American fantasy publishing imprint
Roc Books is a fantasy imprint of Penguin Group, as part of its New American Library. It was launched in April 1990 after Penguin Chairman Peter Mayer asked John Silbersack, the editor in chief of New American Library's science fiction (SF) program, to launch a new imprint that would draw more attention to Penguin's SF presence. The name Roc Books was chosen as a homage to Penguin's many famous bird-named publishing imprints. Roc was named after the enormous predatory bird of the Arabian Nights. After Penguin's merger with G.P. Putnam's Sons the imprint was aligned with Ace books and the current editorial team at Roc is the same team that edits the Ace imprint, although the two imprints maintain a separate identity.
Inaugural list.
The first monthly list at Roc was:
List of authors.
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Roc was publisher of FASA's game-related "Battletech" and "Shadowrun" novels beginning with "Shadowrun: The Secrets of Power #2: Choose Your Enemies Carefully" by Robert N. Charette in February 1991.
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