About Us

Phantasia Press was formed by Alex Berman and the late Sidney Altus with the idea of publishing high quality, limited edition hard-cover science fiction and fantasy books. Each book is produced with extremely high quality materials.

From 1978 to 1989 Phantasia Press published 49 books. Some of its offerings were true first editions; others, the first hardcover editions of works previously published in paperback. In a few instances there had been previous hardcover editions.

In 2023, Phantasia Press returned to the publishing world, once again offering high quality hardcover science fiction and fantasy editions. We are continuing with the tradition of using archival quality, acid-free paper and smythe sewn in reinforced bindings.

In 2024 Diana Petroff joined Alex Berman as partner and co-publisher. Together we will continue to create beautiful books that our fans will be proud to own.

Publications:

  • Wall of Serpents, 1978 (L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt)
  • The Reign of Wizardry - 1979 (Jack Williamson)
  • The Ringworld Engineers - 1979 (Larry Niven)
  • The Maker of Universes - 1980 (Philip José Farmer)
  • The Purple Pterodactyls - 1980 (L. Sprague de Camp)
  • The Magic Labyrinth -1980 (Philip José Farmer)
  • Firestarter - 1980 (Stephen King)
  • The Humanoid Touch - 1980 (Jack Williamson)
  • The Gates of Creation - 1981 (Philip José Farmer)
  • Dream Park - 1981 (Larry Niven, Steven Barnes)
  • A Private Cosmos - 1981 (Philip José Farmer)
  • Madwand - 1981 (Roger Zelazny)
  • Oath of Fealty - 1981 (Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle)
  • Behind the Walls of Terra - 1982 (Philip José Farmer)
  • The Prisoner of Zhamanak - 1982 (L. Sprague de Camp)
  • A Barnstormer in Oz - 1982 (Philip José Farmer)
  • Stalking the Nightmare - 1982 (Harlan Ellison)
  • 2010: Odyssey Two - 1982 (Arthur C. Clarke)
  • Orion Shall Rise - 1983 (Poul Anderson)
  • The Robots of Dawn - 1983 (Isaac Asimov)
  • The Lavalite World - 1983 (Philip José Farmer)
  • Homefaring - 1983 (Robert Silverberg)
  • Spellsinger at the Gate - 1983 (Alan Dean Foster)
  • The Bones of Zora - 1983 (L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp)
  • Gods of Riverworld - 1983 (Philip José Farmer)
  • Forty Thousand in Gehenna - 1983 (C. J. Cherryh)
  • River of Eternity - 1983 (Philip José Farmer)
  • Eros Ascending - 1984 (Mike Resnick)
  • The Day of the Dissonance - 1984 (Alan Dean Foster)
  • Chanur's Venture - 1984 (C. J. Cherryh)
  • Eros at Zenith - 1984 (Mike Resnick)
  • The Moment of the Magician - 1984 (Alan Dean Foster)
  • Cuckoo's Egg - 1985 (C. J. Cherryh)
  • The Kif Strike Back - 1985 (C. J. Cherryh)
  • Medea: Harlan's World - 1985 (Harlan Ellison)
  • Robots and Empire - 1985 (Isaac Asimov)
  • Startide Rising - 1985 (David Brin)
  • The Paths of the Perambulator - 1985 (Alan Dean Foster)
  • Visible Light - 1986 (C. J. Cherryh)
  • Neuromancer - 1986 (William Gibson)
  • Chanur's Homecoming - 1986 (C. J. Cherryh)
  • The Time of the Transference - 1986 (Alan Dean Foster)
  • Callahan and Company - 1987 (Spider Robinson)
  • The Pride of Chanur - 1987 (C. J. Cherryh)
  • The Uplift War - 1987 (David Brin)
  • The Incorporated Knight - 1987 (L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp)
  • And the Gods Laughed - 1987 (Fredric Brown)
  • The Folk of the Fringe - 1989 (Orson Scott Card)
  • TekWar - 1989 (William Shatner)
  • Mickey 7 - 2023 (Edward Aston)
  • Sundiver - 2024 (David Brin)
  • The Third Rule of Time Travel - 2025 (Philip Fracassi)

Artists:

Randall Asplund, Wayne D. Barlowe, George Barr, Doug Beekman, David A. Cherry, Alex Ebel, Stephen Fabian, Frank Kelly Freas, Kevin Eugene Johnson, Eric Ladd, Paul Lehr, Carl Lundgren, Jane Mackenzie, Chris Miller, Rowena Morrill, Phil Parks, John Pound, Victoria Poyser, Kirk Reinert, Romas, Alex Schomburg, Barclay Shaw, Darrell K. Sweet, Vaclav Vaca, François Vaillancourt,  Ed Valigursky, and Michael Whelan.