
Published by Penguin Books 1968 under its Peacock Books imprint with a cover by Tales of Science Fiction (PK63) edited by Brian N BallĪn anthology of nine short stories, first published in 1964. Published by Penguin Books 1968 under its Peacock Books imprint with a cover Time it had ventured into sf, and unlike the five new Penguin titles the Peacocks were clearly identified as sf on their covers. The imprint had been created by Kaye Webb following her appointment as Puffin editor in 1962 but this was the first The Take Time Out booklet also announced three sf titles in Peacock Books, a separate imprint for 'younger readers eleven or over' that sought toįill the gap between the Penguin and Puffin lists. Period that Penguin was going through following the departure of Tony Godwin and Alan Aldridge. Two books, The Hugo Winners and More Penguin Science Fiction, was symptomatic of the unsettled

The booklet also contained 'a complete list of Penguin Science Fiction titles' in print at the time, although the omission from this list of at least


The absence of an sf banner or logo label on the Richard Hollis covers in 1968 was presumably what prompted Penguin to release an eight-page booklet promoting the new The Art of Penguin Science Fiction: Ruffled feathers
