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Parent company | Start Publishing |
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Founded | 2005 |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Amherst, New York |
Distribution | Simon and Schuster |
Fiction genres | science fiction and fantasy |
Official website | www |
Pyr was the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Prometheus Books, launched in March 2005 with the publication of John Meaney's Paradox. In November 2018 it was sold to Start Publishing.
Prometheus Books' name was derived from Prometheus, the Titan from Greek mythology who gave fire to humans. The name Pyr, the Greek word for fire, was chosen to continue this connection to fire and the liveliness of imagination.
Lou Anders served as Pyr's editorial director from its inception until 2014.[1]