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DESTINIES: August, Aug. - September, Sept. 1979: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact, Vol. 1, No. 4
by Baen, James (editor)(Frank Herbert; Dean Ing; Orson Scott Card; Charles Sheffield; Fred Saberhagen)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0441142788
- ISBN 13
- 9780441142781
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About This Item
NY: Ace, 1979. 1st printing, Aug. 1979. Cover art by Dean Ellis. Paperback original. Includes "Frogs and Scientists" by Frank Herbert; "Liquid Assets" by Dean Ing; "But We Try Not to Act Like It!" by Orson Scott Card; "Skystalk" (novelet) by Charles Sheffield; "Some Events at the Templar Radiant" (novelet) by Fred Saberhagen. Science Fact: "How to Build a Beanstalk" by Charles Sheffield; "New Beginnngs" by Jerry Pournelle, Ph.D.; "The L-5 Review" by Alcestis Oberg; "Spider Vs. the Hax of Sol III" by Spider Robinson; "Vehicles for Future Wars" by Deran Ing; "Science Fiction and Science" by Poul Anderson. Illustrated by Alicia Austin, David Egge, Steve Fabian, and Bea Font. Minor soiling and edgewear; rubbing, bumps and dings... First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Illus. by Fabian, Steve.
Synopsis
This is the tenth of eleven volumes of the paperback magazine, 'Destinies: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact.' Originly planned to be published six times a year, but by issue #4, its title page listed it as being "Published four times a year." The series lasted for a total of eleven books, it was followed by 'New Destinies' in 1987. The Staff for this issue are; * Art Director: Charles Volpe * Assistant Editors: Susan Allison * Editor: James Patrick Baen * Cover art by Steve Hickman. Interior Illustrations by Rick Sternbach, Broeck Steadman, Janet Aulisio, Steve Fabian.
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- Title
- DESTINIES: August, Aug. - September, Sept. 1979: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact, Vol. 1, No. 4
- Author
- Baen, James (editor)(Frank Herbert; Dean Ing; Orson Scott Card; Charles Sheffield; Fred Saberhagen)
- Illustrator
- Fabian, Steve
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0441142788
- ISBN 13
- 9780441142781
- Publisher
- Ace
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Science Fiction Paperbacks
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- Science Fiction Paperbacks;
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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- Rubbing
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