Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz (1893–1967) and specialised in the publication of high quality literature, nonfiction and popular fiction, including science fiction. Upon Gollancz's death in 1967, ownership passed to his daughter, Livia who sold it to Houghton Mifflin in 1989. Three years later, in October 1992, Houghton Mifflin sold Gollancz to the publishing house Cassell & Co. In December 1998 the Orion Publishing Group acquired Cassell & Co and turned Gollancz into its science fiction/fantasy imprint.
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Gollancz was left-inclined in politics and a supporter of socialist movements. This is reflected in some of the books he published. Victor Gollancz commissioned George Orwell to write about the urban working class in the North of England, the result was The Road to Wigan Pier. His break with Orwell came when he declined to publish Orwell's account of the Spanish Civil War Homage to Catalonia; the pair having drifted apart on political grounds. He did publish The Red Army Moves by Geoffrey Cox on the Winter War which was critical of the Soviet attack on Finland, but also foresaw that the Red Army would defeat the Germans. He also published works by German exiles, such as Hilde Meisel.
Gollancz was the original publisher of a number of famous authors and their books including:
Many of Gollancz's books were published in one of their familiar house dust jackets, of which the most famous was bright yellow, with the title and author rendered in a vibrant, bold typography.
In 1998, Gollancz was acquired by Orion Publishing Group and turned into science fiction and fantasy imprint, Gollancz Science Fiction. Gollanz has published award-winning and award-nominated books by, amongst others:[1]:
Novels published by Gollancz have been nominated for 134 science fiction and fantasy awards, and have won 28 of them [2].
In 2005 Gollancz set up a manga publishing arm, Gollancz Manga, which published UK editions of various Viz Media properties. Gollancz no longer publish manga and Viz Media have re-released all of their series.
The following titles have been published:
| Case Closed (Detective Conan) | volumes 1-15 |
| Dragon Ball | volumes 1-16 |
| Dragon Ball Z | volumes 1-4 |
| Fushigi Yūgi | volumes 1-17 |
| Flame of Recca | volumes 1-10 |
| Maison Ikkoku | volumes 1-15 |
| One Piece | volumes 1-12 |
| Rurouni Kenshin | volumes 1-16 |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! | volumes 1-7 |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist | volumes 1-15 |
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