DEL REY BOOKS

'Del Rey Books' is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy books, as well as manga under its Del Rey Manga imprint.

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Authors

Series

Criticism

External links

Authors

★ Isaac Asimov

★ Amber Benson

★ Terry Brooks

★ Jack L. Chalker

★ Arthur C. Clarke

★ Dan Cragg

★ Philip K. Dick

★ Stephen Donaldson

★ David Eddings

★ Alan Dean Foster

★ Gregory Frost

★ Christopher Golden

★ Barbara Hambly

★ Katherine Kurtz

★ Anne McCaffrey

★ Larry Niven

★ David Sherman

Series

★ The first book published by the imprint was ''The Sword of Shannara'' by Terry Brooks in 1977.

★ Del Rey is currently the publisher of the adult ''Star Wars'' novels while Scholastic Press deals with young reader ''Star Wars'' books.

★ Del Rey novelized the popular video game series ''Halo''.

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★ Del Rey is the publisher for the ''Ghosts of Albion'' novels by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden.

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★ ''Accursed'' (October 2005)

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★ ''Witchery'' (September 2006)

★ A series of tie-in novels with the film ''Batman Begins'' was published throughout 2006 and 2007.

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★ ''Batman: Dead White'' (July 2006)

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★ ''Batman: Inferno'' (October 2006)

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★ ''Batman: Fear Itself'' (February 2007)

Criticism

Del Rey's standings for ''Star Wars'' in their New Jedi Order-Legacy of the Force series have come under harsh criticism of fans of Bantam Books and the . Detractors complain that there is not enough variety to the books, that every series has been a galaxy-level war, and that the series has been too dark.

External links

★ Del Rey Online - official site