Corian publishing house
The Corian-Verlag is a German book publisher in Meitingen that the publication of loose-leaf specializes, above all genres of popular fiction such as science fiction , horror , detective stories to comics and films . Heinrich Wimmer was the publisher. The publishing house has existed since 1983.
In the 2010s, practically all loose-leaf editions that were still running were discontinued. The authors were not informed of the reasons for the discontinuation. A digital edition of the existing works was apparently never intended.
The loose-leaf collections published by Corian-Verlag are according to the year of publication of the basic work:
- Joachim Körber (ed.): Bibliographical lexicon of utopian-fantastic literature. 1984 ff., 114. and last supplementary delivery with closing words by the editor Joachim Körber: December 2017.
- Norbert Stresau (ed.): Encyclopedia of Fantastic Films. 1986-2015, 111 deliveries.
- Heinrich Wimmer (ed.): Bibliographical lexicon of utopian-fantastic literature - publishing and serial bibliographies. 1987–2016, 37 deliveries.
- Franz Rottensteiner (ed.): Work guide through the utopian-fantastic literature. 10 vols. 1989 ff., 67 deliveries by the end of 2017.
- Friedrich Schegk (ed.): Lexicon of travel and adventure literature. 1989–2016, 77 deliveries.
- Heiko Langhans, Marcus Czerwionka: Lexicon of Comics. 1991–2011, completed with 76th delivery.
- Klaus W. Pietrek, Almut Oetjen (ed.): Lexicon of erotic literature. 1992–2006, 15 deliveries.
- Klaus-Peter Walter (ed.): Lexicon of crime literature. 1993-2014, 82 deliveries.
- Kurt Franz , Franz-Josef Payrhuber , Günter Lange (eds.): Children's and youth literature. A lexicon. Founded by Alfred Clemens Baumgärtner and Heinrich Pleticha . Ed. on behalf of the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature eV, Volkach. 1995 ff., 63 deliveries (2017).
- Holger Wacker, Almut Oetjen (ed.): Encyclopedia of crime films. 1995–2008, 29 deliveries.
- Horst Schäfer (ed.): Lexicon of children and youth films. 1998–2016, 50 deliveries.
In addition to the loose-leaf works, the publisher also published the Edition Futurum and Studies on Fantastic Literature series with secondary literature on science fiction and fantasy , the Fantastic Necrothic edited by Bernhard Grimminger , as well as some individual titles, in particular German science fiction and fantasy novels , film books and literary works.
In addition, the magazine Science Fiction Times, published by the Speculative Thematic Working Group , was last published by Corian Verlag until 1993 .
Web links
- official website
- Corian-Verlag in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)