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Gnome Press was a small publisher of science fiction and fantasy that existed from 1948 to 1962. Despite its small size, Gnome had an enormous impact on the future of speculative fiction by, among other things, being the first to publish in hardcover format novels by many of the greatest SF authors of all time, including Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, C. L. Moore, and Robert E. Howard.
Alas, the history of Gnome is a cautionary tale. The company played a pivotal role in lifting the SF genre out of the pulp magazines and into literary respectability, but it never achieved true success of its own. This video is about the story of Gnome Press.
0:41 Origins of Gnome Press
4:02 Gnome's first books in 1948-49
4:58 Proof of concepts
5:56 The period 1950-54
7:05 Iconic dust jacket artwork
8:34 Gnome's business challenges
13:18 The period 1955-59
14:22 Gnome's collapse, 1960-62
15:26 The legacy of Gnome Press
18:55 Related reading material
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