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The DAW Books collection features an incredible range of stories, including works by Michael Moorcock (creator of Elric), Fritz Leiber, Karl Edward Wagner, Stephen King, Jack Vance, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan), L. Sprague de Camp (Conan stories), Ken Kelly, and even Christopher Lee (The King of Elfland’s Daughter, The Lord of the Rings). The series also includes the The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories, The Year’s Best Horror Stories, The Great Science Fiction Stories, The Great SF Stories, World’s Best SF, Terra SF: The Year’s Best European SF, Sword and Sorceress, among other compilations and standalone works. The publisher was established in Nov 1971.
Michael Whelan’s artwork frequently appears on DAW covers, often depicting Elric or other themes from Moorcock’s universe.
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- DAW Books is short for Donald Allen Wolheim (01 Oct 1914 – 02 Nov 1990) Science Fiction Books. SF = Science Fiction. Original logo from 1972 (DAW Books No. 1) til May 1984 (DAW Books No. 580) until it was changed from Jun 1984.
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- New logo was made from Jun 1984 (DAW Fantasy No. 581) and until now.
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- Frontispiece (1971) by James Cawthorn, also the map on Fritz Leiber
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- Front of the Elric Saga 7, Elric at the End of Time, No. 627
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- Side of the Elric Saga 7
DAW Books and other related books on DAW Books have also influenced several bands, such as Sacred Rite (formerly Sabre), DragonSlayer (formerly Slayer from Rochdale, UK, not the famous one), Judas Priest, Smoulder, Stratovarius and possibly others connected to the DAW Books. See the table on the right-hand side below with the heading comments.
For more details on DAW Books and their complete list of publications, check out the DAW Books database and DAW Books / SFBC. Also check the complete Publisher:DAW on ISFDB, Wikipedia and their own DAW Books.
Here is some of the more or less ungolains books:
title | series | date | no. | authors | cover art | comments |
High Hallack 3 | Apr 1972 | 1 | Jack Gaughan, Michael Whelan reissue | The very first book on DAW Books | ||
Amazon 2 | Jun 1982 | 485 | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | Sarah Kitteringham from Smoulder has introduced and overview on Frost and Fire – 40th Anniversary Artbook | ||
Demon Princes 2 | Oct 1978 | 309 | Jack Vance | Possibly inspired to Judas Priest – Killing Machine (Nov 1978) ? | ||
Leiber 1 | Jan 1974 | 173 | Fritz Leiber | |||
Leiber 2 | Sep 1975 | 87 | Fritz Leiber | |||
Morgaine 2 | Apr 1978 | 284 | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | Sarah Kitteringham from Smoulder has introduced and overview on Frost and Fire – 40th Anniversary Artbook | ||
The Steel Tsar - The Guild of Temporal Adventures | Oswald Bastable 3 | Oct 1982 | 503 | Michael Moorcock | Orig. 1981 book and reissue of Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla album | |
A Messiah at the End of Time (The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming) | Tales from the End of Time 4 | Feb 1978 | 277 | Michael Moorcock | Series: Tales from the End of Time (Multiverse): - Book 4 - The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming (1977) - Book 5 - Elric at the End of Time (1981) | |
The Book of Ptath | May 1984 | 580 | A. E. van Vogt | Ken Kelly | last book of the original DAW Books logo | |
The Elric Saga - 1-6 Novel | 1979 | Michael Moorcock | Elric, by Michael Whelan | compilation of Elric Saga 1 to 6. | ||
Elric of Melniboné (edited version of The Dreaming City) | The Elric Saga - 1st Novel | Oct 1976 | 214 | Michael Moorcock | Elric, by Michael Whelan | |
The Elric Saga - 2nd Novel | Dec 1976 | 220 | Michael Moorcock | Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
The Weird of the White Wolf (partial version of The Stealer Of Souls) | The Elric Saga - 3rd Novel | Mar 1977 | 233 | Michael Moorcock | Elric, by Michael Whelan | |
The Vanishing Tower (earlier version of The Sleeping Sorceress) | The Elric Saga - 4th Novel | Jun 1977 | 245 | Michael Moorcock | Elric, by Michael Whelan | |
The Elric Saga - 5th Novel | Oct 1977 | 254 | Michael Moorcock | Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
The Elric Saga - 6th Novel | Nov 1977 | 264 | Michael Moorcock | Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
The Elric Saga - 7th Novel | May 1985 | 627 | Michael Moorcock | Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
The History of the Runestaff 1 | Jan 1977 | 225 | Michael Moorcock | |||
The History of the Runestaff 2 | Apr 1977 | 238 | Michael Moorcock | |||
The History of the Runestaff 3 | Jul 1977 | 249 | Michael Moorcock | |||
The History of the Runestaff 4 | Sep 1977 | 257 | Michael Moorcock | |||
Warrior of Mars trilogy 3
| Mar 1979 | 330 | Michael Moorcock | Possibly the song Master of the Pit is related to this | ||
Witch World Stories | Sep 1980 | 400 | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | Sarah Kitteringham from Smoulder has introduced and overview on Frost and Fire – 40th Anniversary Artbook | ||
World's Best SF | Jun 1984 | 581 | first book of the new DAW Books logo | |||
fantasy 02 | Aug 1976 | 205 | various, Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp, Clark Ashton Smith | DragonSlayer (earlier Slayer) band, non-CU | ||
fantasy 07 | Oct 1981 | 454 | Elric, by Michael Whelan | |||
fantasy 12 | Nov 1986 | 690 | Julek Heller with Elric | |||
horror 3 | Jul 1975 | 155 | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | Reissue The First Orbit Book of Horror Stories. Later on the album cover Stratovarius – Fright Night (1989) | ||
horror 05 | Jul 1977 | 250 | various, Karl Edward Wagner, Fritz Leiber | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
horror 09 | Aug 1981 | 445 | various, Karl Edward Wagner, Stephen King | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
horror 10 | Aug 1982 | 493 | various, Karl Edward Wagner | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | Sacred Rite (earlier Sabre) band, non-CU | |
horror 11 | Nov 1983 | 553 | various, Karl Edward Wagner | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
horror 13 | Oct 1985 | 648 | various, Karl Edward Wagner, Stephen King | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
horror 14 | Oct 1986 | 688 | various, Karl Edward Wagner | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
horror 15 | Oct 1987 | 724 | various, Karl Edward Wagner | non-Elric, by Michael Whelan | ||
tik-tok | Jun 1985 | 631 | nothing, only the title reminds on TikTok, several decades later. | |||
Sentience | Apr 1989 | 777 | the title reminds on CU songs and the book Fantastic Stories of Imagination with Master of Chaos (May 1964) |