He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson

New York: Tor Books, 2010. 1st Thus. Paperback. ISBN: 0765326140. Card covers show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 351 pages; Short horror fiction by such authors as Stephen King and Whitley Strieber celebrating the works of Richard Matheson. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21496

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0765326140 Anthologies Richard matheson Fiction::Horror

ACKROYD, PETER

The Plato Papers

London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1856197018. DJ shows light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.35 X 5.98 X 0.87 inches; 139 pages; Something different from Ackroyd is this alternative history. "Plato, the orator, summons the citizens of London on ritual occasions to impart the ancient history of their city. He dwells particularly on the unhappy era of Mouldwarp (AD 1500-2300), which existed before the dimming of the stars and the burning of the machines....." (blurb). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18411

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 1856197018 mouldwarp London Alternative history Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

ALDISS, BRIAN W. & IAN POLLOCK (ILLUSTRATOR)

Brothers of the Head

New York: Pierrot/Two Continents, 1977. First US Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0846703866. Card covers show light shelf wear,some wear and shelf soil to corners. ; A bright, solid book. B&W and color illustrations by Ian Pollock throughout this oversize paperback. ; B&W and Color Illlustrations; 10 X 9.50 X 0.40 inches; 119 pages; "Siamese twins, Barry and Tom, have a dormant but sinister third head growing out of Barry’s left shoulder. Plucked from the untamed Norfolk coastline by showbiz entrepreneurs cashing in on their demonically violent and freakish relationship, they form a rock band, The Bang Bang, and taste superstardom. Throughout their jealous battles over the woman in their life and their brutal existence, they are forever accompanied by their ominous companion, who makes increasing demands for its right to life." A quirky illustrated story from the renowned science fiction writer. Very Good .

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Book number: 18542

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0846703866 Science Fiction siamese twins Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

ASIMOV, ISAAC & MARTIN HARRY GREENBERG

Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space

New York: Bluejay Books Inc, 1985. 1st Thus. Paperback. ISBN: 0312944012. A couple of small dirt spots on inside front cover and light shelf soil lower page fore edges.; A near-fine volume, crisp and bright. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 355 pages; An anthology of Sherlockian tales by sci-fi writers including one by Arthur Conan Doyle. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21462

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 0312944012 Sherlock Holmes Science Fiction Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction::Mystery

ASPRIN, ROBERT LYNN & LYNN ABBEY (EDITORS)

Cross

Garden City NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1984. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Only light wear to book and DJ ; A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, map endpapers ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 628 pages; Another anthology of stories set in Sanctuary, by some of the finest fantasy writers extant. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21189

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: sanctuary thieves' world Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

ATWOOD, MARGARET

In Other Worlds: Sf and the Human Imagination

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008481. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; "This book brings together her three heretofore unpublished Ellmann Lectures from 2010: "Flying Rabbits," which begins with Atwood's early rabbit superhero creations, and goes on to speculate about masks, capes, weakling alter egos, and Things with Wings; "Burning Bushes," which follows her into Victorian otherlands and beyond; and "Dire Cartographies," which investigates Utopias and Dystopias. In Other Worlds also includes some of Atwood's key reviews and thoughts about the form. Among those writers discussed are Marge Piercy, Rider Haggard, Ursula Le Guin, Ishiguro, Bryher, Huxley, and Jonathan Swift. She elucidates the differences (as she sees them) between "science fiction" proper, and "speculative fiction," as well as between "sword and sorcery/fantasy" and "slipstream fiction."". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21465

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0771008481 Science Fiction Ursula Leguin marge Piercy Essays

BLESZINSKI, CLIFF & JOSHUA ORTEGA & ROD FERGUSSON

Sous la Surface: Une Plongée Dans le Monde de Gears of War 2

Epic Games, 2008. Hardcover. Illustrated by Chris Perna. Glossy pictorial paper covered boards, as new. ; Color Illustrations; Oblong 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Unpaginated pages; This is the French language version of Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2 and would have been included with the Frech language version of the game. It gives some background for the game. Part number X15-05135-02. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17119

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction::Games

Keywords: Gears of war French Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

BRADBURY, RAY

Quicker Than the Eye

New York: Avon Books, 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0380973804. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, DJ is crisp and clean, Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; 8.30 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 261 pages; "The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in their wild assassination games; celebrating life and dreams in the unique voice that has favored him across six decades and has enchanted millions of readers the world over. ". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17817

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 0380973804 Science Fiction short stories

BRADLEY, MARION ZIMMER

The Forest House

New York: Viking, 1994. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670844543. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Avalon #2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 417 pages; Avalon is a prequel to Bradley's classic Mists of Avalon series. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21606

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0670844543 avalon Eilan Gaius Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

BRUCKNER, WINFRIED; GERHARD HABARTA (ED.) & FRANZ STADLMANN (ED.) & B&W AND COLOR PLATES

Spurren Ins All; Science Fiction

Vienna, Austria: Volksbuchverlag, 1970. Hardcover. Illustrated by B&W and Color Plates. DJ chipped and creased with tears stabilized in Mylar protector ; A tight solid book. ; 128 pages; Text in German. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 12370

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: Science Fiction

CAMPBELL, JOHN WOOD

John W. Campbell Anthology; Three Novels

Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385068190. Bottom edge of DJ chipped and creased, 1 inch closed tear base of DJ spine, light chipping top edge, remainder spray bottom page edges. Damp stain bottom fore edge of book. ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A tight solid book. ; Doubleday science fiction; 528 pages; The three novels in this volume - 'The Black Star Passes', Islands of Space' and 'Invaders From the Infinite' are from Campbell's early career and were previously issued in magazine publications. Also included are 2 chapters of introduction, one by Isaac Asimov and one by Lester del Rey. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 13558

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0385068190 science fiction SCI-FI Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

CARD, ORSON SCOTT

Pathfinder

New York: Simon Pulse, 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 141699176X. Light creasing of DJ top of spine ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Pathfinder Trilogy #1; 5.5 X 1.9 X 8.25 inches; 662 pages; "Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him—secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21078

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 141699176X Fantasy Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

CHALKER, JACK L.

The Demons at Rainbow Bridge

New York: Ace Books, 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 044169991X. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Quintara Marathon # 1; 7 X 1 X 5 inches; 375 pages; "On an uninhabited Earth-like planet, a scouting expedition uncovers the perfectly preserved bodies of horned creatures, and the three primary cultures, maintaining a precarious balance of power, vie for control of the mysterious aliens". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21015

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 044169991X Science Fiction Quintara Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

Tales from the White Hart

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1970. 1st Hardcover. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket shows some chipping, scuffing, short tears and creasing, book shows only slight wear. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. ; Fifteen stories, all copyrighted in 1956 and 1957 and previously published in pocketbook form. This is the first hardcover edition.. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15412

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction White hart Short Stories Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

COLFER, EOIN

And Another Thing Douglas Adam's Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Six of Three

New York: Viking, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670063908. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light chipping top edge.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 340 pages; ""I have decided to embark on a very different project. Something unique that I hope will interest you as much as it does me. I have written the official 6th book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series. Most of you have probably already read Douglas Adams' insanely brilliant space series. If you haven't then you don't know funny. Take it from me, the Hitchhiker books are bar none the funniest sci-fi books ever written. People have laughed so much reading Hitchhikers that they have had to have organs removed. One guy in France popped an eyeball. I kid you not. So, what's it all about, this Hitchhikers, I hear you cry. Actually I don't hear you, if I did I would be sitting outside in your driveway, which would be a bit freaky and show how few friends I have. What's it all about, this Hitchhikers, I imagine you cry. It's about Arthur Dent, one of the last humans left alive after the Earth has been destroyed by the remorseless Vogons. Arthur manages to hitch a ride on a spaceship and go planet hopping with his friends Ford Prefect, the Betelgeusean journalist. Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two headed president of the galaxy, pirate and worst dressed man in the universe. And Marvin, the paranoid android. All this hitching and adventuring went on for five books and then Douglas Adams passed away before he could write book six. Hitchhiker has been heard on radio, seen on tv and enjoyed on the cinema screen, there was even a musical version. But the story could never end, until now. I am going to continue on where Douglas left off. Unfortunately for me, he left off on rather a large cliffhanger. Everyone was dead. Which means I have rather a large challenge ahead of me, but it is one I am looking forward to. I really hope you will board the spaceship with me so we can travel through Douglas Adams' hilarious galaxy together, which will save me having to hang around in your driveway. See you at Barnard's Star."". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18905

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction::Series

Keywords: 0670063908 arthur dent zaphod beeblebrox hitchhiker vogons