subsidiary of random house industry books publishing founded 1977 founder lester del rey judy lynn del rey products books owner penguin random house parent random house website sf fantasy.suvudu.com del rey books is a branch of ballantine books which is owned by random house and in turn by penguin 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 and formerly manga under its now defunct del rey manga imprint . it publishes the star wars novels under the lucasbooks imprint licensed from lucasfilm a subsidiary of the walt disney studios division of the walt disney company . contents 1 authors 2 series 3 references 4 external links authors edit piers anthony isaac asimov stephen baxter amber benson ray bradbury terry brooks bonnie burton jack l. chalker arthur c. clarke james clemens dan cragg brian daley maurice g. dantec philip k. dick stephen r. donaldson david eddings joe clifford faust lynn flewelling robert l. forward alan dean foster gregory frost christopher golden james l. halperin barbara hambly peter f. hamilton tara k. harper ward hawkins kevin hearne robert a. heinlein robert e. howard j. gregory keyes rosemary kirstein katherine kurtz h. p. lovecraft james luceno anne mccaffrey donald e. mcquinn china mi ville elizabeth moon robert newcomb larry niven john norman naomi novik frederik pohl christopher rowley david sherman lucy a. snyder michael j. sullivan j.r.r. tolkien harry turtledove scott sigler series edit the earliest del rey listing in the internet speculative fiction database is the december 1976 fourth ballantine paperback printing of a prelude to space 1951 by arthur c. clarke . 1 the first new book published by the imprint was the sword of shannara by terry brooks in 1977 . del rey published the white dragon by anne mccaffrey in 1978 the third book in the original dragonriders of pern trilogy along with new editions of the first two books . since then it has been the first or first us publisher of 18 more pern books by anne or todd mccaffrey . 2 del rey novelized the robotech series across over 20 books since 1987 . southern victory series september 1997 2007 by harry turtledove . del rey is currently the publisher of the adult star wars novels while disney lucasfilm press deals with young reader star wars books . del rey novelized the popular video game series halo . halo the fall of reach halo the flood halo first strike del rey is the publisher for the ghosts of albion novels by amber benson and christopher golden . accursed october 2005 witchery september 2006 a series of tie in novels with the film batman begins was published throughout 2006 and 2007 . batman dead white july 2006 batman inferno october 2006 batman fear itself february 2007 a series of novelizations of the spider man film franchise . spider man 2002 spider man 2 2004 spider man 3 2007 a series of novelizations of the x men film franchise . x men july 6 2000 x men 2 march 4 2003 x men the last stand may 16 2006 del rey novelized the popular video game series god of war . god of war 2010 god of war ii 2013 references edit del rey ballantine bibliography . isfdb . retrieved 2011 10 23 . a prelude to space title listing at the internet speculative fiction database . isfdb . retrieved 2011 10 23 . select a title to see its linked publication history and general information . select a particular edition for more data at that level such as a front cover image or linked contents . isfdb reports the first paperback edition was ballantine 1954 ; second printing july 1976 ; fourth printing december 1976 . inspection of the july and december front cover images shows revised lettering on the upper right hand logo july ballantine books sf classic ; december a del rey book sf classic . retrieved 2011 10 23 . dragonriders of pern series listing at the internet speculative fiction database . retrieved 2011 10 23 . select a title to see its linked publication history and general information . select a particular edition for more data at that level such as a front cover image or linked contents . external links edit del rey books on wookieepedia a star wars wiki v t e penguin random house random house usa crown crown broadway harmony hogarth three rivers ten speed watson guptill knopf doubleday knopf doubleday everyman s library us pantheon schocken vintage random house ballantine bantam dell del rey dial modern library spectra villard children s beginner books golden information books on tape fodor s living language the princeton review prima games uk cornerstone hutchinson random house william heinemann ebury bbc books ebury del rey fodor s rider virgin books 90 % transworld bantam doubleday vintage publishing the bodley head chatto & windus harvill secker jonathan cape vintage canada mcclelland & stewart douglas gibson books tundra books new canadian library other companhia das letras 45 % penguin random house grupo editorial alfaguara penguin group uk dorling kindersley hamish hamilton ladybird penguin penguin classics puffin rough guides viking warne us alpha author solutions authorhouse iuniverse trafford xlibris dutton penguin putnam riverhead sentinel tarcher viking berkley publishing group ace berkley new american library jove plume roc children s dial young readers dutton children s firebird g. p. putnam s sons grosset & dunlap philomel price stern sloan puffin warne parents bertelsmann pearson plc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title del rey books & oldid 736102965 categories science fiction publishersfantasy book publishersrandom housepublishing companies established in 1977hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersuse dmy dates from january 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olfran aisfrysk svenska edit links this page was last modified on 25 august 2016 at 05 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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