  • Philip Dick  • Harry Harrison  • John Sladek  • James Ballard  • Brian Lumley  • Jonathan Fast  • Eric Russell  • Alfred van Vogt  • Harlan Ellison  • Jules Verne  • Lloyd Biggle  • Robert Heinlein  • Benjamin Bova  • Ray Bradbury  • Paul Linebarger  • Arthur Clarke  • Vonda McIntyre  • Robert Shaw  • Norman Spinrad  • Charles Platt  • Keith Roberts  • Roger Zelazny  • Frank Herbert  • John Brunner  • Philip Farmer  • Richard Lupoff  • Kurt Vonnegut  • Charles Nutt  • Harry Ruber  • Ralph Blum  • Robert Ray  • William Temple  • Robert Mills  • John Blackburn  • Dennis Jones  • Edward Benson  • Linwood Carter  • Edmund Cooper  • Trevor Hoyle  • Colin Kapp  • Terrence Nation  • Judith Grossman  • Peter Ellis  • Karl Alexander  • René Raymond  • Simon Raven  • Sydney Bounds  • Carl Jacobi  • June Skinner