| Founded: | 1995 |
| Founder: | Jacob Weisman |
| Country: | United States |
| Headquarters: | San Francisco |
| Distribution: | Baker & Taylor Publisher Services[1] |
| Genre: | Science fiction, Fantasy |
Tachyon Publications is an independent press specializing in science fiction and fantasy books. Founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Jacob Weisman, Tachyon books have tended toward high-end literary works, short story collections, and anthologies.
In 2013, Tachyon's publication After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress won the Nebula Award and Locus Award for best novella. Also in 2013, Tachyon's publication of The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson won the Hugo Award for best novella.
From 1992 to 1994, Weisman also published Thirteenth Moon magazine, which featured short stories, poetry and essays by authors including Vicki Aron, Michael Astrov, M. J. Atkins, Simon Baker, Michael Bishop, Fred Branfman, Lela E. Buis, Paul Di Filippo, Linda Dunn, Alma Garcia, Lisa Goldstein, Brice Gorman, John Grey, Eva Hauser, Deborah Hunt, Knute Johnson, Lewis Jordan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mary Soon Lee, Pamela Lovell, David Nemec, Lyn Nichols, Robert Patrick, David Sandner, Brian Skinner, Lia Smith, P. Stillman, Rob Sullivan, Pat Toomay, Inti Valverde, Peter Weverka and Wayne Wightman.
The following books have been published by Tachyon Publications.[2]
| Title | Author | |
|---|---|---|
| A Fine and Private Place | Peter S. Beagle | |
| A Flock of Lawn Flamingos | Pat Murphy | |
| After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall | Nancy Kress | |
| Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Trainwrecks of the Silent Screen | Kage Baker | |
| Beyond the Rift | Peter Watts | |
| Billet-doux | Thomas Disch | |
| Bob the Angry Flower: Dog Killer | Stephen Notley | |
| Booklife" Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer | Jeff VanderMeer | |
| Burn | James Patrick Kelly | |
| Can't Catch Me and Other Twice-Told Tales | Michael Cadnum | |
| Catalyst: A Novel of Alien Contact | Nina Kiriki Hoffman | |
| Central Station | Lavie Tidhar | |
| Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures | Michael Swanwick | |
| Cold in July | Joe R. Lansdale | |
| Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future | Cory Doctorow | |
| Context: Selected Essays on Productivity, Creativity, Parenting, and Politics in the 21st Century | Cory Doctorow | |
| Crucified Dreams | Joe R. Lansdale, ed. | |
| Cultural Breaks | Brian Aldiss | |
| Dancing on Air | Nancy Kress | |
| Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror | Ellen Datlow, ed. | |
| Deadman's Crossing | Joe R. Lansdale | |
| Deadman's Road | Joe R. Lansdale | |
| Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology | James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, eds. | |
| Dogs | Nancy Kress | |
| Dreams of Distant Shores | Patricia A. McKillip | |
| Dying (With No Apologies to Martha Stewart) | Michael Arnzen | |
| Embracing the Starlight | Dave Smeds | |
| EPIC: Legends of Fantasy | John Joseph Adams, ed | |
| Eyes Like Leaves | Charles de Lint | |
| Falling in Love With Hominids | Nalo Hopkinson | |
| James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, eds. | ||
| Flaming Zeppelins | Joe R. Lansdale | |
| Future Media | Rick Wilber, ed. | |
| Futures Past | A.E. van Vogt | |
| Ganglion and Other Stories | Wayne Wightman | |
| Gravity's Angels | Michael Swanwick | |
| Greetings and Other Stories | Terry Bisson | |
| Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction | Hannu Rajaniemi | |
| Hap and Leonard | Joe R. Lansdale | |
| Joe R. Lansdale | ||
| Hap and Leonard Ride Again | Joe R. Lansdale | |
| Hauntings | Ellen Datlow, ed. | |
| Her Smoke Rose Up Forever | James Tiptree Jr. | |
| Hollow World | Michael J. Sullivan | |
| How to Mars | David Harris Ebenbach | |
| I Live with You | Carol Emshwiller | |
| In Calabria | Peter S. Beagle | |
| Instructions | Bob Leman | |
| In the Company of Thieves | Kage Baker | |
| Invaders: 22 Tales from the Outer Limits of Literature | Jacob Weisman | |
| Kafkaesque | James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, eds. | |
| Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong | Kelley Armstrong | |
| The Line Between | Peter S. Beagle | |
| Lot and Lot's Daughter | Ward Moore | |
| Lovecraft's Monsters | Ellen Datlow, ed. | |
| Medicine Road | Charles de Lint | |
| Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic Megafauna | Michael Swanwick | |
| Monstrous | Ellen Datlow, ed. | |
| Neat Sheets: The Poetry of James Tiptree, Jr. | James Tiptree Jr. | |
| Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror | Ellen Datlow, ed | |
| Not So Much, Said the Cat | ||
| Numbers Don't Lie | Terry Bisson | |
| Olympic Games | Leslie What | |
| Omar | Sidney Bechet | |
| Over the River and Through the Woods | Clifford Simak | |
| Pirate Utopia | ||
| Portable Childhoods | Ellen Klages | |
| Portrait of Jennie | Robert Nathan | |
| Promises to Keep | Charles de Lint | |
| Reading the Bones | Sheila Finch | |
| James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, eds. | ||
| Shambling Towards Hiroshima | James K. Morrow | |
| Shatterday | Harlan Ellison | |
| She Walks in Darkness | Evangeline Walton | |
| Six Months, Three Days | Charlie Jane Anders | |
| Sleight of Hand | Peter S. Beagle | |
| Slipping: Stories, Essays & Other Writings | Lauren Beukes | |
| Slow Bullets | Alastair Reynolds | |
| Stable Strategies and Others | Eileen Gunn | |
| Stagestruck Vampires and Other Phantasms | Suzy McKee Charnas | |
| Standard Candles | Jack McDevitt | |
| Steampunk | Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, eds. | |
| Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded | Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, eds. | |
| Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution | Ann VanderMeer, ed. | |
| Strange Itineraries | Tim Powers | |
| Summerlong | Peter S. Beagle | |
| Super Stories of Heroes & Villains | Claude Lalumière, ed. | |
| Tales of Old Earth | Michael Swanwick | |
| The Apes of Wrath | Richard Klaw, ed. | |
| The Asimov's SF 30th Anniversary Anthology | Sheila Williams, ed. | |
| The Asylum of Dr. Caligari (forthcoming June 2017)[3] | James K. Morrow | |
| The Best of Joe R. Lansdale | Joe R. Lansdale | |
| The Best of Michael Moorcock | Michael Moorcock | |
| The Best of Xero | Pat & Dick Lupoff, eds. | |
| The Bible Repairman and Other Stories | Tim Powers | |
| The Black Flame | Stanley Weinbaum | |
| The Boss in the Wall | Avram Davidson | |
| The Cat's Pajamas and Other Stories | James K. Morrow | |
| The Cutting Room: Dark Reflections of the Silver Screen | Ellen Datlow, ed. | |
| The Dog Said Bow-Wow | Michael Swanwick | |
| The Essential W. P. Kinsella | W. P. Kinsella | |
| The Emperor's Soul | Brandon Sanderson | |
| The Fate of Mice | Susan Palwick | |
| The First Last Unicorn and Other Beginnings (forthcoming)[4] | Peter S. Beagle | |
| The Good Humor Man | Andrew Fox | |
| The Great Bazaar & Brayan's Gold | Peter V. Brett | |
| The Hotel Under the Sand | Kage Baker | |
| The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 | Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith, eds. | |
| The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 | Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith, eds. | |
| The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 | Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith, eds. | |
| The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals | Ann and Jeff VanderMeer | |
| The Madonna and the Starship | James K. Morrow | |
| The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction of Mary Shelley | Mary Shelley | |
| The New Weird | Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, eds. | |
| The Postmodern Archipelago | Michael Swanwick | |
| The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances | Peter S. Beagle | |
| The Roberts | Michael Blumlein | |
| The Search for Philip K. Dick | Anne R. Dick | |
| The Secret City: A Novel | Carol Emshwiller | |
| The Secret History of Fantasy | Peter S. Beagle, ed. | |
| The Secret History of Science Fiction | James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, eds. | |
| The Shadow Hunter | Pat Murphy | |
| The Stress of Her Regard | Tim Powers | |
| The Sword and Sorcery Anthology | David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman, eds. | |
| The Third Bear | Jeff VanderMeer | |
| The Treasury of the Fantastic | David Sandner and Jacob Weisman eds. | |
| The Uncertain Places | Lisa Goldstein | |
| The Urban Fantasy Anthology | Peter S. Beagle & Joe R. Lansdale, eds. | |
| The Very Best of Charles de Lint | Charles de Lint | |
| The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction | Gordon Van Gelder, ed. | |
| The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2 | Gordon Van Gelder, ed. | |
| The Very Best of Kate Elliott | Kate Elliott | |
| The Very Best of Tad Williams | Tad Williams | |
| The Wall of America | Thomas M. Disch | |
| The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Unwritten | Thomas M. Disch | |
| Time Gypsy | Ellen Klages | |
| Unity | Elly Bangs | |
| We Are All Completely Fine | Daryl Gregory | |
| We Never Talk About My Brother | Peter S. Beagle | |
| Wicked Wonders (forthcoming May 2017)[5] | Ellen Klages | |
| Wonders of the Invisible World | Patricia A. McKillip | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 6 | David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, eds. | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 7 | David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, eds, | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 8 | David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, eds. | |
| Yesterday's Kin | Nancy Kress | |
| Your Friendly Neighborhood Magician | Peter S. Beagle |