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1984Best.-Nr. 14253Boston:: G.K. Hall 1984. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in original cloth no dust jacket as issued. First printing. Large 503 page index of 1017 science fiction anthologies published July 1977 to December 1983. Over 10000 story titles and articles by 2890 authors searchable by story or author and by book title or author/editor. Also excellent reference for finding original magazine publication info for any anthologised SF story . Followup to 1978 INDEX TO SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGIES AND COLLECTIONS. Author indicated fewer of this followup printed than the original . G.K. Hall hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. 23441New York:: TOR 1995. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket as new. First printing. The true first printing of this novel an edition which was recalled by TOR due to the number of errors in it. Laid in is a copy of the recall notice with the errata list and copies of several email messages posted by Barnes regarding this issue at the time of publication. TOR, hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 22671New York:: Morrow 1994. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket appears unread. First printing. SIGNED by THREE authors: by Pohl at his story 'A Visit to Belinda ' by Bova at "Thy Kingdom Come" and by Pournelle at "Democracy in America in the Year 2042." 294 pp. Morrow, hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 17969New York:: Dutton 1967. Hardcover first edition -. Good in very good dust jacket stain on front endpaper ghosts of tape on boards no other markings spine slightly faded on dj. First edition. Novel about the space race and the Apollo moon mission set in what was the near future at the time it was written by an author was twice awarded the James J. Streberg trophy for outstanding writing in the field of aviation and space. Dutton, hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 16333New York:: Ace Books 1989. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in a fine dustjacket usual toning to the pages binding cracking before half title page. First printing. Second collaboration between these two highly acclaimed authors. SIGNED by BOTH Willis and Felice on the title page. 229 pp. Ace Books, hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. 20843New York:: Warner 1993. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Advance Reading Copy trade paperback format. SIGNED on the title page. A collection of novellas exploring the dark underpinnings of modern living. Simmons has been the recipient of numerous science fiction and horror writers prizes since his first published story won the Rod Serling Memorial award in 1982. Warner, unknown
1973Best.-Nr. 23839New York:: Random House 1973. SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed by two of the masters of the genre. . Book club edition. SIGNED by Harry Harrison on the title page and INSCRIBED by Hal Clement both as Clement and Harry Stubbs at his contribution 'Lecture Demonstration'. 13 original stories written in honor of a 'father of science fiction.' Campbell himself a sci-fi writer spent over 30 years as the editor of the magazine 'Astounding' shaping the development of science fiction. Introduction by Asimov stories by Asimov and others: Poul Anderson Alfred Bester Hal Clement Theodore R. Cogswell Theodore L. Thomas L. Sprague de Camp Gordon R. Dickson Harry Harrison Mack Reynolds Clifford D. Simak George O. Smith Theodore Sturgeon. 302 pp. Random House, hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 26908Los Angeles:: Nash Publishing Corporation 1969. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket old price inked on front endpaper short closed tear to upper edge of dj but a nice tight and straight copy. First printing. Genetic engineering has produced the most perfect man on earth - in brains and body - superbaby! There is nothing which he cannot do and while he tries track golf boxing and chess baseball becomes his game of choice and in his first year in the majors he breaks all of the records. Interesting blend of fantasy and baseball very uncommon in this first hardcover edition. Nash Publishing Corporation, hardcover
1992Best.-Nr. 30205New York:: St Martin's 1992. SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in a 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 FIVE authors at their stories: Karen Joy Fowler at her story 'The Dark'; Gregory Benford at "Matter's End"; William Gibson at "Skinner's Room"; Mark van Name at "Desert Rain" and Kim Stanley Robinson at "A History of the Twentieth Century." Included in this volume are stories by Walter Jon Williams James Patrick Kelly Nancy Kress Mike Resnick Connie Willis Robert Silverberg Kim Stanley Robinson Kristine Kathyrn Rusch Kathe Koja Alexander Jablokov Lois Tilton William Gibson Walter Jon Williams Greg Egan Karen Joy Fowler Ian MacLeod Kim Newman Robert Siverberg Pat Cadigan Robert Reed Gregory Benford Geoffrey A. Landis Ian MacDonald Rick Shelley Jack Dann Brian W. Aldiss Chris Beckett and Mark L. Van Name along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1991 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Dustjacket advertises'more than 250000 words of fantastic fiction'. 575 pp. St Martin's, hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 55437James Grant Books Calgary Canada 1980. First edition. Magazines. Pages on most issues browning cheap pulp paper a near fine NF set though brown marks to front cover of no 8. First eight issues 1976-1980. Canadian bibliographic sf magazine from bookseller Grant Thiessen: the first eight issues published as SCIENCE-FICTION COLLECTOR. With no 9 it became MEGAVORE: A JOURNAL OF POPULAR FICTION for five issues then back to SCIENCE FICTION COLLECTOR for no 14 and 15. This is a complete run of the first eight iissues. See Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines p. 837. James Grant Books, Calgary, Canada unknown
1950Best.-Nr. 83971New York:: World Editions Inc 1950-1952. First edition -. All issues are in a solid very good to near fine condition with only minor wear usual toning to the pages no mailing labels and bright and attractive covers. Uncommon in this condition. . First printings - digest magazines. A set of six complete issues from the first two years of Galaxy Science Fiction digest arguably the most influential science fiction magazine of its time one which brought a new maturity to the stories and an emphasis on how changes in the future affected people rather than on the technology. Frederik Pohl who worked with Gold and succeeded him as editor said that Gold brought a "sophisticated intellectual subtlety" to magazine science fiction The magazine published all new and original stories. Among the authors contributing to these issues are James Schmitz. Richard Matheson John D. MacDonald Katherine MacLean Gordon R. Dickson Frederik Pohl C. M. Kornbluth Judith Merril Isaac Asimov Damon Knight and of course Willy Ley who contributed an article for each issue. Each is 160 pp illustrated throughout. Among the notable covers in this group is that by Chesley Bonestall for the May 1951 issue and that of Emsh for the second birthday party issue with caricature portraits of the leading science fiction writers of the day - including Ray Bradbury Fritz Leiber Robert A. Heinlein - filling the front and back covers. World Editions Inc unknown
2008Best.-Nr. 81791San Francisco:: Night Shade Books 2008. SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers usual light toning to the pages Uncommon signed. First printing a trade paperback original. An anthology which gathers together some of the best postapocalyptic literature of the last two decades by renowned authors of speculative fiction - including George R. R. Martin Paolo Bacigalupi Gene Wolfe Orson Scott Card Carol Emshwiller Jonathan Lethem Cory Doctorow Octavia E. Butler and Stephen King edited and with an introduction by John Joseph . A book which explores the scientific psychological and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in a postapocalyptic world. "Whether the end of the world comes through nuclear war ecological disaster or cosmological cataclysm these are tales of survivors in some cases struggling to rebuild the society that was in others merely surviving." SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Nancy Kress at "Inertia"; James Van Pelt at "The Last of the O-Forms" by Doctorow at "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth." Each story contains an introduction by Adams. List of futher readings. 333 pp plus publisher's ads. Night Shade Books unknown
1996Best.-Nr. 81904New York:: St Martin's 1996. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. Twelve authors select one of their stories and include an essay which focuses on how they crafted a particular aspect of that story: style character etc. SIGNED by FOUR authors: Nancy Kress on the title page; Greg Bear at his story "Sisters"; John Kessel at "Buddha Nostril Bird" and Joe Haldeman at "Feedback." Other authors include Pat Cadigan Bruce Sterling Lucius Shepard Harold Waldrop Kim Stanley Robinson Pat Murphy Karen Jay Fowler James Patrick Kelley. xii 368 pp St Martin's, hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. 76106New York:: Specific Fiction Corp 1954. First edition -. Fair condition only rubbing and creasing to the covers covers beginning to separate along the side of the spine usual toning to the pages no label. First printing. The second and final issue in this very short lived digest magazine. While most of the stories published in these issues - including two by Robert Sheckley - several of the articles which leaned towards the occult were first published here including My Experience with the Supernatural by Eartha Kitt and Has Hollywood Gone Science Fiction Mad By George Pal. Color illustration from Creature of the Black Lagoon illustration on front cover several small black and white photographs from the film inside the cover. Illustrated. This second issue seems to be harder to find than the first issue. 160 pp. Specific Fiction Corp, unknown
1989Best.-Nr. 68867London:: Century / Legend 1989. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in gray cloth with silver lettering in a fine slipcase as new. Limited signed edition. His fifth novel a modern version of Faust described as a "pyschological descent into evil set in the chic world of film." SIGNED on a laid-in bookplate and numbered 127/250. Legend Limited Edition Number 1. 248 pp. Silvered edges marbled endpapers. Century / Legend, hardcover
1984Best.-Nr. 67961Garden City New York:: Doubleday 1984. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. First printing. An anthology of ten original science fiction stories. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Kim Stanley Robinson Pat Murphy and Gregory Benford . Also includes stories by Lucius Shepard Robert Silverberg Damon Knight Molly Gloss Sharon N. Farber Joel Richards and Carter Scholz. Doubleday, hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. 66086New York:: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates 2008. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in printed white wrappers. An uncommon advance issue and especially so signed. . Uncorrected proof trade paperback format. 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 Carrie Vaughn Caroline Spector John Jos. Miller Ian Tregillis Stephen Leigh Victor Milan Kevin Andrew Murphy and Walter Simons. SIGNED on the title page by BOTH George R. R. Martin and Melinda Snodgrass. 400 pp. TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, unknown
1999Best.-Nr. 66457New York:: Avon 1999. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. First printing. An original anthology in which 11 science fiction writers revisit the universes they created. Includes stories by Greg Bear David Brin Gregory Benford Ursula Le Guin Orson Scott Card Anne McCaffrey Robert Silverberg Dan Simmons Frederick Pohl Joe Haldeman and Nancy Kress. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: Benford at "The Galactic Center Series"; Bear at "The Way of All Ghosts" Haldeman at "A Separate War" and Brin at "Temptation." 482 pp. Avon, hardcover
1972Best.-Nr. 67083Garden City NY:: Doubleday 1972. Hardcover -. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. First book club edition. A collection of 27 of Asimov's early stories each prefaced by Asimov's often amusing biographical details about how and when he came to write it as well as his own critical evaluations of it. Appendix with a list of 60 short stories published during the Campbell years. vii 568 pp. Code of M35 indicating that this was published in 1971 probably preceding the trade edition. Rather uncommon in any Doubleday printing. Doubleday, hardcover
2005Best.-Nr. 64457New York:: St Martin's 2005. 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. SIGNED by FIVE authors at their stories: David Gerrold Michael Swanwick Vonda McIntyre Elizabeth Bear and Daryl Gregory Also includes stories by Alastair Reynolds Joe Haldeman Gene Wolfe Robert Reed Stephen Baxter and others as well as a summary of the year and a recommended reading list. xlii 660 pp. St Martin's, hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 62834New York:: St Martin's 1989. SIGNED hardcover -. Very good in a very good dustjacket short closed tear to lower edge of dj. 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 at their stories: Steven Gould Nancy Kress Connie Willis James Patrick Kelly and Pat Cadigan. Included in this volume are stories by Walter Jon Williams Brian Stableford Steven Gould Harry Turtledove Eileen Gunn Nancy Kress Mike Resnick Bruce McAllister Connie Willis Lewis Shiner Judith Moffett Bruce Sterling Robert Silverberg George Alec Effinger Howard Waldrop Kim Stanley Robinson James Lawson Michael Swanwick John Kessel Stephen Kraus Pat Cadigan Kristine Kathyrn Rusch D. Alexander Smith Kathe Koja Kim Newman Lucius Shepard along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1988 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Dustjacket advertises'more than 250000 words of fantastic fiction'. 612 pp. St Martin's, hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 62488New York:: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1977. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. First printing. Includes stories by John Varley; Harlan Ellison; Fritz Leiber; Isaac Asimov "The Bicentennial Man" Christopher Priest James Tiptree Gene Wolfe George R. R. Martin and more. . Introduction and recommended reading by Carr and notes on the year in science fiction by Charles N. Brown. SIGNED by George Martin at his story "Meathouse Man." 388 pp. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, hardcover
2013Best.-Nr. 64035Prime Books 2013. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. First printing a large trade paperback original. Includes stories by Peter S. Beagle Jim Butcher Neil Gaiman Caitlin R. Kiernan Ellen Klages Joseph Bruchac Jeffrey Ford Genevieve Valentine and many others. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Ken Liu at "Good Hunting" Joe R. Lansdale at "The Tall Grass" and John Shirley at "When Death Wakes Me to Myself." Brief bios of each author at the end of each story. 527 pp. Prime Books, unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 58307London:: Watts & Co. 1926. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in the original blue cloth with front and spine stamped in gold top edge gilt bookplate slightly overopened at p 10 but the covers are as bright and beautiful as when the book was first published binding is sturdy. First printing. Uncommon first edition of this fantasy about Zeus creating Earth and our solar system to prove to the other gods that he can design in miniature; the gods observe human evolution ending with the splitting of the atom. 125 pp. Watts & Co., hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. 58777New York:: Harcourt Inc. 2000. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket appears unread. First printing. The third book in the Company series set in early California. 334 pp. Dust jacket art by Michael Koelsch. Harcourt, Inc., hardcover