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Status | Defunct |
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Founded | 1946 |
Founder | Lloyd Arthur Eshbach |
Successor | Gnome Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Reading, Pennsylvania |
Publication types | Books |
Fiction genres | fantasy and science fiction |
Fantasy Press was an American publishing house specialising in fantasy and science fiction titles. Established in 1946 by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach[1] in Reading, Pennsylvania, it was most notable for publishing the works of authors such as Robert A. Heinlein and E. E. Smith.[1] One of its more notable offerings was the Lensman series.
Among its books was Of Worlds Beyond: The Science of Science Fiction Writing (1947),[2] which was the first book about modern SF and contained essays by John W. Campbell, Jr., Robert A. Heinlein, A. E. van Vogt and others.