Underwood–Miller

Underwood–Miller

Status	Defunct
Founded	1976
Founder	Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	San Francisco,California
Publication types	books
Fiction genres	science fictionandfantasy

Underwood–Miller Inc.was ascience fictionandfantasysmall pressspecialty publishing house inSan Francisco, California,founded in 1976.It was founded by Tim Underwood, a San Francisco book and art dealer, and Chuck Miller, aPennsylvaniaused book dealer, after the two had met at aconvention.

Underwood and Miller chose to begin with a first hardcover edition ofThe Dying EarthbyJack Vance.This was a classic fantasy novel never done in hardcover. BothDonald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.andMirage Presshad tried to publishThe Dying Earthbut had failed to obtain the rights. Underwood was acquainted with Vance and was able to secure the rights directly from him. Vance was enthusiastic, had several other projects in mind, and became the author most identified with the press.In the next few years they produced a number of Vance hardcovers, many of them new to boards as well as a few reprints of scarce, early Vance hardcovers.

The press then diversified and began publishing works by other authors such asPhilip K. Dick,Harlan Ellison,Robert SilverbergandRoger Zelazny.In several such cases, the books in question printed recently done stories that either appeared only in magazine form or only in paperback, with no previous hardcover edition.

In 1994, Underwood and Miller decided to dissolve the partnership. As their last book, they reprintedThe Dying Earth.

Imprints

• Underwood–Miller launched Brandywyne Books in association withWaldenbooksin the mid 1980s. The imprint was founded to bring out limited editions as Underwood–Miller had done forscience fiction,but for all genres.
• Underwood–Miller publishedThe Third Invention: How the Bow and Arrow Made History,by Steve Hayes, in 1990 as "A Hammersmith Book—An Imprint of Underwood–Miller". It was the only book published under this imprint.
• Underwood–Miller publishedComputer: Bit Slices from a Life,byHerbert R.J. Grosch,in 1991 as "A Third Millennium/Underwood–Miller Book". It was the only book published under this imprint.

Awards

In 1994, Underwood–Miller won aWorld Fantasy Award,Special Award—Professional, for publishing.

Books published

• The Dying Earth,byJack Vance(1976)
• Always Comes Evening,byRobert E. Howard(1977)
• Eyes of the Overworld,byJack Vance(1978)
• Fantasy and Science Fiction by Jack Vance,excerpted from a work in progress of Daniel Levack by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller (1978)
• Big Planet,byJack Vance(1978)
• Fantasms: A Jack Vance Bibliography,by Daniel Levack and Tim Underwood (1978)
• The View From Chickweed's Window,byJohn Holbrook Vance(1978)
• The House on Lily Street,byJohn Holbrook Vance(1979)
• City of the Chasch,byJack Vance(1979)
• The Seventeen Virgins,byJack Vance(1979)
• The Bagful of Dreams,byJack Vance(1979)
• The Seventeen Virgins/The Bagful of Dreams: The Adventures of Cugel The Clever,byJack Vance(1979)
• Green Magic,byJack Vance(1979)
• The Bells of Shoredan,byRoger Zelazny(1979)
• Nebogipfel at the End of Time,byRichard A. Lupoff(1979)
• Crystal of a Hundred Dreams: A Portfolio,byStephen E. Fabian(1979)
• Green Magic,byJack Vance(1979)
• The Languages of Pao,byJack Vance(1979)
• The Blue World,byJack Vance(1979)
• Morreion,byJack Vance(1979)
• Servants of the Wankh,byJack Vance(1980)
• The Dirdir,byJack Vance(1980)
• The Face,byJack Vance(1980)
• Galactic Effectuator,byJack Vance(1980)
• The Last Defender of Camelot,byRoger Zelazny(1980)
• For a Breath I Tarry,byRoger Zelazny(1980)
• All the Lies That Are My Life,byHarlan Ellison(1980)
• The Last Castle,byJack Vance(1980)
• The Book of the Sixth World Fantasy Convention(1980)
• The Changing Land,byRoger Zelazny(1981)
• The Last Defender of Camelot,byRoger Zelazny(1981)
• The Desert of Stolen Dreams,byRobert Silverberg(1981)
• The Pnume,byJack Vance(1981)
• The Book of Dreams,byJack Vance(1981)
• The Star King,byJack Vance(1981)
• The Killing Machine,byJack Vance(1981)
• The Palace of Love,byJack Vance(1981)
• To Spin is Miracle Cat,byRoger Zelazny(1981)
• PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography,by Daniel J. H. Levack (1981)
• Gilden Fire,byStephen R. Donaldson(1981)
• The Compass Rose,byUrsula K. Le Guin(1982)
• Elfquest,Wendy and Richard Pini(1982)
• Gold and Iron,byJack Vance(1982)
• Lost Moons,byJack Vance(1982)
• Eye of Cat,byRoger Zelazny(1982)
• Bad Ronald,byJack Vance(1982)
• Floating Dragon,byPeter Straub(1982)
• Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King,edited by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller (1982)
• Cugel's Saga,byJack Vance(1983)
• De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography,by Charlotte Laughlin and Daniel J. H. Levack (1983)
• Son of the Tree,byJack Vance(1983)
• Amber Dreams: A Roger Zelazny Bibliography,by Daniel J. H. Levack (1983)
• The Houses of Iszm,byJack Vance(1983)
• The Coelura,byAnne McCaffrey(1983)
• The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River, Lune XXIII, Big Planet,byJack Vance(1983)
• Dilvish, the Damned,byRoger Zelazny(1983)
• The Man in the Cage,byJack Vance(1983)
• The Faceless Man,byJack Vance(1983)
• The Brave Free Men,byJack Vance(1983)
• The Asutra,byJack Vance(1983)
• Leeson Park and Belsize Square: Poems 1970 - 1975,byPeter Straub(1983)
• Suldrun's Garden: Lyonesse I,byJack Vance(1983)
• Space Opera,byJack Vance(1984)
• The Complete Magnus Ridolph,byJack Vance(1984)
• Trullion: Alastor 2262,byJack Vance(1984)
• Marune: Alastor 933,byJack Vance(1984)
• Wyst: Alastor 1716,byJack Vance(1984)
• Sailing to Byzantium,byRobert Silverberg(1985)
• Trumps of Doom,byRoger Zelazny(1985)
• The Green Pearl: Lyonesse II,byJack Vance(1985)
• Blue Rose,byPeter Straub(1985)
• Strange Notions,byJack Vance(1985)
• The Dark Ocean,byJack Vance(1985)
• The Augmented Agent and Other Stories,byJack Vance(1986)
• The Dark Side of the Moon,byJack Vance(1986)
• Blood of Amber,byRoger Zelazny(1986)
• Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King,edited by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller (1986)
• Araminta Station,byJack Vance(1987)
• The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick,byPhilip K. Dick(1987)
• The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch,byRobert Bloch(1987)
• The Secret Sharer,byRobert Silverberg(1988)
• Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King,edited by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller (1988)
• Bird Isle,byJack Vance(1988)
• Take My Face,byJack Vance(1988)
• Reign of Fear: Fiction and Film of Stephen King,edited by Don Herron (1988)
• Harlan Ellison's Watching,byHarlan Ellison(1989)
• Screams: Three Novels of Terror,byRobert Bloch(1989)
• Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King,edited by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller (1989)
• Through the Ice,byPiers Anthonyand Robert Kornwise (1989)
• Madouc: Lyonesse III,byJack Vance(1989)
• Apocalypse,byNancy Springer(1989)
• Horrorstory:The Collector's Edition, Vol. 5,edited byKarl Edward Wagner(1989)
• Dark Dreamers: Conversations with the Masters of Horror,edited Stanley Wiater (1990)
• Chateau D'If and Other Stories,byJack Vance(1990)
• Horrorstory:Volume Four—The Collector's Edition,edited byKarl Edward Wagner(1990)
• Three Gothic Novels,byAnne McCaffrey(1990)
• Ecce and Old Earth,byJack Vance(1991)
• Balook,byPiers Anthony(1991)
• Performing Artist: The Music of Bob Dylan, Volume One, 1960-1973,byPaul Williams(1991)
• The Complete Masters of Darkness,edited byDennis Etchison(1991)
• The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick—1974,edited byPaul Williams(1991)
• Berni Wrightson: A Look Back,byBerni Wrightsonwith Christopher Zavisa (1991)
• Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden,edited byStephen Jones(1991)
• In Pursuit of VALIS: Selections From the Exegesis,byPhilip K. Dick,edited by Lawrence Sutin (1991)
• Virgil Finlay's Women of the Ages,byVirgil Finlay,edited by Gerry de la Ree (1992)
• Horrorstory:Volume Three,edited byKarl Edward Wagner(1992)
• Throy,byJack Vance(1992)
• The Jack Vance Lexicon: From Ahulph to Zipahgote,edited and with an introduction by Dan Temianka (1992)
• When the Five Moons Rise,byJack Vance(1992)
• The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick: 1975-1976,edited by Don Herron (1992)
• Bob Dylan: Performing Artist — The Middle Years: 1974-1986,byPaul Williams(1992)
• Strange Science,byVirgil Finlay(1993)
• The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick: 1977-1979,edited by Don Herron (1993)
• The Five Gold Bands,byJack Vance(1993)
• A Hannes Bok Treasury,byHannes Bok,edited and with an introduction by Stephen D. Korshak (1993)
• The Shark-Infested Custard,byCharles Willeford(1993)
• Ladies & Legends,byStephen E. Fabian(1993)
• Led Zeppelin: The Definitive Biography,by Ritchie Yorke (1993)
• Virgil Finlay's Fantasms,byVirgil Finlay(1993)
• Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception,byThom Hartman(1993)
• Dreamquests: The Art of Don Maitz,byDon Maitz(1993)
• The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick: 1972-1973,byPhilip K. Dick(1994)
• The Art of Star Wars Galaxy,edited by Gary Gerani (1994)
• The Work of Jack Vance,by Jerry Hewett andDaryl F. Mallett,edited by Boden Clarke (1994)
• The Dying Earth,byJack Vance(1994)

References

• Chalker, Jack L.;Mark Owings (1998).The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998.Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 662–686.
• Clute, John;Peter Nicholls(1995).The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.New York:St. Martin's Griffin.p. 1257.ISBN0-312-13486-X.