Abaddon Books
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| Parent company | Rebellion Developments |
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| Founded | August 2006 |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | Oxford |
| Fiction genres |
Science fiction Fantasy Horror |
| Official website | www |
Abaddon Books is a British publishing imprint, founded in 2006. It is part of the Rebellion Developments group of companies, along with publishing companies Solaris Books, 2000 AD, 2000 AD Graphic Novels, and Cubicle 7.
Abaddon publishes "shared world" novels in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres. Describing itself as a return to "the good old days of pulp fiction", the imprint focuses on shorter, action-driven novels with dark or horrific themes.
The line was founded by Jonathan Oliver, who has been Editor-in-Chief of Abaddon and Solaris Books since Rebellion bought the latter from BL Publishing in 2009.
Abaddon publishes "shared-world" novels set in a number of narrative settings, with two or more authors writing in each series. Abaddon's editorial team creates the worlds in collaboration with the authors, placing an emphasis on original and engaging ideas:
But we’re not giving them an idea that is based on a game or a film, or anything... we’re just saying: “Wouldn’t it be cool if this kind of fiction existed? Could you write this kind of fiction for us?”
The imprint is currently publishing books in six series:
A seventh series was announced in 2010, with the first title expected to reach the shelves in early 2011:
A further two series were launched in the imprint's first year, but have seen no new titles in at least three years:
The following titles have been previously published or are announced as upcoming.
All releases prior to 2009, and most releases since, have featured cover art by Greg Staples or Mark Harrison; covers for the new The Infernal Game and No Man's World titles, and for the upcoming omnibus editions, have been created by 2000 AD staff designers Simon Parr and Luke Preece.
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