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THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION - Sixteenth Annual Collection
by Dozois, Gardner (editor) (Ursula K. Le Guin; Gwyneth Jones; Cherry Wilder; Greg Egan; Geoffrey A. Landis; Cory Doctorow; Tanith Lee; Bruce Sterling; Paul J. McAuley; Robert Charles Wilson; Howard Waldrop; Ian McDonald; William Browning Spencer)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312204450
- ISBN 13
- 9780312204457
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Book. Illus. by Bob Eggleton;. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (lix) 609 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing at the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. This anthology contains: Introduction; The Island of the Immortals by Ursula K. Le Guin; La Cenerentola by Gwyneth Jones; The Dancing Floor - a novelette by Cherry Wilder; Oceanic - a novella by Greg Egan; Approaching Perimelasma - a novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis; Craphound by Cory Doctorow; Jedella Ghost by Tanith Lee; Taklamakan - a novelette by Bruce Sterling; Sea Change With Monsters - a novella by Paul J. McAuley; Divided by Infinity - a novelette by Robert Charles Wilson; US by Howard Waldrop; The Days of Solomon Gursky - a novella by Ian McDonald; The Cuckoo's Boys - a novella by Robert Reed; The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness by William Browning Spencer; The Very Pulse of the Machine by Michael Swanwick; Story of Your Life - a novella by Ted Chiang; Voivodoi by Liz Williams; Saddlepoint: Roughneck - a novella by Stephen Baxter; This Side of Independence by Rob Chilson; Unborn Again by Chris Lawson; Grist - a novella by Tony Daniel; Down in the Dark - a novelette by William Barton; Free in Asveroth by Jim Grimsley; and The Summer Isles - a novella by Ian R. McCloud..
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 229179
- Title
- THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION - Sixteenth Annual Collection
- Author
- Dozois, Gardner (editor) (Ursula K. Le Guin; Gwyneth Jones; Cherry Wilder; Greg Egan; Geoffrey A. Landis; Cory Doctorow; Tanith Lee; Bruce Sterling; Paul J. McAuley; Robert Charles Wilson; Howard Waldrop; Ian McDonald; William Browning Spencer)
- Illustrator
- Bob Eggleton;
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0312204450
- ISBN 13
- 9780312204457
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- speculative fiction; new wave; future; space opera; aliens; invasion; sf; rocket; robot; thriller; exploration; first contact; parallel universe; time travel;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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