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Wells H. G.
The Time MacHine and Other Stories
New York: Scholastic. Good. 1965. Mass Market Paperback. Scholastic T530 217 pp. Spine slightly slanted with 1" chip at base corners chipped minor edge wear and rubbing. Slight tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. <p> Introduction by Richard J. Hurley. <br> This Scholastic edition includes the classic time travel tale plus three other stories by Wells: <i>The Country of the Blind The Empire of the Ants </i>and <i>The Man Who Could Work Miracles. </i>; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall . Scholastic paperback
Referencia librero : 008225
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King Vincent
Light a Last Candle
New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1969. Mass Market Paperback. "Light a Last Candle is so jam-packed with so many rich ideas so many new concepts so many differing cultures layer on layer that in the hands of a less terse writer its material might have encompassed several novels. Here is a world full of strange creatures -- some that are offshoots of mankind and others that seem utterly Alien. And some that really are. Here are societies totally primitive others that live a subterranean life Mods living a happy bucolic existence and something that dwells in a shining quivering crystal as large as a city. And still more. Through it all runs a thread of excitement and danger that is capped with an ultimate defiance." Spine shows some creasing. A little shelf wear.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Referencia librero : 000283
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MacDonald John D.
Planet of the Dreamers Original title: "Wine of the Dreamers"
New York: Pocket Books. Good. 1953. Mass Market Paperback. Covers somewhat creased and soiled corners bumped some edge wear pen scribbling on front free end paper. Some browning but text is clean and unmarked. <p> John D. MacDonald is best known for his Travis McGee thrillers but he also wrote a couple science fiction novels. <br> "The Dreamers an ancient race of men and women live in a vast tower on a dying planet. Through their dreams they have found a way to contact Earth but they believe that Earth's inhabitants are only the stuff of which their endless reveries are made-"Dream creatures" to be toyed with ruthlessly and whose plans for spaceflight must be destroyed. Then one of The Dreamers comes to realize that Mankind is indeed real. How he projects himself into Bard Lane's mind and falls in love with the beguiling Sharan Inly makes Planet of the Dreamers one of the best space-travel yarns of any year."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Pocket Books paperback
Referencia librero : 002213
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McCaffrey Anne; Stirling S. M.
The City Who Fought
Riverdale NY: Baen Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. 0671721666 . Jacket shows a little rubbing and minor edge wear. <p> Set in the same universe as Helva "The Ship Who Sang" Simeon the shellperson in charge of station SSS-900-C faces the biggest challenge of his life as he tries to outwit the vicious Kolnari bent on pillaging and destroying the station.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Baen Books hardcover
Referencia librero : 002402 ISBN : 0671721666 9780671721664
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Pohl Frederick; Kornbluth C. M.
The Space Merchants
New York NY: Ballantine Books. Good. 1974. Eighth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345242904 . Covers a bit creased. Some shelf wear/darkening corners bumped. Slight foxing.<p> An all time SF classic first published in 1952. <br> "Meet Mitchell Courtenay -- Copysmith Star Class -- a man of no small importance in the Madison Avenue pecking order. His latest assignment: create an advertising campaign that will sell the American people on emigrating to Venus. <br> It's an uphill fight all the way for Courtenay as he contends with enemies in rival agencies with underground ecology groups -- and with a wife who won't come home unless he quits his job! <br> And what if Courtenay is successful Suppose the climate of Venus proves harsh and univiting And how will the colonists from Earth feel when they learn they will have to survive as best they can with no help from home <br> Mitchell Courtenay didn't care as long as he did his job and got his bonus. Then someone tried to sell him a bill of goods and Mitch suddenly had to work hard to keep on living!"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Referencia librero : 000959 ISBN : 0345242904 9780345242907
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Clarke Arthur C.
The Ghost from the Grand Banks
New York NY: Bantam Books. Very Good. 1991. Mass Market Paperback. 0553293877 . Spine/covers slightly creased corners bumped. Some darkening esp. inside covers. Sticker has been removed from inside front cover taking part of the promotional blurb with it. A clean bright copy. <p> "It's the year 2012: a hundred years after the sinking of the Titanic. Two of the world's most powerful corporations each headed by an eccentric and brilliant man race to find a way to raise and preserve the doomed luxury ocean liner. Two multibillion-dollar technologies are tested in a plan to raise the ship that will stun the world and create a media feeding frenzy. The rival CEOs gather together the twenty-first century's most brilliant minds including Roy Emerson technical problem solver and the prodigy behind the glass microsphere; computer geniuses Donald and Edith Craig darkly fixated by the enigmatic mathematical "Mandelbrot-Set;" and the grand old man of deep-water operations Jason Bradley pilot of a state-of-the-art high-pressure heliox suit named "Jim." Two adversary technologies under four hundred atmospheres of pressure at the bottom of the ocean. To each of the undersea explorers the quest to uncover the secrets of the wreck and to reclaim her for all time becomes an obsession. . . and for some a fatal one."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Bantam Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001823 ISBN : 0553293877 9780553293876
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Clarke Arthur C.
Reach for Tomorrow
New York NY: Del Ray / Ballantine. Very Good. 1977. Fifteenth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345258193 . Corners bumped slight edge wear. A clean bright copy. <p> Twelve memorable sci-fi tales filled with wonder and imagination including "Rescue Party" "A Walk in the Dark" and "Trouble with the Natives." Excellent examples of Clarke's dry humor and his unique brand of global disaster tales.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Del Ray / Ballantine paperback
Referencia librero : 001813 ISBN : 0345258193 9780345258199
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Appleton Victor II
Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures #15
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Library Binding. Ex-library with usual marks in sturdy blue patterned library binding. A few smudges on edges but text is clean and unmarked. Black and white line drawings by Graham Kaye. <p> Age Level: Grades 4-10; Ex-Library; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Grosset & Dunlap unknown
Referencia librero : 004922
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Cherryh C. J.
Gate of Ivrel Morgaine Ser.
New York NY: DAW Books. Near Fine. 1976. Mass Market Paperback. 0886773210 . Slight shelf wear. Some pages have a slight crease in the upper right corner. <p> DAW #188. First book in the Morgaine series of the Qhal and the Gates through Time and Space they left behind. <br> "Scattered about the galaxy were the time-space Gates of a vanished but not forgotten alien race. In their time long before the rise of the native civilizations they had terrorized a hundred worlds -- not from villainy but from folly from tampering with the strands that held a universe together. <br> Now the task was to uproot these Gates destroy their potency for mischief take horror out of the hands of the few who hungered for power by misuse of the Gates. <br> This is the story of one such Gate and one such world."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . DAW Books paperback
Referencia librero : 000462 ISBN : 0886773210 9780886773212
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Jones Neil R.
The Sunless World Professor Jameson Space Adventure #2
New York NY: Ace Books. Good. 1967. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Spine/covers somewhat creased shelf-cocked corners bumped some darkening. Bottom right front cover has a 1" x 1 1/2" piece torn out. PBO. Bookseller stamp inside cover. <p> "Forty million years after the death of Earth one man's brilliant mind lives on-although strangely encased in an indestructible metal body of a Zorome. Professor Jameson and the machine men of Zor continue their danger-laden explorations of the wonders of the infinite universe: In the kelp cities of a watery hydrosphere planet they encounter the race of the Plekne fish-men eternally enslaved by the alien Uchke. In the core of a hollow world the Zoromes discover a cavern of bones picked clean by the flesh-devouring predators who feed upon the humanoid Aytans. And through the marvels of a time machine Professor Jameson views the mausoleum of his planet's history: from the glorious birth of Earth as it splits from Sol to its ultimate devastated end."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001409
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Weis Margaret
Serpent Mage The Death Gate Cycle Vol. IV
New York: Bantam Books. Very Good. 1993. Mass Market Paperback. 0553561405 . Minor bumping/edgewear. <p> "After searching the four worlds Alfred has at last found his people on Chelestra the realm of the sea. But his travels have taught him to be cautious. . . and Alfred soon realizes his caution is justified even among his own kind. The one person Alfred can trust is strangely Haplo the Patryn. But Haplo’s lord has decreed all Sartan to be the enemy and Haplo dares not go against his lord. Now the companions have arrived in a land where humans elves and dwarves have learned to live in peace. Unaware of an even greater threat to all the realms it is Sartan and Patryn who will disrupt this alliance of the lesser races in their struggle to gain control of all four worlds. Only Alfred and Haplo realize that they have a much older—and more powerful—enemy than each other."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Bantam Books paperback
Referencia librero : 002673 ISBN : 0553561405 9780553561401
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Smith Evelyn E.
Unpopular Planet
New York: Dell Publishing. Good. 1975. Mass Market Paperback. "Nicholas Piggot knew the laws and abided by them -- except when he drank. That's when he got in trouble and saw blue dragons. And one night caught between the consequences of a violent action and the benevolence of his own blue dragons he made an amazing discovery. The blue dragons were real. . . . and they had definite plans for Nicholas Piggot" Spine shows a little creasing shelf wear. Apparent small waterstain on bottom edge of about half the pages causing that corner to curl in slightly.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Dell Publishing paperback
Referencia librero : 000239
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Salvatore R. A.
The Dragon King
New York NY: Warner Books Incorporated. Very Good. 1997. Third Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0446604852 . Corners bumped some edge wear. <p> "Committing border massacres with demon magic evil King Greensparrow and his sorcerous dukes shatter their treaty with the Wizard-King Brind' Amour. The final war between Avon and liberated Eriador is joined in steel and dire wizardries across land sea and air. Yet all the valor of Eriador's allies all the daring of Luthien Bedwur the Crimson Shadow cannot defeat Greensparrow's ultimate weapon-himself. For Avon's king is not human but an immortal hell-monster who has spent centuries plotting murdering every mage who could stand against him. Except one. . . "; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Warner Books, Incorporated paperback
Referencia librero : 001447 ISBN : 0446604852 9780446604857
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Howard Robert E.
Conan the Conqueror
New York: Lancer Books. Very Good. 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Corners bumped some edge wear darkening. Some yellowing but text is unmarked. A nice copy. <p> "Conan's awakening was abrupt and crystal-clear. He possessed full knowledge of the battle in the mountains and he had a good idea of where he was. He lay on a velvet couch his limbs loaded with chains even he could not break. <br> "What the devil did you do to me" demanded Conan. "I blasted your consciousness" answered Xaltotum. "How you would not understand Call it Black Magic if you will." Conan felt a chill along his spine."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Lancer Books paperback
Referencia librero : 003469
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Weinbaum Stanley G.
Best of S G Weinbaum
New York NY: Ballantine Books. Good. 1974. Mass Market Paperback. 0345238907 . Corners bumped coffee ring on front cover.Some edge wear esp. along spine. Small tear to front cover at base of spine. Some darkening. <p> "Enter the world of Weinbaum. His first story "A Martian Odyssey" introduced Tweel-that charming and inimitable Martian the first in Weinbaum's menagerie of unforgettable aliens. Weinbaum populated his universe with many delightful creatures most of who are collected here for the first time in paperback. Includes "A Martian Odyssey" and many others. Special introduction by Isaac Asimov."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001433 ISBN : 0345238907 9780345238900
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Clarke Arthur C.
Earthlight
New York NY: Ballantine Books. Good. 1972. Tenth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Covers slightly creased at hinges corners bumped. A clean attractive copy. <p> "Time was running out. Sadler knew that the discovery of heavy metals on the Moon could lead to a devastating war between Earth and the younger colonies of Mars and Venus. And someone in the quiet respectable group of scientists on the Moon -- someone Sadler had to find -- was passing information to the unseen warships in outer space. . . <br> If war came the Moon would be the target. But Sadler's job was to prevent that war if he could . . . while the uneasy days hours seconds ticked away." Clarke is in superb form here in one of his earlier novels exploring both technical issues and social issues in a story that combines mystery thriller and science fiction.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001804
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Dain Alex & Tubb E. C.
The Bane of Kanthos / Kalin Ace Double #42800
New York: Ace Books. Very Good-. 1969. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Ace Double #42800; The Bane of Kanthos 124 pp. Kalin 131 pp. This is the first publication for both these novels "Kalin" # 4 in the Dumarest series was subsequently reissued several times in other editions. Spine slightly slanted single reading crease at each hinge very minor edgewear. Text starting to yellow but clean and unmarked. A nice copy. <p> The Bane of Kanthos: "Far from the bloody fields of Anzor high in the Dark Tower of the Masters the man who was now known as Rocar stood feeling the inky onslaught of the Shadow against his mind. And as he felt the first touch of Darkness fear came at last to him. But now Rocar fought as he had never before - mentally not physically. The Bane of Kanthos would not conquer him . . . not while a kingdom depended upon him as their sole champion." <br> Kalin: "The strange girl Kalin could visualize the terrors that were to come. Dumarest realized her mysterious talent and tried his best to utilize it to stave off those future disasters. Together the two had managed thus to survive Bloodtime on Logis catastrophe in space and the specter of enslavement on desolate Chron. But always her image of the future drew closer and always her visions grew chillingly sharper."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Referencia librero : 006340
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Heinlein Robert A.
Rocket Ship Galileo
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth 212 pp 4 b/w full page illustrations front board has the outline of a rocket in flight in green heading for the Moon in the upper right corner. First edition of Heinlein's first published book with the Scribner's 'A' and seal on copyright page and 2 rear endpapers. 1/4" tear at top of spine and another nearly closed tear near the base. Spine slightly cocked corners scuffed and bent in especially the lower corners minor edge wear with some rubbing and scuffing to boards. 'Science fiction' inked on front paste down small spot on page 17/18 opposite the first illustration otherwise text is clean and unmarked. <br> Front end paper has this note in ink: 'Donated to the University of Detroit High School Library on November 9 1951 by ---------- a student." However there are no markings stamps or writing anywhere else in the book. It appears unlikely this was ever in a circulating library. <p> A long time science fiction classic of the first flight to the moon this was one of Heinlein's novels written in the 40's and 50's to young adults. <br> "They called themselves the Galileo Club - not a bad name for a group of space-minded young men who had high hopes of putting one of their homemade rocket ships in orbit. But it wasn't until they teamed up with Doc Cargraves that their impossible dream became an incredible reality. <br> "Suddenly the three Earthbound youths and their mentor were hurtling through space heading for the barren wasteland of the Moon. Or so they thought. They were totally unaware that the dark crater shadows concealed a threat beyond their wildest imaginings . . . a threat from which only a miracle could save them!"; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Referencia librero : 007206
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Silverberg Robert; Temple William F.
The Silent Invaders / Battle on Venus Ace Double F-195
New York: Ace Books. Very Good. 1963. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. "Venus" cover somewhat creased. Corners bumped minor edge wear. Slight yellowing otherwise a clean tight copy. <p> This vintage Ace Double contains the first book publications of Robert Silverberg's The Silent Invaders along with William F. Temple's Battle on Venus. <br> "Silent Invaders" - A science fiction adventure chronicling the clash of star spies "Abner Harris came to Earth on a mission of extreme urgency. His orders said that the universe was in dander of enslavement by the pebble-skinned Medlins. And that the fight against their evil scheming called for him to assume the disguise of a flesh-and-blood Earthman. But once in that new synthetic body he made a mind-numbing discovery: that the real villains of space were his own kind!." <br> "Battle on Venus" - "George Starkey had to find a way to stop the thousand year war on Venus before his little group of astronauts became early casualties. But where were the headquarters of the contending sides and how do you tell a robot tank that you're neutral. But George had an ally a Venusian girl who thought stealing was virtuous-and unknowingly he had something else that turned out to be the most valuable substance on Venus-a box of chocolate bars!"; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001758
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Cherryh C. J.
Precursor Foreigner Ser.
New York NY: D A W Books Incorporated. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1999. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. 0886778360 . Likely Book Club edition not stated. Black boards with some edgewear corners bumped. Jacket shows some chipping/edgewear especially at top/bottom of spine. 1" tear at bottom of spine. <p> Starting book of the second trilogy set in the "Foreigner" universe. <br> "The fragile political balance between the humans and the atevi is shattered by the return of the Phoenix in flight from an alien attack in another sector. Suddenly the planet-wide space race becomes something far more desperate: the need to build a space-based defense against possible alien invasion-and to prevent an interspecies war on the planet in the process."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . D A W Books, Incorporated hardcover
Referencia librero : 001280 ISBN : 0886778360 9780886778361
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Van Vogt A. E.
The Changeling
New York: Manor Books. Very Good-. 1974. Mass Market Paperback. Minor edgewear/scuffing. Text starting to yellow but clean and unmarked. <p> "The world was coming to an end but only the toti-potents knew it. They were the instruments of the alien invaders. Once they had been ordinary men. But when the invaders from space took possession of their bodies they became immortal and perpetually young; able to read minds and predict and change the future; possessors of weapons infinitely more powerful than any Earth had ever known. Then they began to hate men but because outwardly they still looked and acted like everybody else there was no way to tell who they were-until they attacked!"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Manor Books paperback
Referencia librero : 004181
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Gibson Walter B.
Rod Serling's Twilight Zone : Twenty-Six Unforgettable Explorations into the Realm of the Supernatural
Avenel NJ: Wings Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0517413183 . Slight yellowing/shelf wear.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . Wings Books hardcover
Referencia librero : 000136 ISBN : 0517413183 9780517413180
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Pohl Frederick; Kornbluth C. M.
The Space Merchants
New York NY: Del Ray / Ballantine. Good. 1978. Tenth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345276825 . Spine/covers a bit creased some shelf wear/darkening. A couple pages have underlining or margin notes but the text is not obscured. <p> An all time SF classic first published in 1952. <br> "Meet Mitchell Courtenay -- Copysmith Star Class -- a man of no small importance in the Madison Avenue pecking order. His latest assignment: create an advertising campaign that will sell the American people on emigrating to Venus. <br> It's an uphill fight all the way for Courtenay as he contends with enemies in rival agencies with underground ecology groups -- and with a wife who won't come home unless he quits his job! <br> And what if Courtenay is successful Suppose the climate of Venus proves harsh and univiting And how will the colonists from Earth feel when they learn they will have to survive as best they can with no help from home <br> Mitchell Courtenay didn't care as long as he did his job and got his bonus. Then someone tried to sell him a bill of goods and Mitch suddenly had to work hard to keep on living!"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Del Ray / Ballantine paperback
Referencia librero : 000955 ISBN : 0345276825 9780345276827
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Sladek John T.
The Reproductive System former Title 'Mechasm'
New York NY: Equinox Books. Very Good. 1974. First Thus. Trade Paperback. 0380000946 . Corners bumped minor edge wear slight darkening. A clean tight copy. <p> "Take one crazed scientist-the evil Dr. Smilax-add the complex mechanical technology that made Wompler's Walking Babies a household word all over America-and the result is chaos and panic. Funny little metal boxes on wheels that could reproduce themselves replenish their energies simply by plugging in to the nearest wall outlet. . . AND NO EARTHLY FORCE COULD STOP THEM! Could the US government be held to ransom by a mad scientist Would the Pentagon destroy the western US-in order to save it Or would our hero a clumsy lab technician and all-around failure save the world-and his girlfriend Susie Suggs-from the evil Dr. Smilax's twisted biological experiments"; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Equinox Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001829 ISBN : 0380000946 9780380000944
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Blish James & Knight Norman L.
A Torrent of Faces
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Spine slightly slanted very minor shelfwear 3 tiny spots along edge. DJ sunned at top edge minor edgewear w/ a few tiny chips; 1" tear at top and bottom of back flap. A bright attractive copy. <p> "In the world of eight hundred years in the future one thousand billion people are kept reasonably content in a complex and completely automated society. But now the approach of a fifty million megaton meteor threatens a vast natural disaster and the destruction of peace and order. The salvation of the world falls on the shoulders of Biond Smith chief of the Disaster Plans Board whose task is further complicated by his own personal loves."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Doubleday & Company hardcover
Referencia librero : 003283
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Van Gelder Gordon Ed.; Shepard Lucius; Connolly Lawrence C.; Cunningham P. E.; Vukcevich Ray; Hobson M. K.
Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine July 2007 Vol 113 No. 1
Hoboken NJ: Spilogale. Near Fine. 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Slight edge wear. <p> Stories: Stars Seen Through Stone cover Shepard; Daughters of Prime Connolly; Car 17 Cunningham; Cold Comfort Vukcevich; Powersuit Hobson.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Spilogale paperback
Referencia librero : 007871
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Gunn James E.
The Witching Hour
New York: Dell Publishing. Very Good-. 1970. Mass Market Paperback. Minor edgewear/bumping small crease in upper corner. Text starting to yellow but clean and unmarked. <p> "‘We summon thee Prince Ruler of Darkness Lord of Evil: your worshipers summon thee to receive our sacrifice. . . ’ The elegant room grew silent. The assembled guests leaned forward in their chairs. All were smiling their bodies quivering in delicious anticipation of the unholy climax. Above the naked body of a terrified still unbelieving girl the tall and powerful man called Solomon raised his glittering sword. . . A macabre trio of spine-chilling novelettes by a master of the strange world of the Unreal."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Dell Publishing paperback
Referencia librero : 003368
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McCaffrey Anne
Moreta : Dragonlady of Pern
New York NY: Del Ray / Ballantine. Good in Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0345298748 . Ex-library with usual markings plus front/back FEP torn out when retired. Shelf-cocked significant edge wear/chipping. Jacket is in protective wraps taped to boards with some chipping/edge wear some darkening. <p> "An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls Holds and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr where her dragon Queen Orlith would soon clutch. "Then without warning a runnerbeast fell ill. Soon myriads of holders craftsmen and dragonriders were dying; and the mysterious ailment had spread to all but the most inaccessible holds. Pern was in mortal danger. For if dragonriders did not rise to char Thread the parasite would devour any and all organic life it encountered. The future of the planet rested in the hands of Moreta and the other dedicated selfless Pernese leaders. But of all their problems the most difficult to overcome was time . . .".; Ex-Library; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . Del Ray / Ballantine hardcover
Referencia librero : 001315 ISBN : 0345298748 9780345298744
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Jones Neil R.
Twin Worlds Professor Jameson Space Adventure #4
New York NY: Ace Books. Good. 1967. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Spine/covers somewhat creased esp. at hinges. Corners bumped shelf-cocked some darkening and edge wear. PBO. Bookseller stamp on ffep. <p> "When the star-traveling machine men of Zor discovered the twin-world system of Dlasitap they thought it only a curious astronomical phenomenon. But when they landed on one of those planets they discovered a world ruled by harsh tyranny and encountered the rightful leader of these two worlds who was now confined in exile. The Zoromes' fight to overthrow the double-planet usurpers is an exciting tale of action and boundless imagination that ranks with the best of the famous Professor Jameson series."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001408
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Weis Margaret
Dragon Wing Death Gate Cycle Vol. 1
New York: Bantam Books. Very Good. 1990. Mass Market Paperback. 0553286390 . Slight bumping/edgewear/scuffing faint reading crease on front cover at spine. A bright attractive copy. <p> "In Arianus Realm of Sky humans elves and dwarves battle for control of precious water—traversing a world of airborne islands on currents of elven magic and the backs of mammoth dragons. But soon great magical forces will begin to rend the fabric of this delicate land. An assassin will be hired to kill a royal prince—by the king himself. A dwarf will challenge the beliefs of his people—and lead them in rebellion. And a sinister wizard will enact his plan to rule Arianus—a plan that may be felt far beyond the Realm of Sky and into the Death Gate itself."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Bantam Books paperback
Referencia librero : 002671 ISBN : 0553286390 9780553286397
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Cherryh C. J.
Brothers of Earth
New Haven Conn.: Doubleday & Company. Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Corners bumped slightly shelf-cocked some signatures detaching from spine at top. Jacket shows edgewear some scuffing/darkening. <p> "The sole survivor of a spaceship battle Kurt Morgan's survival capsule finds an Earth-type planet in this unknown system. Stranded for life he must adapt quickly to the strange terrain and even stranger inhabitants. . . or face extinction. But would it be possible for him to learn the ways of this totally alien culture. . . to entirely adapt his human reactions to their fabulous civilization and complex mores Kurt didn't know it yet but before long he would be completely enveloped by this alien race and become the key figure in their great civil was. And it would take all of Kurt's brave determination and keen resources just to keep himself alive."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Doubleday & Company hardcover
Referencia librero : 001283
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Mayhar Ardith
Soul Singer of Tyrnos
New York: Atheneum. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0689308523 . Ex-library with usual stamps spine slightly slanted minor edgewear. DJ in protective cover taped to boards. A bright attractive copy. <p> "Yeleeve a young woman who can sing the image of a soul onto the wall behind her to commend or condemn the owner discovers that a powerful evil is overcoming her country and only she can help."; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Atheneum hardcover
Referencia librero : 002724 ISBN : 0689308523 9780689308529
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Herbert Frank
Under Pressure Originally: The Dragon in the Sea
New York: Ballantine Books. Good. 1976. Mass Market Paperback. 0345255976 . Spine and covers show a little creasing some dents a little yellowing. <p> "It is the 21st century. Fighting a desperate war against the Eastern Powers the Western alliance is critically short of oil. Twenty consecutive subs have been lost attempting to pirate EP oil from a field off Novaya Zemlya. Ens. John Ramsey is reassigned from the Psychology Bureau to monitor the next attempt -- with the added pressure of trying to unearth the EP saboteurs suspected to be already on board the Fenian Ram. "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Referencia librero : 000252 ISBN : 0345255976 9780345255976
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Van Vogt A. E.
Mission to the Stars
New York: Berkley Books. Good. 1955. First Berkley Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Spine slanted/creased small chip at bottom corner PO name inside. Text is yellowed but clean and unmarked. <p> "A star-flung civilization in the Greater Magellanic Cloud is the background for this astonishing story of the far-distant future. Eons in the future a spaceship from Earth mighty beyond all comprehension is faced with the problem of locating a few inhabited planets lost in a wilderness of sun and star systems. The inhabitants of these planets know the ship is searching for them and refuse to reveal their location. But the captain of the Star Cluster is a very determined person and so the almost impossible hunt begins."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Berkley Books paperback
Referencia librero : 004443
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Blumlein Michael
Movement of Mountains
New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312006217 . Spine slightly slanted minor bumping. Ex-Library with expected stamps. DJ in protective wrap taped to boards. A bright attractive copy. <p> "Jules Ebert is a physician in a near-future world on the brink of economic crisis. In spite of the constant budget cutbacks at the medical clinic where he works Jules is content with his life. But his lover a woman named Jessica is restless; sensing that there is no future for her on Earth she persuades Jules to travel to the colonized planet of Eridis where she will work as a research scientist. Jules agrees to take up practice there administering to a race of genetically engineered slaves the Domers. Designed to mine a fungus that is used in a new wonder drug the Domers are huge and corpulent creatures with five-year life-spans; their bodies recycled to create each succeeding generation. A new strain of virus disrupts their carefully orchestrated lives however conferring strange memories; with them comes the pain of hope. The Domers' intellectual awakening poses a complex moral dilemma for Jules: should he cure the disease or allow its dissemination on the chance that it will liberate both the Domers and the rest of mankind"; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . St. Martin's Press hardcover
Referencia librero : 004521 ISBN : 0312006217 9780312006211
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Clarke Arthur C.
Prelude to Space
New York NY: Lancer Books. Good. 1970. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Corners bumped slight edge wear covers bowed out slightly. <p> Includes a special post-Apollo preface by the author plus the foreward to the 1962 edition. <br> "Prometheus. . . the man who stole the gift of fire from the gods. . . the ship that would steal the gift of space from the universe. . . Arthur C. Clarke's world-wide reputation as a master of science fiction is unmatched since the days of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. In a time when science is daily outstripping science fiction Prelude To Space stands as his most prophetic novel."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Lancer Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001811
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Stout Rex
Under the Andes
New York: Penzler Books. Good. 1986. Mass Market Paperback. 0045405074 . Spine well creased reading crease some edge wear chipping and cover creasing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. <p> The only fantasy novel Rex Stout wrote <i>Under the Andes </i>was originally published in 1914 in <i>All-Story</i> magazine. It was never reprinted until nearly ten years after Stout's death in 1975. <br> Introduction by John McAleer who was responsible for obtaining a copy of the original story and getting it re-published. <br> <i>Under the Andes</i> is a 'lost race' story in which some intrepid explorers venture into a cave which proves to contain a lost race of Incas who have hidden out since Pizarro's conquest of their empire. Written in a style appropriate for serialization it was apparently deemed too good for that and published complete in one issue. <br> This novel is one of a number of stories Rex Stout wrote in his twenties after which he spent a couple decades making his fortune before inventing the detective for which he is most famous -- the large and eccentric Nero Wolfe.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Penzler Books paperback
Referencia librero : 008134
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White James
Mind Changer: A Sector General Novel
New York: Tor Books. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312866631 . Spine somewhat slanted minor edgewear cracking at title page ex-library with usual stamps. DJ enclosed in clear protective plastic wrapper. <p> "In the course of practicing deep-space medicine on the Galactic Rim the multispecies staff of Sector General Hospital - a 384 level space station catering to patients from all known worlds - has seen more than its share of challenges from alien species that resemble plague and plagues caused by cafeteria food to cafeteria food that resembles some alien species. They're a tough and experienced crew. But now the staff are facing a terrifying new development: Dr. O'Mara has been promoted to head of hospital. Worse he's been given the job on a temporary basis for just as long as it takes to train his own replacement as chief psychologist. After all these years Dr. O'Mara is up for mandatory retirement. Nobody at Sector General can begin to imagine what they'll do without him -assuming they last long enough to find out."; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . Tor Books hardcover
Referencia librero : 005584 ISBN : 0312866631 9780312866631
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Applegate K. A.
Search for Senna Everworld # 1
New York: Scholastic. Good. 2000. Mass Market Paperback. 0590877437 . Very slight edgewear & bumping. Text block a little wavy probably due to humidity exposure but text is clean and bright. <p> "David's life was pretty normal. School. Friends. Girlfriend. Actually Senna was probably the oddest aspect of his life. She was beautiful. Smart. But there was something very different about her. Something strange. <br> "And on the day it began everything happened so quickly. One moment Senna was with him. The next she was swallowed up by the earth. Her screams echoing from far far away. David couldn't just let her go. Neither could the others. His friends - and hers. So they followed. And found themselves in a world they never could have imagined. Now they have to find Senna and get home without losing their lives. Or their minds. Or both . . . " <br> Est. Level: 4th - 10th grades.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Scholastic paperback
Referencia librero : 006515 ISBN : 0590877437 9780590877435
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Heinlein Robert A.
The Green Hills of Earth
New York: Signet. Good. 1949. Eleventh Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Some edgewear/bumping spine slightly slanted PO name on cover and FEP. Text dogearred at p. 42 page # circled at p. 33 otherwise clean and unmarked. <p> "With adventure after adventure Robert A. Heinlein builds brave new worlds of tomorrow as he takes you on a flight into the unknown universe far beyond the green hills of Earth!"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Signet paperback
Referencia librero : 004639
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Clarke Arthur C.
Voices from the Sky
New York NY: Pyramid Books. Good. 1971. Second Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Covers a bit creased corners bumped slight edge wear. A clean tight copy. <p> ""The universe is full of voices calling from star to star in myriad tongues. One day we shall join that cosmic conversation though it may be ages before we cross the megamegamiles sundering us from our equals and our masters." Voices from the Sky is the log of a voyage which has only just begun-Man's odyssey from Earth his first home among the planets to the stars and across the universe. Arthur C. Clarke distinguished author of such classics as 2001 A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End has once again created a work of vaulting imagination and dazzling scientific prophecy-the saga of mankind's journey toward a destiny waiting in the far-flung future beyond 2001."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Pyramid Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001818
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Fairman Paul W.
I the Machine Easy Eye Larger Type Edition
New York: Lancer Books. Good. 1968. Large Print Edition. Mass Market Paperback. A Paperback Original first editionSpine slanted cover a bit scuffed corners bumped text starting to yellow but clean and unmarked. Print is "Easy Eye Larger Type" which is larger than the conventional paperback type but smaller than modern "Large Print" books. <p> "Imagine a perfec world. A world in which no one has to work no one has to struggle no oneis deprived of anything he needs or wants. A world in which every man can indulge his most trivial whim at the push of a button. Or a world in which every man's whim is anticipated for him - so that even the button becomes unnecessary. A deram world Perhaps. But even in a perfect world there will always be men who dream of other worlds better things. And in the wonderful world in which the Machine made all decisions one man - Lee Penway = dreamed of barbaric worlds exotic adventures. He was only one man - but slowly his dreams began to change the world of the Machine . . ."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Lancer Books paperback
Referencia librero : 006262
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Van Vogt A. E.
The Anarchistic Colossus
New York: Ace Books. Good. 1977. Mass Market Paperback. "A future Earth where anarchy has become a way of life -- it is however a very special brand of anarchy one that is controlled by the mysterious Kirlian computers . . . and one that must deal with a race of aliens who look upon the conquest of Earth as part of a very entertaining game." Spine shows some creasing some shelf wear and yellowing; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Referencia librero : 000236
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Clarke Arthur C.
The Deep Range
New York NY: Signet. Good. 1958. Eighth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Spine a bit creased slanted corners bumped minor edge wear. Some yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. <p> "Whaleboys: Don Burley-hero of tomorrow tall handsome. . . and shepherd of the mammoth whale herds which graze the seas growing fat and healthy and ripe for man's dinner table. And Walt Franklin-mystery man of The Reefs. What secret from his past waited to plunge him into a life-and-death struggle with the sea Could he conquer the old terror that kept him apart from his fellows and drove him to search for the treasures of the oceans which could change man's future"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Signet paperback
Referencia librero : 001822
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Clarke Arthur C.
Imperial Earth
New York NY: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1976. Mass Market Paperback. 0345253523 . Corners bumped very slight spine slant some edge wear esp. along spine store stamp on top edge possible remainder mark on bottom edge. A clean attractive copy. <p> "It's 2276. Welcome to Earth for America's Quincentennial. The Time of Troubles is over. War and Poverty are dead. And Duncan Makenzie benign ruler of the distant world of Titan has returned to the planet of his forefathers to solve a mystery and create a son. A clone. An exact replica of himself."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Referencia librero : 001825 ISBN : 0345253523 9780345253521
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Coblentz Stanton A.
The Animal People The Outlander Series
New York: Modern Promotions. Good. 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Originally entitled "The Crimson Capsule." Spine slanted minor edgewear/ bumping cover beginning to separate from spine text block a little yellowed but clean and unmarked. <p> "A strange tale of exploration and anthropology in the not-too-distant future. They woke in a world of weird creatures: hairy ape-like mutants hideous survivors of the atomic holocaust and a tiny minority of Atavs man-like creatures living as slaves. Only their human courage and dream of freedom could help them win the revolution and regain control of the world"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Modern Promotions paperback
Referencia librero : 004178
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Feist Raymond E.
Rage of a Demon King Serpentwar Saga Vol III
New York: Avon. As New in As New dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0380974738 . Volume 3 of the Serpentwar Saga. The second or third depending on how you're counting series involving Midkemia. See also Magician Silverthorn Daughter of the Empire et al.; Remainder; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . Avon hardcover
Referencia librero : 000084 ISBN : 0380974738 9780380974733
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Heinlein Robert A.
The Door Into Summer
New York: Ballantine Books. Good. 1986. Mass Market Paperback. 0345330129 . Spine slightly creased a little edge wear and bumping some pages creased in upper corner. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. <p> "On the enlightened planet Earth it is no longer necessary to kill an enemy to get rid of him. It's just a matter of the 'long sleep' -- a freezing process that keeps him in suspended animation for as long as necessary; a month a year a century. This is the story of a victim of the 'long sleep' a man who awakens in the future bent on revenge and finds himself trapped by trhe passage of time."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Referencia librero : 008010 ISBN : 0345330129 9780345330123
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Heinlein Robert A.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset
New York: Ace Books. Very Good. 1988. Mass Market Paperback. 0441748600 . Minor edgewear and bumping reading crease. A fairly tight attractive copy. <p> "Maureen Johnson the somewhat irregular mother of Lazarus Long wakes up in bed with a man and a cat. The cat is Pixel well-known to readers of The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. The man is a stranger to her and besides that he is dead. . . So begins Robert A. Heinlein's To Sail Beyond the Sunset. Filled with the master's most beloved characters this compelling work broadens and enriches his epic visions of time and space life and death love and desire. It is also an autobiographical masterpiece - and a wondrous return to the alternate universes that all Heinlein fans have come to know and love."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Referencia librero : 006197 ISBN : 0441748600 9780441748600
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Van Vogt A. E.
Slan
New York: Dell Publishing. Fair. 1951. Mass Market Paperback. Spine somewhat creased and slanted covers a bit creased corners bumped. Soiling rubbing to covers. Back cover water stained along top and fore edge along with last few pages -- text is not affected. 1" chip from back cover at base of spine. Some browning but text is unmarked. <p> "His name was Jommy Cross and to all appearances he was human and harmless. But the slim tendrils half-concealed in his hair identified him as a SLAN. And to the men who ruled the world naturally all SLANS were freaks. But Jommy believed that SLANS were not the monsters men claimed. And though still a child and alone-and with only a secret weapon left him by his father-he set out to find his fellow SLANS and with them to win a way to peace with men."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Dell Publishing paperback
Referencia librero : 002215
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