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New York: Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. October 23, 2007. First Edition / ninth printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Spine ends lightly bumped. Light shelfwear wear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Suitable for gifting. 297 pages. Lexile: 850L. Reading level: 8-12 years. Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy explain the universe to readers of all ages. Garry Parsons' illustrations add humor and interest, and his scientific drawings add clarity; there are also 32 pages of full-color scientific photos.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. July 1967. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Light rubbing. Light chipping to bottom of spine and rear cover. Otherwise tight, clean, and bright. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by John Schoenherr for "The Man from P.I.G." (novelette) by Harry Harrison. Includes "Aim for the Heel" (novelette) by John T. Phillifent; "Compound Interest" (short story) by Christopher Anvil; "Something Important" (short story) by E. G. von Wald; "Bite" (short story) by Lawrence A. Perkins; "Computer War" (serial, part 2 of 2) by Mack Reynolds; "Annual Report" (science fact); "Incommunicado" (editorial). Illustrated by John Schoenherr, Kelly Freas, and Rudi Palais.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. February 1967. Digest-size Magazine. Near Fine. Rubbing and light crease at front hinge, otherwise tight, clean and bright. See photo. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "Pioneer Trip" (short story) by Joe Poyer. Includes "The Returning" (short story) by J. B. Mitchel; "Elementary Mistake" (short story) by Winston P. Sanders (Poul Anderson); "There is a Crooked Man" (short novel) by Jack Wodhams; "Amazon Planet" (serial, part 3 of 3) by Mack Reynolds; "The Quary Story" (science fact) by Margaret L. Silbar; "Sense of Security" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas and Leo Summers.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, January 1967. Digest-size Magazine. Near Fine. Rubbing, otherwise tight, bright, and clean. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover by Chesley Bonestell for "Supernova" (short novel) by Poul Anderson. Includes "A Criminal Act" (short story) by Harry Harrison; "The Old Shill Game" (short story) by H. B. Fyfe; "The Last Command" (short story) by Keith Laumer; "Amazon Planet" (serial, part 2 of 3) by Mack Reynolds; "Bring 'Em Back Alive" (science fact) by Lyle Hamilton; " Secret Science" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas.

New York: Avon, November 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Avon 36681. 13th Avon printing. Very Good-. Interior lightly tanned but unmarked. Spine straight and very tight with chip/tear at top end. Small water stain to upper corner (see photo). Light edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 255 pages. The People are the descendants of the survivors of a spaceship from another planet which crashed on earth long ago. The People were scattered, and their children have lost the knowledge of their origins. Since they possess special powers of telepathy, telekinesis, etc., which would be regarded with horror and terror by normal terrene natives, theirs is a story of the conflict between their desire to conform to earth standards, and their slow recognition and acceptance of their special identity.

New York: Avon, May 1968. Mass Market Paperback. Avon 38638. Ninth Printing. Very Good. Interior lightly tanned but unmarked. Spine straight, very tight and uncreased. Quarter-inch tear to top of rear cover. Light edgewear. No creases. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 221 pages. Contents: No Different Flesh, Deluge, Angels Unawares, Troubling of the Water, Return, Shadow on the Moon

New York: Berkley, November 1971. Mass Market Paperback. 31st printing, October 1980. Very Good. Interior lightly tanned but unmarked. Spine straight and tight with light creases. Covers clean and bright with some edgewear and a short tear to upper corner of rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 512 pages. The brilliantly shocking story of the ultimate transplant. A man supremely talented, immensely old, and obscenely wealthy discovers that money can buy everything.

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 19 April 1940. Mass Market Paperback. First printing of the First Penguin Edition, Penguin 257. "Published in Penguin Books 1940"; No additional printings listed. Orange and white card cover with black lettering. Very Good. Prior owner's name and price penciled on first page, otherwise unmarked. Tanned. Spine tight with slight tilt. One inch tear to bottom of front hinge. Reading wear to edges and corners. Laid in with the reading case label containing the author's biography. 224 pages.
Published just seven month's after Great Britain entered World War II and a few weeks after the British government introduced wartime paper rationing. Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues: the Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and over-worked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist feeding… Leer más

New York: Penguin, September 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. Light wear to cover. Interior tanned but unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Not from a library. No remainder mark. No tears. 54 pages. Barrie's timeless tales of the little boy who refused to grow up. This is a "prequel" to Peter's adventures in Neverland, in which the wild child discovers a magical world in the heart of London.

New York: Ace, May 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Ace Books 86608. 75¢. First stand-alone publication. No date of publication. First printing (No additional printings listed). No ISBN. Very Good. Light creasing and a .25 inch tear to front cover (see photos). Interior is tanned, but unmarked. Spine is straight and very tight. Not from a library. 154 pages. Counter Objective, unbiased and hyperrational, the Vulcan 3 should have been the perfect ruler. The omnipotent computer dictates policy that is in the best interests of all citizens—or at least, that is the idea. But when the machine, whose rule evolved out of chaos and war, begins to lose control of the "Healer" movement of religious fanatics and the mysterious force behind their rebellion, all Hell breaks loose. Written in 1960, Philip K. Dick's paranoid novel imagines a totalitarian state in which hammer-headed robots terrorize citizens and freedom is an absurd joke. William Barrios, the morally conflicted hero, may be the only person who can… Leer más

New York: Viking Penguin, 2003. Hardcover. First American Edition / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 352 pages. A finely written fantasy for anyone who ever wondered what a certain age would look like from beyond the looking-glass and who will find it ripe with promise that the best days are yet to come.

New York: Barnes & Noble, April 1992. Hardcover. 4th printing. Fine book in a fine Jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 432 pp. Charmingly insidious and satisfyingly devious, these 100 baffling little mysteries are just the thing to suit your most malevolent mood and are sure to keep you up all night, puzzling over their possible solutions. Each one has its own particular and irresistible appeal: an unexpected twist, a delectable puzzle, a devastating revelation, or perhaps even a refreshing display of pernicious spit.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday / SFBC, October 1975. Hardcover. Black boards with silver lettering in dust jacket labeled "Book Club Edition" at the bottom of the front flap. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Shelf and edge wear to jacket, including a few short tears and creases to top and bottom edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 206 pages. A collection of 24 short stories by Isaac Asimov. Contents: Introduction; Darwinian Pool Room (1950); Day of the Hunters (1950); Shah Guido G. (1951); Button, Button (1953); The Monkey's Finger (1953); Everest (1953); The Pause (1954); Let's Not (1954); Each an Explorer (1956); Blank! (1957); Does a Bee Care? (1957); Silly Asses (1958); Buy Jupiter! (1958); A Statue for Father (1959); Rain, Rain, Go Away (1959); Founding Father (1965); Exile to Hell (1968); Key Item [Multivac] (1968); The Proper Study (1968); 2430 A.D. (1970); The Greatest Asset (1972); Take a Match (1972);… Leer más

Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Volume 59, No. 1, Whole No. 350. July 1980. Very Good. Interior unmarked with light tanning at edges. Spine clean and tight. Cover clean and bright with mailing label ghost. Light edge wear. See photo. 164 pages.
Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by David Mattingly illustrating "Call for the Dead" [Dread Empire] (Balrog nominated novelette) by Glen Cook. Includes "As A Man Has A Whale A Love Story" [Spacewhale] (novelette) by Robert F. Young; "The Most Illuminatingly Doleful and Instructively Affecting Demise of Flo, Late of Upper Blooton" [Bad Habits] (poem) by Russell M. Griffin; "Canyons of the Mind by C. Herb Williams; "Lebenstraum" by J. W. Schutz; "A Glint of Gold" by Nicholas Yermakov (Simon Hawke); "Spring Fever" by Jack C. Haldeman, II; "Found" by Melissa Leach Dowd. Departments: "Cartoon: "We're city little people, lady, if it's any of your damn business" by Gahan Wilson; "Books" by Thomas M. Disch; "Films: The Chronic Marginal" by Baird Searles;… Leer más

Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Vol. 59, No. 6. Whole No. 355. December 1980. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Interior unmarked with light tanning at edges. Spine clean and tight with chipping at ends. Cover clean and bright. No mailing label. Reading and edge wear.
Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Ron Walotsky illustrating "The Autopsy" (Hugo, Nebula, and Locus nominee, novella) by Michael Shea. Includes "The Other Mother (novelet) by Lisa Tuttle; "Neander-Tale" by James P. Hogan; "Uncle John and the Saviour" by John Kessel; "Melpomene, Calliope ... and Fred" by Nicholas Yermakov (Simon Hawke); "The Man with a God That Worked" [Mr. Secrett] by John Brunner; "The Twentieth Century Murder Case" by Barry N. Malzberg; "Escape Velocity" by Mack Reynolds; "Getting Into Synch" by Coleman Brax (M. Coleman Easton); "The Tents of Kedar" by Robert F. Young. Departments: "Books" by John Clute; "Cartoon: ...and this is my little woman!" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: Of Watches and Cages" by Baird… Leer más

Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Inc. August 1980. Digest-size Magazine. First Edition. Fine. No Mailing label. In protective cover.
Thomas M. Disch's hugely popular children's novel The Brave Little Toaster first appeared in print in the August 1980 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction with cover art by Gahan Wilson six years before it was published in book form. It won the 1980 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Short Fiction, the 1981 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette, and the 1982 Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story. It was also nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and Balrog Awards and inspired an additional book and three children's movies. Disch published The Brave Little Toaster in an adult science fiction magazine after it was rejected by children's book publishers who thought the notion of appliances talking and having characters was just too far-fetched and children would not accept it. Even after Disney bought the story rights and had the movie in… Leer más

Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Volume 58, No. 3, Whole No. 346. March 1980. Digest-size Magazine. Special All-Star Issue. Very Good. Spine clean and tight. Light edge wear. Interior unmarked. Mailing label on front cover.
Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Barclay Shaw illustrates "Steele Wyoming" by Ron Goulart. Includes "Buoyant Ascent" (Locus nominee for Best Novella ) by Hilbert Schenck; "The Lordly Ones" [Comfort Station Attendant] (BSFA, Hugo, and Locus nominee for Best Short Fiction/Novelette) by Keith Roberts; "What of the Night" by Manly Wade Wellman; "Before Willows Ever Walked" by Tom Godwin; "Secrets of the Heart" (Nebula and Locus nominee) by Charles L. Grant; "'As a Color, Shade of Purple-Grey'" by David Lubkin; "'The Mindanao Deep'" (aka "Beneath the Painted Ocean") [Spacewhale] by Robert F. Young; "Achronos" by Lee Killough. Departments: "Cartoon: That's tone control. The volume's up there" by Gahan Wilson; "Books" by Algis Budrys; "Films: An Englishman's Castle" by Baird… Leer más

Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Vol. 60, No. 4, Whole No. 359. April 1981. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Interior unmarked with light tanning at edges. No mailing label. Reading and edge wear.
Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by David Hardy illustrating "Murder on Lupozny Station" (novelet) by Michael Bishop and Gerald W. Page. Includes "Stuff of Dreams" (novelet) by Lewis Shiner; "Spareen Among the Cossacks" [Spareen / Varkela] (novelet) by Susan C. Petrey; "The Summer of the Fallen Star" by Robert F. Young; "A Hedge Against Alchemy" by John Morressy; "Taste Taste" by Larry Tritten; "The Case for Kosher Pasta" by Tom Sullivan; "Nightmares" by Ian Watson; "Eligible for Parole after Three Hours" by Coleman Brax. Departments: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Books" by George Zebrowski; "Films and Television" by Baird Searles; "Science: Too Deep for Me" by Isaac Asimov; "Acrostic Puzzle" by Rachel Cosgrove Payes.

Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Volume 58, No. 6, Whole No. 349. June 1980. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Interior unmarked with light tanning at edges. Spine tight. Cover clean and bright with two small rough spots where mailing label was removed. Light edge wear.
Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by David Hardy. Includes "The Web of the Magi" (novella) by Richard Cowper; "The Recycling of Ardella Rudneff" (novelet) by Raylyn Moore; "And Then We Went to Venus" by Bill Pronzini; "Bug House" by Lisa Tuttle; "Hell's Fire" by Mack Reynolds & Gary Jennings; "The One Over" by Dean R. Lambe; "Finger of Fate" by Edward Wellen. Departments: "Books" by Michael Bishop; "Films: Too Late and Lathe Two" by Baird Searles; "Cartoon: Don 't mind admittin' there's been one or more dark and windy nights when I wished I'd left this old boy strictly alone!" by Gahan Wilson; "Science: The Unsecret Weapon" by Isaac Asimov; "F&SF Competition". Very Good+. Interior unmarked with light tanning at edges. Spine… Leer más

Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Vol. 56, No. 3, Whole No 334. March 1979. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Spine clean and tight. Light reading and shelf wear. Interior unmarked, but tanned. Mailing label on rear cover. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Barclay Shaw for "Broken Stairways, Walls of Time" [Aventine] by Lee Killough. Includes On Wings of Song (1980 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel) (serial, part 2 of 3) by Thomas M. Disch; "Homo Sap" [Reverend Crispin Mobey] (novelet) by Gary Jennings; "The Attenuated Man" by Joe Patrouch; "The Incredibly Thick World" by Thomas Wylde; "The Proxy" by Ramsey Campbell; "The Annual Bash and Circumstance Party" [Writers' Heaven] by Barry N. Malzberg. Departments: "Books" by Algis Budrys; "Cartoon: Can't you get it through your thick head? In autumn you lose an hour in spring you gain an hour!" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: Rattletrap Galactica" by Baird Searles; "Winslow Crater" (verse) by Edward Bryant; "Science: Out,… Leer más