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Williams Sheila and Manson Cynthia editors.Willis Connie; Pohl Frederik; Butler Octavia; Asimov Isaac and others contrib
TALES FROM ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE: Short Stories for Adults.
New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986. Near fine in a fine dustjacket remainder mark corner of textblock slightly bumped. . First printing. SIGNED by both Connie Willis and Frederik Pohl at their stories. Includes Octavia Butler's 1984 Hugo winner 'Speech Sounds' and Connie Willis' Nebula award winning story ' A Letter from the Clearys' Scott Sanders 'The Anatomy Lesson' ; Isaac Asimov 'Potential'; Frederik Pohl 'The High Test' and two stories by Jack Haldemann among others. Introduction by Asimov. 298 pp. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22322 ISBN : 0152842098 9780152842093
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McCaffrey Anne.
FREEDOM'S CHALLENGE.
New York:: Putnam 1998. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. The third novel in the 'Freedom' series. Putnam, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22874 ISBN : 0399143971 9780399143977
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Enstrom Robert
ENCOUNTER PROGRAM
Garden City New York:: Doubleday 1977. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. rem spray bottom edge. First edition. Author's first book - the story of a desperate attempt by a man to contact aliens. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13519
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Rich Mark.
LIFTING.
Union Oregon: Wordcraft. 1990. Near Fine in wraps. Paperback original - first printing. Debut story collection. Wordcraft. unknown
Bookseller reference : 11381
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Anderson Poul
THE STAR FOX
Garden City New York:: Doubleday 1965. F/VG dj- edge wear slightly dirty pc. Book club edition. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10867
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Adams Douglas
SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
New York:: Harmony Books 1984. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket . First US printing. The fourth book in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy. 204 pp. Harmony Books, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17606 ISBN : 0517554399 9780517554395
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Kube McDowell Michael P.
THE QUIET POOLS.
New York:: Ace Books 1990. Fine in fine dust jacket. a new copy rem mark bottom edge. First printing. A provocative look at the possible future of mankind by this award-winning writer: the Diaspora Project involves a starship that will take 10000 men women and children far beyond our galaxy. Nominated for the Hugo award. Ace Books, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14575 ISBN : 0441699111 9780441699117
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Zelazny Roger
BLOOD OF AMBER
New York:: Arbor House 1986. VG/NF blank bookplate. 2nd printing. Arbor House, unknown
Bookseller reference : 7968
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Goldstein Lisa
TOURISTS
New York:: Simon & Schuster 1988. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket rem line. First printing. The author's fourth novel a fantasy where for a family adjusting to life in a strange country the bounds between reality and magic fade. SIGNED on the title page 239 pp. Simon & Schuster, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22388 ISBN : 0671675311 9780671675318
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Lancour Gene
THE WAR MACHINES OF KALINTH
Garden City New York:: Doubleday 1977. VG/NF light rem spray. First printing. The second volume in the story of the barbarian Dirshan the God-Killer. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10615
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MacAvoy R. A.
THE THIRD EAGLE: Lessons Along a Minor String
New York:: Doubleday 1989. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First printing. First science fiction novel by this highly praised fantasy writer. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8284
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Silverberg Robert.
THE CALIBRATED ALLIGATOR and Other Science Fiction Stories.
New York:: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969. Ex-library with markings but in a very good dj. priceclipped. First printing. Nine science fiction stories written for young adults. in which outerspace and the unknown are brought alive 224 pp. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19026 ISBN : 0030751500 9780030751509
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Garrett Randall
UNWISE CHILD.
Garden City New York:: Doubleday 1962. Very good in like dust jacket initials and date on front endpaper. Early book club edition. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20751
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Strete Craig.
IF ALL ELSE FAILS.
New York:: Doubleday 1980. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket rem spray to bottom edge. First US printing. Collection of short stories by this Native American science fiction writer. Introduction by Jorge Luis Borges in which he calls his discovery of Strete the "most startling" of his recent trip to the US. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9443
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Yarbro Chelsea Quinn
CAUTIONARY TALES.
Garden City New York:: Doubleday 1978. Very good in a near fine jacket remainder spray bottom edge. First printing. Collection of short fictions. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22384 ISBN : 0385131453 9780385131452
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Anderson Kevin J.
SHIFTING THE BOUNDARIES: The Selected Works of Kevin J. Anderson.
Concord CA:: Dark Regions Press 1994. Fine as new. First printing a trade paperback not issued in hardcover. Collection of short stories illustrated by Larry Dickison with an introduction by Doug Beason. Issued an edition of only 250 numbered copies SIGNED by both the author and illustrator. Dark Regions Press, unknown
Bookseller reference : 18134
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Contento William G.
INDEX TO SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGIES AND COLLECTIONS 1977-1983
Boston:: G.K. Hall 1984. Fine in original cloth no dust jacket as issued. First printing. Large 503 page index of 1017 science fiction anthologies published July 1977 to December 1983. Over 10000 story titles and articles by 2890 authors searchable by story or author and by book title or author/editor. Also excellent reference for finding original magazine publication info for any anthologised SF story . Followup to 1978 INDEX TO SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGIES AND COLLECTIONS. Author indicated fewer of this followup printed than the original . G.K. Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14253
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Stasheff Christopher.
A COMPANY OF STARS.
New York:: Ballantine 1991. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. Book Number One of the Starship Troupers. Ballantine, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1840
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Wilhelm Kate.
SOMERSET DREAMS and Other Fictions.
New York:: Harper & Row 1978. Ex-library with usual tape marks pocket etc in a near fine dustjacket. 2nd printing. A collection of eight short stories by this Hugo award winning novelist although only 3 of these stories are really science fiction. Foreword by R. Glenn Wright. Harper & Row, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14794 ISBN : 0060146494 9780060146498
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Kornbluth C. M.
THE SYNDIC.
Garden City New York:: Doubleday 1953. Very good in light green tweed cloth lacking the dj. First printing. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23512
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Barnes John
KALEIDOSCOPE CENTURY
New York:: TOR 1995. Fine in fine dust jacket as new. First printing. The true first printing of this novel an edition which was recalled by TOR due to the number of errors in it. Laid in is a copy of the recall notice with the errata list and copies of several email messages posted by Barnes regarding this issue at the time of publication. TOR, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23441 ISBN : 0312855613 9780312855611
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Panshin Alexei.
MASQUE WORLD.
New York:: Ace Books 1969. Fair condition with edgewear to covers creasing to spine corner of back cover. Paperback original - first printing. An Anthony Villiers novel. ACE #02320 cover price 60c. Ace Books, unknown
Bookseller reference : 15039
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Bradbury Ray.
THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR.
Atlanta:: Turner 1992. Fine in glossy illustrated boards no dust jacket as issued a new copy. First printing. Wonderful full-color illustrations by Anita Kunz including some double page spreads - the story was originally written by Bradbury in 1983. Tall format 30 pp. Turner, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3760 ISBN : 1878685155 9781878685155
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Tepper Sheri S.
SHADOW'S END.
New York:: Bantam 1994. Very near fine in a fine dust jacket rem line. First edition. A work of science fantasy - a novel of romance adventure and ideas set on the planet Dinadh a peaceful backwater of the universe - and the only planet untouched by a mysterious force which is threatening to destroy humanity. Bantam, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2942
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Effinger George Alec
UTOPIA 3
New York:: Playboy Press 1980. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. First paperback printing. Originally published as "Death in Florence." INSCRIBED by the author on the title page ".from your sci-fi pal George." Playboy Press, unknown
Bookseller reference : 24696 ISBN : 0872166775 9780872166776
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Gibson Edward.
REACH.
New York:: Doubleday 1989. Very good in a very good dustjacket light crease on front cover of dj. First printing. First novel by this astronaut and scientist a thriller set in the near future about a terrifying challenge to our space program. 334 pp. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14933 ISBN : 0385261500 9780385261500
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Kotzwinkle William
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
New York:: Berkley 1982. Very good-. Pocket paperback. Novelization of Spielberg's movie. Berkley, unknown
Bookseller reference : 12404
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Rubinstein Gillian.
SPACE DEMONS.
New York:: Dial Press 1988. Near fine in a fine dustjacket. 2nd printing. The author's first book a science fiction novel for older children about a powerful mysterious computer game. Winner of several awards including the Australian National Children's Book Award. Dial Press, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15750
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Aldiss Brian W.
MAN IN HIS TIME: The Best Science Fiction Stories
New York:: Atheneum 1989. Ex-library with usual tape marks pocket stamps but otherwise a tight & clean copy in a very good dust jacket. First US printing. A selection of 22 stories written between 1955 and 1986 with a foreword by Aldiss. Atheneum, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6952 ISBN : 0689120524 9780689120527
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Weis Margaret and Hickman Tracy
TRIUMPH OF THE DARKSWORD: Volume 3 of the Darksword Trilogy.
New York:: Bantam 1988. Very good condition some signs of having been read. Paperback original - first printing. Bantam, unknown
Bookseller reference : 23864 ISBN : 0553274066 9780553274066
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Costikyan Greg
BY THE SWORD Magic of the Plains Volume 1.
New York:: Tom Doherty Associates 1993. Near fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Novel by the creator of the Stars Wars and MadMaze role-playing games. Tom Doherty Associates, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13502
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Varley John
WIZARD
New York:: Putnam 1980. Very good in good dust jacket. lower corner of dj flap clipped soiled. Book club edition. A compelling adventurous novel that is "a thoughtful and humane examination of free will taken to its most profound and frightening extremes." 338 pp. Putnam, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13121
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Yarbro Chelsea Quinn
FALSE DAWN
New York:: Doubleday 1978. Ex-library with the usual markings but overall tight and clean in a near fine dj. First edition. Novel set in California in the 21st century a world devasted by pollution war and disease. SIGNED and dated on the title page by Yarbro who also corrected her year of birth on the copyright page. When signing this Yarbro commented that it was only the first printing dust jacket that the red eyes of the mutant pirate on a motorcycle on the cover were improperly offset. 208 pp. Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24060 ISBN : 0385131445 9780385131445
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Silverberg Robert editor
THE MIRROR OF INFINITY: A Critic's Anthology of Science Fiction
San Francisco:: Harper & Row Canfield Press 1970. Very good in silver wrappers. First printing in wrappers issued simultaneously with hardcover. An anthology of 13 important stories by authors ranging from H. G. Wells to Heinlein to Jorge Louis Borges each with a foreword by a different critic: Brian Aldiss on a story by Zoline Kingsley Amis on Cordwainer Smith etc. Harper & Row (Canfield Press), unknown
Bookseller reference : 10411
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Chalker Jack L.
THE MESSIAH CHOICE.
New York:: Bluejay Books 1985. Little damage to lower corner of front cover of book & dust jacket so over all very good in a very good dustjacket. Nice tight copy otherwise. First edition. SIGNED on the title page and dated at JoseCon on 8/31/02 Bluejay Books, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22369 ISBN : 0312943016 9780312943011
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Card Orson Scott
TREASURE BOX
New York:: HarperCollins 1995. SIGNED on the half title page. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket a tight apparently unread copy but with a remainder line. . First printing. A mixture of comedy and horror in a poignant tale about the "most spectacularly disfunctional family in recent fiction." HarperCollins, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22113 ISBN : 0060176547 9780060176549
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Benford Gregory.
THE STARS IN SHROUD.
New York:: Berkley 1978. Very good in a very good dustjacket a nice tight copy but front edges of boards bumped. Book club edition. SIGNED by the author. Berkley, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22416 ISBN : 039912229X 9780399122293
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Anthology signed Ryan Alan editor Benford Gregory; Gilden Mel; Aldiss Brian Tem Steve Rasnic; Grant Charles L.; Lee Ta
PERPETUAL LIGHT
New York:: Warner 1982. Very good in very good dust jacket. lower corner clipped slight edge wear. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. The 23 original stories in this anthology range from hard science fiction and fantasy to unnerving horror to sly and rollicking humor but all have religion as a common theme .SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Benford at 'Relativistic Effects' and Mel Gilden at 'Small Miracles.' 435 pp. Warner, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13128
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Vonnegut Kurt; Ley Willy; Sheckley Robert and others.
'Unready to Wear' in GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION April 1953 Volume 6 Number 1.
New York:: Galaxy Publishing Corporation 1953. Very good condition overall : no mailing label usual toning to the pages light edgewear few small chips to covers but still a bright and very attractive cover. First appearance in print of these works. DIgest magazine. Great cover art by Schomburg "Still Life in Space". Includes 3 novelets: "Made in U.S.A." by McIntosh; "University" by Phillips; "The Sentimentalists" by Leinster; 2 short stories: "Seventh Victim" by Sheckley; "Unready to Wear" by Vonnegut; and nonfiction: "Origins of Galactic Law" by Wellen. Article: "The Birth of the Space Station" by Ley. Galaxy Publishing Corporation, unknown
Bookseller reference : 22142
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Faust Joe Clifford.
PRECIOUS CARGO: Book Two of 'Angel's Luck.'
New York:: Del Rey 1989. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. Del Rey, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18652
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Sargent Pamela
WATCHSTAR
New York:: Pocket Books 1980. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. dj- slight edge wear. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. A story of a girl who possesses mental powers but isolates herself from others and thus must deal with her training and ordeal alone. Pocket Books, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13164
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Sutton Jeff and Jean.
LORD OF THE STARS.
New York:: Putnam 1969. Near fine in green cloth prev owner's name in a dustjacket with a short closed tear and associated creasing on the front cover but still in overall near very good condition. First printing. A nice copy of this rather uncommon juvenile science fiction novel by the Suttons. Putnam, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19575
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Stableford Brian
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
Garden City New York:: Nelson Doubleday 1982. F/VG dj-slight corner & edge wear crease on inside flap. First thus- book club original Nelson Doubleday, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10822
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Steele Allen.
TRANQUILLITY ALTERNATIVE.
New York:: Ace Books 1996. Fine in a fine dustjacket appears unread. First printing. INSCRIBED on the title page. A recasting of the US space program - 'now that the cold war is over the space program is about to be sold.' 306 pp. Dust jacket art by Bob Eggleton. Ace Books, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22336 ISBN : 0441002994 9780441002993
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Burgauer Steven.
THE BRAZEN RULE
Salt Lake City:: Northwest Publishing. 1995. Near Fine with slight rubbing to spine ends. 1st trade paperback printing. Yea.r 2342 the US is ruled by an Imperial senate when the vile vice president plots to assinate the president while maniacal China is ready to unleash viral holocaust afgainst US. Northwest Publishing. unknown
Bookseller reference : 11372
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Farmer Philip Jose
THE UNREASONING MASK
New York:: Putnam 1981. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition. A highly charged far-future space adventure story. Putnam, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13531
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Kress Nancy.
BEGGARS AND CHOOSERS.
New York:: TOR 1994. Fine in a near fine dustjacket some crinkling to the dustjacket mostly only visible on the interior dj now in an archival cover. First printing. INSCRIBED on the title page. A stand-alone sequel to her Nebula and Hugo award winning 'Beggars in Spain' and a finalist for both awards itself. 316 pp. TOR, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15045
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Baxter Stephen
MOONSEED.
New York:: HarperPrism 1998. Near fine in very good dust jacket light edgewear to dj. Book club edition. SIGNED on the title page. His ninth novel. 534 pp. HarperPrism, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18856 ISBN : 006105044x 9780061050442
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Silverberg Robert
VALENTINE PONTIFEX
New York:: Arbor House 1983. Very good in a very good dustjacket. Book club edition. The third book in the Marjipoor Trilogy. Arbor House, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15481 ISBN : 0877955441 9780877955443
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Springer Nancy.
THE SABLE MOON.
New York:: Pocket Books 1981. Near fine. Paperback original - first printing. Pocket Books, unknown
Bookseller reference : 24701 ISBN : 0671831577 9780671831578
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