CULTURE // COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Why collectors are trading floppy single issues for archival sewn-binding volumes from DC, Marvel, Image, and Classic Comics Press.
CULTURE // READING GUIDES
Deepfakes, algorithmic paranoia, and interstellar game theory—these speculative classics read like tomorrow's front page.
CULTURE // NEWS
NASA's second architecture revision adds a classified number of tanker flights to a depot-to-lander rendezvous in final tanking orbit
The selection of The End of Everything forces literary institutions to recognize speculative mechanics.
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Four titles, one banner, and an editorial claim about who actually reads across genre lines.
Read the source novels before they hit the screen: from William Gibson’s Neuromancer and Martha Wells’ Murderbot to New York Times bestseller adaptations.
From Doug Klauba and Kelly Freas to Sal Amendola’s classic comic inkwork, collectors are treating vintage illustration and oversized hardcover omnibuses as blue-chip art.
From $40 million crowdfunding campaigns to leatherbound collector editions, independent-minded genre authors are rewriting the rules of American publishing—while driving an unprecedented surge in home libraries and audiobook subscriptions.
How the master of American suspense built a 70-novel bibliography—and the exact desk setup, fountain pens, and reading habits he swears by.
Intimidated by 10- to 33-book sci-fi series? Our chronological vs. publication-order roadmap makes starting the greatest galactic epics effortless.
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Founded in River Forest / Chicago, Illinois, Homeworld Press published landmark collector editions of classic science fiction, pulp adventure, and comic strip history. Explore our preserved historical pages and find print, Kindle, and Audible editions below.
URL: /dumarest/index.htm
The historic 1,000-copy First Edition of E.C. Tubb’s final Dumarest novel, with cover art by Doug Klauba and introduction by Chris Bentley, plus the complete 33-book cover checklist.
ISBN: 978-0985928407
Commemorating 100 years of Tarzan (1912–2012) with uncut texts and dramatic black-and-white interior illustrations by veteran DC Comics artist Sal Amendola.
URL: /chance.htm
Original speculative adventure novels by Homeworld Press founder James Gauthier, featuring interior art by Sal Amendola, Barry Blair (Elfquest), and Ben Dunn.
COMIC STRIP HERITAGE
Celebrating the restoration of golden-age syndicated comic strips, Reuben Award winner Leonard Starr’s theatrical masterpiece, and hardcover strip collections.