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Asimov Isaac
Colonizing the Planets and Stars Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe
Dell NY 1991 SC 1st thus somewhat worn at edges. Trade Paperback. Dell, NY, 1991 Paperback
Bookseller reference : ABE2629
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Asimov Isaac
Currents of Space the
Panther 1973. yellowing pages black pictorial cover with yellow & white ltrs yellowed edges corners/edges/ and head-heel of spine are nicked clean & tight. They called him "Crazy Rik: -- but only he knew that the planet was doomed with all its people. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Panther Paperback
Bookseller reference : 0020213 ISBN : 0586008241 9780586008249
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Asimov Isaac writing as Paul French
David Starr Space Ranger
Signet/New American Library 1971. T4849 144 yellowing pages yellowed pictorial cover with black ltrs 75 cents cover price soiled yellow printers ink on edges corners/edges/ and head-heel of spine are nicked & chipped head-heel of spine are taped store stamps on inside front cover and ffep water stain on back lower edge tight. Earth depends on her colonies supplying food and suddenly reports of fatal food poisoning traceable to Martian produce began to reach the rulling Council of Science. 4th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. Signet/New American Library Paperback
Bookseller reference : 0016189
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Asimov Isaac
De Grote Zon Van Mercurius Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury
Amsterdam: Algemene Uitgeverij Born Bv 1978 ----------trade paperback in Dutch. A Lucky Starr adventure. Reading crease edgewear a VG copy. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books. Amsterdam: Algemene Uitgeverij Born Bv paperback
Bookseller reference : 007344 ISBN : 902830570X 9789028305700
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Asimov Isaac
Early Asimov the -- Volume 2
Panther 1973. yellowing pages orange pictorial cover with black ltrs yellowed edges corners/edges/ and head-heel of spine are nicked clean & tight. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Panther Paperback
Bookseller reference : 0020214
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Asimov Isaac editor & introduction; Martin Harry Greenberg and Charles Waugh editors
Earth Invaded Science Fiction Shorts
Milwaukee/Oxford: Raintree Publishers / Blackwell Raintree 1982. "Science Fiction Shorts" series. 46 pages. Ex-school library only lightly circulated: with spine label barcode to rear cover property stamps to all endpapers pocket removed from rear pastedown and "discard" in pen to front and rear pastedown. Otherwise bright and clean binding tight and square corners sharp. Minimal wear to extremities. Classic SF short stories reprinted in illustrated format for young people. This volume includes "Home Team Advantage" by Jack C. Haldeman II; "Three Times Around" by Jane Roberts; "In the Arena" by Brian W. Aldiss; "Pattern" by Fredric Brown. Search this seller's books for other volumes in this series. Pictorial Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Yoshi Miyake. 6.75 x 9.5 in. Ex-Library. Raintree Publishers / Blackwell Raintree hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9900819 ISBN : 0817217320 9780817217327
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Asimov Isaac
Earth is Room Enough
Panther 1967. yellowing pages blue pictorial cover with light blue & white ltrs yellowed edges corners/edges/ and head-heel of spine are nicked clean & tight. Doctor Asimov's cornucopia of weird and wonder inventions. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Panther Paperback
Bookseller reference : 0020215
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Asimov Isaac
EARTH IS ROOM ENOUGH
NY: Bantam 1959. 1st printing April 1959; #A1978. Cover is uncredited Heinrich Kley swipes.Edges are uneven; corner wear with minor spine tears. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Bantam Paperback
Bookseller reference : NS860
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Asimov Isaac
Earth is Room Enough
Greenwich Conn: Fawcett Crest. Good. Reprint Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fawcett Crest T1718 208 pp. Spine somewhat creased and rolled. a little edge wear and rubbing crease across bottom corner of back cover binding fairly tight. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. <p> "Here are brilliant witty frightening and fascinating stories of the future by the greatest science fiction master of them all. Just hitch your mind to these weird and wonderful tales for a spin around the world of tomorrow that will take you right to the center of your wildest dreams." <br> Fifteen stories by one of science fiction's all time masters including 'The Dead Past' 'Franchise' 'The Last Trump' 'Jokester' 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' 'Dreaming is a Private Thing' and more.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Fawcett Crest paperback
Bookseller reference : 007434
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Asimov Isaac
Earth Is Room Enough: Science Fiction Tales of Our Own Planet
New York: Doubleday & Company 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine -/very good . 192 p.; 22 cm. Light grey paper over boards with blue spine title. Illustrated dust jacket by Tony Palladino. Top page edges yellow. "Doubleday Science Fiction" -- on dust jacket. Former owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Contains 15 stories and 2 poems. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: slight discoloration along edges of free endpapers; otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; lower corner of front flap clipped; clean and bright. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004048
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Asimov Isaac
EARTH IS ROOM ENOUGH
Greenwich CT: Fawcett Crest 1970. 1st printing Apr. 1970; #T1401. Cover art by Lehr. Edgewear; mild tanning. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Fawcett Crest Paperback
Bookseller reference : IH02
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Asimov Isaac
Earth Is Room Enough: Science Fiction Tales of Our Own Planet
Doubleday & Co. Doubleday & Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 15047
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Asimov Isaac
Earth is Room Enough Apr 15 1976 Asimov Isaac
TBS The Book Service Ltd 1976-04-15. Hardcover. Acceptable. Publisher: Fawcett<br>Date of Publication: 1957<br>Binding: mass market paperback<br>Edition: 13th Print<br>Condition: Fair<br>Description: FAIR mass market paperback Yellowed Pages binding tight. Science fiction. FS611068.<br> TBS The Book Service Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 611068 ISBN : 0200723782 9780200723787
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Asimov Isaac
Eight Stories from the Rest of the Robots
Pyramid 1964. yellowing pages pictorial cover with white & red ltrs blue printers ink on edges corners/edges/ and head-heel of spine are nicked clean & tight. 1st Printiing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Pyramid Paperback
Bookseller reference : 0020210 ISBN : 0515032964 9780515032963
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Asimov Isaac
Eight Stories from the Rest of the Robots
New York: Pyramid Books. Good. 1974. Seventh Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0515032964 . Covers a bit creased at hinges corners bumped. Ex libris stamp embossed on front cover. Scribblings inside front cover. Light yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. <p> A second volume of short stories about robots "The Robots -- Mechanical servants doing the work too hard -- or too boring -- for men to handle. They brought mankind a new era of freedom and leisure. And every robot was completely incapable of harming a human being. <br> Or so they thought . . . . "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Pyramid Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 001828 ISBN : 0515032964 9780515032963
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Asimov Isaac
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots
<p>New York: Pyramid Books. 1968. Second printing March 1968 stated. Pyramid R-1783 paperback 4x7 inches. 159 pages. faults: pages yellowed. Light wear on joint edges. light hinge creases on front and rear covers. Edge and corner wear. Tiny paint spots on front cover at top edge and block edge. Previous owner's name. Spine is slightly sloped. Good</p> Pyramid Books. paperback
Bookseller reference : 4130
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Asimov Isaac
Exploring the Earth & the Cosmos
Crown NY 1982 HC DJ 1st pr. little worn. Crown, NY, 1982 unknown
Bookseller reference : ABE2441
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Asimov Issac Greenburgh Martin H. And Charles G. Waugh
Extraterrestrials
U.S.A.: Starwanderer Book 1984. This 4.25 x 7 softcover has 240 pages. A collection of science fiction stories by various authors. Soft Cover. Very Good. Starwanderer Book Paperback
Bookseller reference : md6421 ISBN : 0694056286 9780694056286
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Asimov Isaac
EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATIONS
New York: Crown. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book is Good. Strong and sturdy binding a little weak at hinges but intact and sturdy. Binding at page 8 looks weak and showing a little but still attached and intact. Clean and unmarked text. Deckle front page ends. Very light spine end bumps. Very slight edge/corner wear to cover. DJ is very good plus. DJ is covered in a clear DJ cover. Very light spine ends wear to DJ cover. Very light surface shelf wear to DJ clear cover. ; Book Club Edition; 277 pages . Crown hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4849
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
<p>Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 332 p. Audience: General/trade.</p><p>slight wear on dust cover</p> Doubleday hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio988 ISBN : 0385239262 9780385239264
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Asimov Isaac
FANTASTIC VOYAGE
NY: Bantam 1966. 1st printing Oct. 1966; #H3177. Movie tie-in cover. Asimov received the 1987 SFWA Grand Master Award. Minor creasing;tanning; light rubbing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Bantam Paperback
Bookseller reference : LGA67
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
Houghton Mifflin Co. Houghton Mifflin Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 18092
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
New York: Bantam Books. Very Good. 1982. Twenty-Ninth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0553115278 . Corners bumped some edge wear rubbing some marks across leading edge. Yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy of one of the Good Doctor's most popular works. <p> Adapted from a screenplay by Harry Kleiner <br> "Four men and one woman reduced to a microscopic fraction of their original size boarding a miniaturized atomic sub and being injected into a dying man's carotid artery. Passing through the heart entering the inner ear where even the slightest sound would destroy them battling relentlessly into the cranium. Their objective. . . to reach a blood clot and destroy it with the piercing rays of a laser gun. At stake. . . the fate of the entire world."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Bantam Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 005176 ISBN : 0553115278 9780553115277
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Fantastic Universe Science Fiction Sept 1959
New York: King-Size Publications 1959. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Spine Wear Reading <br/> <br/> King-Size Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : 022755
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
New York: Doubleday 1966. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Hardcover. Poor/Good DJ. First Ediiton Stated. Cloth. Poor/Good. First Edition. Very Worn Ex-Lib Copy With All Usual Flaws. Dust-Jacket Is Well Worn But Virtually Complete With A Few Chips Creases And Wrinkles. <br/> <br/> Doubleday hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007203
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
Bantam 1966. H3177 yellowed white pictorial with balck and purple ltrs yellow printers ink on edges corners/edges/ and head-heel of spine are nicked head & heel are taped store stamp on ffep & inside front cover tight Movie-tie-in edition. 1st. Printing. Mass Market Paperback. G. Bantam Paperback
Bookseller reference : 0013799
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Asimov Isaac
FANTASTIC VOYAGE
NY: Bantam 1966. 1st printing Oct. 1966; #H3177. Movie tie-in cover. Asimov received the 1987 SFWA Grand Master Award. rear cover creased; mild tanning. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Bantam Paperback
Bookseller reference : HX119
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
London England: Grafton Books 1987. Hardcover with maroon boards and pictorial dust jacket first UK edition 710gms 392 pages. Book is in good condition with moderate general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only mild shelf wear. Dust jacket shows remains of a price sticker otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First UK Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Grafton Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SCIFIC197 ISBN : 0246132108 9780246132109
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
New York USA: Doubleday 1987. Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dust jacket first American edition 694gms 332 pages blue endpapers. Book is in good condition with moderate general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only mild shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SCIFIC196 ISBN : 0385239262 9780385239264
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
Westminster Maryland U.S.A.: Bantam Books 1988. This 4.25 x7 softcover has 385 pages. The uncharted territory of the human brain becomes a landscape fraught with danger for a team of scientists who set out to discover its secretsfrom the inside. Twenty years after the success of his original Fantastic Voyage the prolific and always illuminating Asimov creates a new scenario for an old premise and fills it with sympathetic characters unexpected plot twists and a heavy dose of science-made-comprehensible. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bantam Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : md7290 ISBN : 0553273272 9780553273274
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage II Destination Brain
London: Grafton. Fair. 1988. Paperback. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall 0-586-20025-8 4.25 x 7"; 250gms; 480pp; paperback; minor creasing to bottom front cover otherwise a nice clean copy; . Grafton paperback
Bookseller reference : 1810 ISBN : 0586200258 9780586200254
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage II Destination Brain
London: Grafton. Good/Good. 1987. Hardback. 0-246-13210-8 Clean Copy with DJ . Grafton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 906 ISBN : 0246132108 9780246132109
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
Bantam. Good. 1969. Twentieth Printing. Paperback. 186 pages clean cover edge wear. Based on a screenplay by Harry Kleiner adaptation by David Duncan based on a story by Otto Klement and Jay Lewis Bixby . Bantam paperback
Bookseller reference : 12714
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Asimov Isaac
FANTASTIC VOYAGE II
NY: Doubleday 1987. 1st printing 1987. 1987 SFWA Grand Master Award. Very Good in Very Good price-clipped dj. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : A2503
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage Bantam Books N7137
New York N.Y.: Bantam Books 1969. VG Paper Back Bantam Books N7137. Paper Back. Very Good. Bantam Books
Bookseller reference : 070518-A643
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
Bantam Books 1988. Book. Near-Fine. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Very-nice clean copy of this 1988 paperback. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Tight spine - NO remainder marks or price clippings. Bantam Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 018296 ISBN : 0553275720 9780553275728
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
New York: Bantam # 3177 1966. Movie Tie-in. Cover panels slightly rubbed. Appears unread. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. About Fine. Bantam # 3177 paperback
Bookseller reference : ob620
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
<p>Bantam 1966. BOOK CLUB. 5th printing. paperback 4x7 inches. based on screenplay by Harry Kleiner. Clean and tight. FLAWS: light reading lines. Corner bent on front cover. Rear cover corner chipped. Good</p> Bantam paperback
Bookseller reference : 3752
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
<p>New York: Bantam 1966. BOOK CLUB. 5th printing. paperback 4x7 inches. Based on a screenplay by Harry Kleiner. FLAWS: page yellowing. Light wrinkle on spine. Else Very Good</p> Bantam paperback
Bookseller reference : 3753
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Asimov Isaac
FANTASTIC VOYAGE II: DESTINATION BRAIN
New York: Doubleday 1987. The sequel to Asimov's bestselling "Fantastic Voyage" features a team of U.S. and Russian scientists operating a miniaturized submarine inside the brain of a dying comatose genius in an attempt to recover priceless scientific secrets. Text and boards are clean tight square; dustjacket shows minor surface and edgewear including small tear in upper edge of front panel. First Printing First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus to Very Good. Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002812 ISBN : 0385239262 9780385239264
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Asimov Isaac
Fantastic Voyage II Destination Brain
New York: Bantam Books - Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc. 1988. THE PHENOMENAL NATIONAL BESTSELLER. SYNOPSIS: With his phenomenal two-million-copy bestseller Fantastic Voyage Isaac Asimov took the world on its first amazing journey into the human body. Now twenty years later after deeper exploration into one of the most fascinating areas of science Dr. Asimov delivers an all-new thriller that transports you to the far reaches of inner space. Electrifying astonishing and remarkably realistic this new novel is certain to become a science fiction classic. Deep within Russia world-renowned scientist Pyotor Shapirov lies in a coma. Locked within his brain rests the key to the greatest scientific advance in the world's history. Only one scientist can hope to locate this secret - Dr. Albert Jonas Morrison an American. Morrison's mission: to be miniaturized to molecular size along with a team of four Soviet scientists travel in a specially designed submarine to the dying Shapirov's brain and tap the secrets held there. Morrison and his companions have only twelve hours to accomplish their task - in the face of unexpected terrors and with their own lives hanging precariously in the balance. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Illus. by Enid Hatton. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Bantam Books - Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 000040 ISBN : 0553273272 9780553273274
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Asimov Isaac & Conklin Groff editors: Arthur C. Clarke Anthony Boucher Jack Finney Theodore Sturgeon Robert A. Heinlein J
Fifty 50 Short Science Fiction Tales
New York: Collier Books # AS 516 1st Edition 1963 ----------paperback. The now uncommon first printing of a 287-page anthology with an entirely self-explanatory title. Canadian $1.10 price sticker on front cover can likely be safely removed left as is as perhaps a collector would want it present Slight spine tilt faint spine crease faint reading crease corner crease price stamp on page block bottom edge a VG copy. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Daly & Max front cover. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books. New York: Collier Books # AS 516 1st Edition paperback
Bookseller reference : 012702
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Asimov Isaac
FLYING SAUCERS
Fawcett. Good. 1982. First Paperback Edition; Stated First Printing. Paperback. 0449245039 . Book is Good plus. Stated First Printing with complete number line. Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Light crease to rear bottom cover corner. Slight bend no crease to top corner of book. Light single crease to front spine edge and to spine. Small chips to bottom and top spine ends less than 1/4 inch . Very good reading copy of book. ; Mass Market PB; 349 pages . Fawcett paperback
Bookseller reference : 2474 ISBN : 0449245039 9780449245033
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Asimov Isaac
Forward the Foundation Foundation Series
New York: Bantam Spectra. Very Good. 1994. 27th Edition; Fourth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0553565079 . <br> Corners bumped slight edge wear. A fairly tight attractive copy. ; Foundation Series; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 480 pages; <p> The sixth of Asimov's Foundation novels to be written but actually this is the first chronologically. <p> "It is the year 12020 G. E. And Emperor Cleon First of that Name sits uneasily on the Imperial throne. Here on Trantor the great multi-domed capital of the Galactic Empire forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. It is a world so intricately woven that pulling one thread would unravel it all. Cleon I is unnerved by this for he knows there are those who would see him fail - those he cannot touch. If only he had knowledge of what lay ahead then the Empire truly could be his. <br> "When young Hari Seldon arrives on Trantor he is unaware of the perilous politics that are brewing. The thirty-two-year-old Outworld mathematician has come simply to attend the Decennial Convention and do a bit of sightseeing. But when he presents his paper on psychohistory his remarkable theory of prediction little does Hari realize that he has sealed his fate and determined the destiny of humanity. For Hari Seldon possesses the prophetic power that is so desired by the Emperor. And now suddenly this naive and little-known Heliconian has become the most wanted man in the Empire as he desperately struggles to keep his portentous theory from reaching the wrong hands . . . While forging the key to the future - a power to be known as the Foundation. " . Bantam Spectra paperback
Bookseller reference : 8461 ISBN : 0553565079 9780553565072
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Asimov Isaac
Forward The Foundation
London: Doubleday. Very Good. 1993. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall 0-385-40456-5 410pp; paperback with librex film; very good copy; 'A wonderfully satisfactory capstone to an immense science fiction achievement' - The Times. . Doubleday paperback
Bookseller reference : 2054 ISBN : 0385404565 9780385404563
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Asimov Isaac
FOUNDATION AND EARTH
NY: Ballantine/ Del Rey 1987. 1st printing Oct. 1987. Cover art by Michael Whelan. Creasing; tanning; minor soiling and edgewear. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Ballantine/ Del Rey Paperback
Bookseller reference : OAS280 ISBN : 0345339967 9780345339966
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Asimov Isaac
Foundation and Earth: Foundation Saga #4
London England: Grafton 1987. Paperback reprint 286gms 510 pages. This is the fourth instalment in the classic Foundation saga by Isaac Asimov. Book is in fair condition with age-related general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout. Wraps show moderate creasing and rubbing otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Reprint. Paperback. Fair/Not Applicable. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Grafton Paperback
Bookseller reference : SCIFIC1039 ISBN : 0586071105 9780586071106
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Asimov Isaac
Foundation's Edge: Foundation Saga #5
London England: Panther Books 1985. Paperback reprint 252gms 431 pages. This is the fifth instalment in the classic Foundation saga by Isaac Asimov. Book is in fair to good condition with age-related general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout. Spine shows moderate creasing and fading otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Reprint. Paperback. Fair to Good/Not Applicable. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Panther Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : SCIFIC1040 ISBN : 0586058397 9780586058398
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Asimov Isaac
Foundation and Empire Foundation Series
New York: Del Rey Books Science Fiction and Fantasy. Very Good-. 1983. 27th Edition; 1st Del Rey Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345309006 . <br>Minor edge wear and scuffing a little creasing to front cover. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; <br>New introduction to the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. ; Foundation Series; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 234 pages; <p> This is the first book in the original Foundation Series winner of a Hugo Award for Best Series ever. <br> The trilogy starts with a Galactic Empire that has endured for more than 10000 years but is now falling think Roman Empire. Hari Seldon psychological specialist and genius has devised the new science of psychohistory that both predicts the Fall and enables him to create a plan to shorten the inevitable barbaric Interregnum from thirty thousand years to a single millenium. To further this plan Seldon causes two Foundations to be created one on Terminus at the outer edge of the galaxy and a second at the opposite end. For centuries the Seldon plan runs its course with the Foundation rising in power as the Empire disintegrates. <br><i>Foundation and Empire</i> covers the rise of the Traders to control the Foundation along with its inevitable collision with the old Empire. One of the last of the strong Emperors together with a first rate military commander spell major trouble for the economics dominated Foundation. <br> The Foundation endures and continues to prosper but the entrenched Traders effectively become a dictatorship centered on Terminus. The Free Traders' worlds contemplate their options but then a new power arises in the Galaxy. It is the Mule - a mutant whose mental powers change the psychohistorical balance and subvert the Seldon Plan. Toran and Bayta - Free Traders from Haven - take the Mule's clown Magnifico under their wing and embark on a quest to find a solution to the Mule. . Del Rey Books (Science Fiction and Fantasy) paperback
Bookseller reference : 8851 ISBN : 0345309006 9780345309006
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Foundation Volume 1 Foundation
New York New York: Bantam Spectra 2004. Later Printing. Softcover. New/No Jacket. New Book: Mass Market Paperback Bantam Spectra paperback
Bookseller reference : 825294 ISBN : 0553293354 9780553293357
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