Bantam Spectra (was: David Gerrold - War with the Cthorr)

Andrew Wheeler wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 3 May 2008 04:05:51 +0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (James
> > Nicoll) wrote:
> >
> > >     Can someone refresh my memory as to what happened with
> > >Bantam Spectra? I'm sure I've seen stuff from them recently.
> >
> I think Spectra has two full editors acquiring basically full-time for
> it -- Anne Groell and Juliet Ullman -- but it does a lot of urban
> fantasy right on the paranormal romance borderline these days, along
> with writers like George R.R. Martin, Alan Campbell, Tim Lebbon, Kelley
> Armstrong, Tim Pratt, Scott Lynch and Felix Gilman. (They also published
> John Klima's very hard-to-spell anthology _Logorrhea_.)

Checking my booklog, I see Kelley Armstrong, Keri Arthur, Sarah Ash,
Tony Ballantyne, Alan Campbell, Lynn Flewelling, Tamara Siler Jones,
Scott Lynch, and John Meaney (also Steven Erikson, but that's 
Bantam UK).

> They don't have a strong line identity, which might be why they're not
> as instantly recognizable. (Though I usually think I can tell Anne's
> books from Juliet's.)

I look to Bantam when I'm in the mood for lots of *** scenes, but
that may be due to reading more books by Arthur than any of the 
other names mentioned.  I thought Holly Lisle was the other reason 
for this association, but it turns out she was published by Warner.
Bantam does seem to prefer authors who appear early in the alphabet.

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