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1997réf. 51372New York:: HarperPrism 1997. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. SIGNED by SEVEN authors: by Hartwell on the title page and by Connie Willis Gregory Benford James Patrick Kelly Kathleen Ann Goonan Terry Bisson and Allen Steele at their stories. Includes 20 stories from 1996 by Dave Wolverton Gregory Benford Terry Bisson John Brunner James Patrick Kelly Joanna Russ Gene Wolfe Bruce Sterling Allen Steele Connie Willis Kate Wilhelm Steven Baxter and others. . Edited and with an introduction by Hartwell. 315 pp. Dust jacket by Bob Eggleton. HarperPrism, hardcover
1991réf. 51732New York:: ROC - Penguin 1991. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket as new. First printing. An anthology of 22 original stories including one by Bradbury himself written as a tribute anthology in horor of Ray Bradbury. SIGNED by THREE contributors: on the title page by William Nolan and Roberta Lannes and on the half title page by Cameron Nolan. Also includes contributions from Orson Scott Card Isaac Asimov Gregory Benford F. Paul Wilson Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Richard Matheson and many others. 328 pp. ROC - Penguin, hardcover
1987réf. 52044New York:: St Martin's 1987. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. First US printing. An anthology containing some of the best stories from the previous year. Introduction by John Clute. SIGNED by TWO authors: Gregory Benford at his story "Freezeframe" and John Shirley at the story he co-wrote with Bruce Sterling "The Unfolding." Also includes stories by Brian Stableford J. G. Ballard Thomas M. Disch Ian Watson Scott Bradfield Rachel Pollack and more. x 208 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. St Martin's, hardcover
1983réf. 52115Garden City NY:: Doubleday 1983. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Laid in is a promotional card also SIGNED by Morrell. . First printing. An anthology containing "16 brand new tales of terror and dark fantasy" including We Share by Lori Allen; Eenie Meenie Ipsateenie by Pat Cadigan; The Appearances of Georgio by Leslie A. Horvitz; The Touch by Wayne Wightman; Sneakers by Marc Laidlaw; Reunion by Jack Dann; By the Hair of the Head by Joe R. Lansdale; Dreams by Elisabeth Erica Burden; Crutches by Steve Rasnic Tem; Cold Heart by Peter D. Pautz; Peppermint Kisses by Jesse Osburn; A Last Testament for Nick and Trooper by J. Michael Straczynski; Mariana by Melissa Mia Hall; The Man with Legs by Al Sarrantonio and The Silent Cradle by Leigh Kennedy; SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: David Morrell at "But at My Back I Always Hear" and Lansdale at "By the Hair of the Head." Edited and with an introduction by Charles Grant. viii 180 pp. Doubleday, hardcover
2007réf. 51305New York:: St Martin's 2007. SIGNED hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Book club edition. Thick book - on the cover it says more than 300000 words of fantastic fiction. Includes stories by Robert Charles Wilson Kage Baker Greg Egan Steven Baxter and many others as well as a summary of the year and an honorable mention list. SIGNED by Dozois on the title page and also SIGNED by NINE authors at their stories: Michael Swanwick Cory Doctorow Alastair Reynolds Gregory Benford Ian MacDonald Robert Reed Darryl Gregory Paolo Bacigalupi and Jay Lake signed on table of contents. xlvii 784 pp. St Martin's, hardcover
1970réf. 48720Chicago:: Follett Publishing Co. 1970. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in very good dust jacket some light edgewear to the dj. First printing. Novel set in what was then the near future - a world of space exploration and of the World's Fair satellite a copper hued globe rotating around the earth. SIGNED on the title page by Silverberg. 248 pp. Cover art by Jack Endewelt. Follett Publishing Co., hardcover
2008réf. 48863New York:: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates 2008. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket a new copy. First printing. A Wild Cards Novel set in an alternate 2008 a world which came into existence after an alien virus accidently released in 1946 rewrote human DNA. Written and edited by Martin and Snodgrass and with contributions by Daniel Abraham Carrie Vaughn Michael Cassutt Caroline Spector John Jos. Miller Ian Tregillis S. L. Farrell. SIGNED on the title page by FIVE authors: George R. R. Martin Melinda Snodgrass Daniel Abraham Carrie Vaughn and Ian Tregillis. 384 pp. TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, hardcover
1987réf. 49160New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with a pocket and in a sturdy black buckram binding but overall tight and clean with relatively few markings. in a near fine dustjacket. Surprisingly uncommon especially in hardcover presumably since most copies went to libraries - as this did. . First printing. SIGNED by SIX authors at their award winning stories: 'Out of All Them Bright Stars' by Nancy Kress; 'Portraits of His Children' by George R. R. Martin; 'Sailing to Byzantium' by Robert Silverberg; Joe Haldeman at his nominated story 'More than the Sum of His Parts'; James P. Blaylock at 'Paper Dragons' and Gregory Benford at "Effing the Ineffable." Also includes a short story by Card who won the Nebula for his novel 'Ender's Game' and nominated stories by James P. Blaylock Bruce Boston and others. Essay on science fiction films. Also includes an appendix of the SFWA The Guild about the Nebula Award and The 1985 Nebula Awards ballot and the past Nebula Award Winners from 1965 to 1984. 333 pp. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, hardcover
1992réf. 49127New York:: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates 1992. SIGNED first edition -. SIGNED by SEVEN authors at their photographs: George R. R. Martin Tim Powers Lisa Goldstein Peter Straub Diane Paxson. Peter Beagle and Charles de Lint. Very good in illustrated wrappers. First printing a large trade paperback issued simultaneously with hardcover. A collection of photographs of more than one hundred of today's top fantasy writers accompanied by personal statements from the authors themselves. Included are Lynn Abbey Joan Aiken Lloyd Alexander Peter S. Beagle Marion Zimmer Bradley Terry Brooks Steven Brust Emma Bull Suzy McKee Charnas C. J. Cherryh Louise Cooper Susan Cooper John Crowley L. Sprague de Camp Gordon R. Dicksokn J. P. Donleavy Raymond E. Feist Neil Gaiman Lisa Goldstein Terry Goodkind Barbara Hambly Harry Harrison Tracy Hickman Robert Jordan William Kotzwinkle Katherine Kurtz Mercedes Lackey Stephen R. Lawhead Ursula K. Le Guin Madeleine L'Engle Morgan Llywelyn Anne McCaffrey Patricia A. McKillip Michael Moorcock Joyce Carol Oates Diana Paxson Terry Pratchett Melanie Rawn Jennifer Roberson Joel Rosenberg Fred Saberhagen R. A. Salvatore Will Shetterly Peter Straub Judith Tarr Margaret Weis Tad Williams Jack Williamson Terri Windling Gene Wolfe Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Jane Yolen and more. Historical introduction by Terri Windling. Index. 231 pp. TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, unknown
2001réf. 49776New York:: St Martin's 2001. SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket. Book club edition. One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by FIVE authors: on the title page by Dozois and by Nancy Kress John Kessel Alastair Reynolds and Robert Charles Wilson at their stories. Also included in this volume are stories by Stephen Baxter Greg Egan Peter F. Hamilton Paul J. McAuley Ursula Le Guin Lucius Shepard Charles Stross Brian Stableford Michael Swanwick Steven Utley Tananarrive Due and others along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 2000 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250000 words of fantastic fiction'. lv 744 pp. St Martin's, hardcover
1994réf. 48024Stamford Connecticut:: Longmeadow Press 1994. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. An anthology spanning seven decades from the 1920's to the 1980's and beyond. Collects thirty-two stories by Francis Stevens Leigh Brackett Andre Norton Zenna Henderson Judith Merril Anne McCaffrey Ursula K. Le Guin Octavia E. Butler Karen Joy FowlerNancy Kress and others. SIGNED by THREE contributors: by Laura Freas in gold on the front cover of the dj and by authors: Karen Joy Fowler at her story "The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things" and Nancy Kress at 'Down Behind Cuba Lake." Introduction authors' note. xvi 427 pp. Cover art by Laura Freas. Longmeadow Press, hardcover
1996réf. 48572New York:: St Martin's 1996. SIGNED hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket. Book club edition. One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by SIX authors: by Dozois on the title page and by Joe Haldeman Allen Steele Robert Reed Pat Cadigan and Michael Swanwick. Also included in this volume are stories by Dan Simmons Ian R. MacLeod Terry Bisson John Kessel Greg Egan Nancy Kress Ursula LeGuin and others along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1995 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250000 words of fantastic fiction'. 704 pp. Dust jacket art by Bob Eggleton. St Martin's, hardcover
1987réf. 11497New York:: Bowker 1987. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in glossy boards no dj as issued. First printing of the 3rd edition greatly expanded revised and updated from the previous editions. A comprehensive and important work on science fiction: covers the emergence of sf to 1920 between the wars 1918-1938 the early modern period 1938-1963 the modern period 1964-1986 by Brian Stapleford children's and young adult sf an extensive checklist on science fiction in languages other than English numerous entries for German French Russian Japanese Italian Danish Swedish Norwegian Dutch Belgian Romanian and Yugoslav science fiction and foreign-language secondary material and a survey of Hebrew science fiction as well as a core collection checklist author subject and title indexes and much more. Introduction by Brian Aldiss. 874 pp. Bowker, hardcover
2003réf. 47082New York:: St Martin's 2003. SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in fine dust jacket prev owner's name and homemade pocket under flap of dj. . Book club edition. Thick book - on the cover it says more than 300000 words of fantastic fiction. Includes stories by Ian R. MacLeod Nancy Kress Greg Egan Maureen F. McHugh Robert Reed Paul McAuley Michael Swanwick Robert Silverberg Charles Stross John Kessel Gregory Benford Molly Gloss Kage Baker Alistair Reynolds and many others as well as a summary of the year and a recommended reading list. Winner of the 2002 Locus Award for Best Anthology. SIGNED on the title page by Gardner Dozois and by SEVEN authors at their contributions: Gregory Benford Nancy Kress Michael Swanwick Robert Reed Alastair Reynolds Walter Jon Williams and Ian MacDonald. xlvi 797 pp. St Martin's, hardcover
2003réf. 46285New York:: St Martin's 2003. SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket. Book club edition. Thick book - on the cover it says more than 300000 words of fantastic fiction. Includes stories by Ian R. MacLeod Nancy Kress Greg Egan Maureen F. McHugh Robert Reed Paul McAuley Michael Swanwick Robert Silverberg Charles Stross John Kessel Gregory Benford Molly Gloss Kage Baker Alistair Reynolds and many others as well as a summary of the year and a recommended reading list. Winner of the 2002 Locus Award for Best Anthology. SIGNED on the title page by Gardner Dozois and by SIX authors at their contributions: Gregory Benford Nancy Kress Michael Swanwick Robert Reed Alastair Reynolds and Ian MacDonald. xlvi 797 pp. St Martin's, hardcover
1994réf. 17783New York:: Berkley 1994. SIGNED first edition -. SIGNED by Koontz at the beginning of an interview section and by Charles de Lint at his article "The Heart of the Tick-Tock Man." Very good in wraps. First printing a trade paperback not issued in hardcover in the US. A comprehensive bibliography and chronology of the life and career of the author. Includes an in-depth interview his first published short story and a complete annotated guide to his work. Berkley, unknown
2000réf. 43324New York:: Eos / Harper Collins 2000. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dust jacket usual toning to the pages . Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. SIGNED by SIX contributors: by the editor David Hartwell on the title page and by Terry Bisson 'Macs' Robert Sawyer 'The Blue Planet' Mary Soon Lee 'Lifework' G. David Nordley Democritus' Violin' and Michael Swanwick 'Ancient Engines' at their stories. Includes stories 25 stories from 1999 by Geoff Ryman Elisabeth Malartre Kim Stanley Robinson Robert Reed Michael Bishop Sarah Zettel Cory Doctorow Greg Egan Terry Bisson Chris Lawson Gene Wolfe Robert J Sawyer Mary Soon Lee Fred Lerner Brian Aldiss Curt Wohleber G David Nordley Tom Purdom Chris Beckett Stephen Baxter Brian Stableford Michael Swanwick Hiroe Suga Barry N Malzberg and Lucy Sussex. Edited and with an introduction by Hartwell. 494 pp. Dust jacket by John Harris. Eos / Harper Collins, hardcover
1997réf. 43326New York:: HarperPrism 1997. SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in very good dust jacket tear to dj at bottom edge near spine. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. SIGNED by FOUR authors: Hartwell on the title page; Gregory Benford at his story "Zoomers" Connie Willis at "Nonstop to Portales" and Terry Bisson at "In the Upper Room." Also includes 19 other stories from 1996 by Dave Wolverton John Brunner James Patrick Kelly Joanna Russ Gene Wolfe Bruce Sterling Allen Steele Connie Willis Kate Wilhelm Steven Baxter and others. . Edited and with an introduction by Hartwell. 315 pp. Dust jacket by Bob Eggleton. HarperPrism, hardcover
2004réf. 44550San Francisco:: Tachyon Publications 2004. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket a new copy. First printing. A collection of Morrow's critically acclaimed satiric short fiction - terminal baptism erotic performance art and voodoo economics with actual voodoo are just a few of the subjects tackled here. Includes the Locus and Nebula Award-nominated novelette 'Auspicious Eggs' and three previously unpublished pieces the dust jacket flap mentions two original pieces written specifically for this collection. SIGNED on the title page by Morrow and boldly SIGNED in silver on the front cover of the dust jacket by John Picacio. 209 pp. Tachyon Publications, hardcover
1996réf. 42315New York:: Warner 1996. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. First printing. The conclusion to The Crimson Shadow epic saga. SIGNED on the title page. Map frontispiece. 344 pp. Dust jacket art by Ciruelo Cabral. Warner, hardcover
1995réf. 42386New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company 1995. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. SIGNED by SIX of the authors at their contributions: by Connie Willis at her novella "Death on the Nile"; by Terry Bisson at "England Underway"; by John Kessel at "The Franchise" by Joe Haldeman at "Graves" and by Gregory Benford at his essay "Conversations and Constraints" and Michael Swanwick at his essay "The Rise of Ambition the Fall of the Future." Fine in near fine dust jacket crease on front flap of dj. First printing. The twenty-ninth volume in this series of anthologies honoring the winners as well as some of the other nominees for the Nebula Awards. Includes contributions by Kim Stanley Robinson an excerpt from his award winning novel "Red Mars"; a Connie Willis novella "Death on the Nile"; a Lisa Goldstein short story "Alfred" and a Gregory Benford essay "Conversations and Constraints.' Also included are Jack Cady's "The Night We Buried Road Dog" ; stories by Harlan Ellison Joe Haldeman Charles SheffieldWilliam J. Daciuk and Jane YolenTerry Bisson and John Kessel; contributions to a symposium on the year's science fiction by Robert Sawyer Rebecca Ore Paul di Fillipo Norman Spinrad etc. and more. Appendix with the preliminary ballot for the 1993 Nebula and also past Nebula Award winners. 307 pp. Dust jacket art by Steven Cooley. Harcourt Brace & Company, hardcover
1994réf. 40656New York:: Bluejay Books 1994. SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Book club edition. One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by SIX authors: by Dozois on the title page and by Joe Haldeman Robert Reed Pat Cadigan Nancy Kress and Connie Willis at their stories. Also included in this volume are 24 stories by Bruce Sterling Brian W. Aldiss Mike Resnick Dan Simmons Steven Utley Don Webb Rebecca Ore Robert Reed Walter Jon Williams Stephen Baxter and others along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1993 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250000 words of fantastic fiction'. 689 pp. Bluejay Books, hardcover
2007réf. 38584Riverdale New York : Baen Books 2007. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dustjacket. First printing. The author's first novel - cover praise from Orson Scott Card who says "I want this to be a series" and Jack McDevitt among others. Terrorist groups and elite mercenaries gun runners confronted by a man with a violent past but a sense of honor on the frontier of space. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. Baen Books, hardcover
1973réf. 32388New York:: Franklin Watts 1973. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings but overall a straight tight and clean copy in a near fine dustjacket. . First edition. Perhaps the single most difficult early Koontz appearance for collectors to find as it is a juvenile children's original science fiction anthology of which most copies seemed to wind up in libraries. $5.95 price and number line 12345. Larger format than the much more common book club edition. This is also collected for several other authors. Contents include: Dean R. Koontz WAKE UP TO THUNDER; Lester del Ray A GAME OF FUTURES; Ramond F. Jones TIME BROTHER ; Barry N. Malzberg CONVERSATIONS AT LOTHAR'S; Poul Anderson WINGLESS OF AVALON; Robert Bloch SPACE-BORN; Harvey L. and Audrey L. Bilker ALL YOU CAN EAT; Arthur Tofte TERRAFIED; Rachel Cosgrove Payes HALF LIFE; Thomas N. Scortia THE TOWER. Illustrated by Jacqui Morgan. 178 pp. Franklin Watts, hardcover
1952réf. 32386New York:: Rinehart 1952. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket some dampstaining to the bottom edge of the back cover of the dj not affecting the book itself. First printing. Novel of the devastation of all of America east of the Mississippi River from germ-laden bombs dropped on the cities there - and of the few survivors. Set in what was the near future at the time this was written this is still a gripping account of the dangers of biological warfare and of the urge to survive no matter what devastation is all around you. Rinehart, hardcover
