adaptations of scripts from Star Trek: The Original Series. Bantam was the former American paperback publisher of The Guinness Book of Records. Another series was "Bantam War Book" from the 1970s to the 90s, with the majority of books from World War II, but also from Vietnam, Korea and other conflicts. Other series include Bantam Classics, the Bantam Spectra science fiction imprint, the juvenile Skylark imprint, and editions of Shakespeare. Bantam Classics The series was started in 1958. It reprints mostly public domain, unabridged classic books, intended to increase backlist sales and reintroduce the works to new audiences. More than a hundred books have been released in the series. Like competing editions, some Bantam Classics are printed with an introduction from a literary critic, and in the case of Moby Dick, with a selection of critical essays on the novel appended as well. Authors Authors originally published exclusively or significantly by Bantam include: Maya Angelou Isaac Asimov Jean Auel Louis L'Amour Ray Bradbury Ernest Callenbach Alan Campbell Philip K. Dick S. S. Van Dine James Dobson Stephen R. Donaldson Ian Fleming Frederick Forsyth Lisa Gardner Richard Dawkins David Gemmell Elizabeth George William Gibson John Glenn Daniel Goleman Graham Greene John Grisham Laurell K. Hamilton Thomas Harris Stephen Hawking Mo Hayder Hermann Hesse Tracy Hickman Tami Hoag Robin Hobb Kay Hooper Iris Johansen Shmuel Katz Dean Koontz Emilie Loring Lois Lowry Robert Ludlum Duncan Lunan William March George R. R. Martin Malachi Martin Anne McCaffrey Andy McDermott Terence McKenna Farley Mowat Joseph Murphy Michael Palmer Robert M. Pirsig Daniel Quinn Tom Robbins Jane Roberts Alan Rodgers J.D. Salinger Alice Schroeder H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jerry Seinfeld Adam Smith Lori Nelson Spielman John Steinbeck Danielle Steel Neal Stephenson Bruce Sterling Rex Stout William Tenn Margaret Weis Elie Wiesel Victor Villasenor Books originally published by Bantam See also Rafael Palacios, early book jacket artist at Bantam References External links Book publishing companies based in New York (state) Publishing companies based in New York City Publishing companies established in 1945 1945 establishments in New York (state) Random House