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imprint of new mainstream science-fiction and fantasy novels. Non-science fiction lines included Black Lace, the first mainstream erotic fiction imprint targeted at women; the Crime and
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novels. In 1998, Darvill-Evans managed among other projects the editing and production of Virgin's Guide to
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