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Vintage, New York. 4th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.If Charles Dickens has written speculative fiction, he might have created a novel as intricate, passionate, and lacerating as Thomas M. Disch's visionary portrait of the underbelly of 21st-century New York City. The residents of the public housing project at 334 East 11th Street live in a world of rationed babies and sanctioned drug addiction. Real food is displayed in museums and hospital attendants moonlight as body-snatchers.Nimbly hopscotching backward and forward in time, Disch charts the shifting relationships between this world's inheritors: an aging matriarch who falls in love with her young social worker; a widow seeking comfort from the spirit of her dead husband; a privileged preteen choreographing the perfectly gratuitous murder. Poisonously funny, piercingly authentic, 334 is a masterpiece of social realism disguised as science fiction.

Gollancz, London, 2014. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.In the near future, Tibor Tarent, a freelance photographer, is recalled from Anatolia to Britain when his wife, an aid worker, is killed—annihilated by a terrifying weapon that reduces its target to a triangular patch of scorched earth. A century earlier, Tommy Trent, a stage magician, is sent to the Western Front on a secret mission to render British reconnaissance aircraft invisible to the enemy.Present day. A theoretical physicist develops a new method of diverting matter, a discovery with devastating consequences that will resonate through time.

Gollancz, London, 2011. First trade paperback printing in this edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.Peter Sinclair is tormented by bereavement and failure. In an attempt to conjure some meaning from his life, he embarks on an autobiography, but he finds himself writing the story of another man in another world whose insidious attraction draws him even further in...Author of The Prestige, filmed by Christopher Nolan, and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction and the World fantasy Award.

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2008. First edition. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. Very slight edge crease. Signed by the author and limited to 1000 copies.Two novellas set in Tim Lebbon's signature word of Noreela.

Gollancz, London. 11th paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear, faint crease at spine.Altered Carbon is a science fiction novel of extraordinary vision and depth. This lightning fast, breathtaking violent 26th century thriller carries a weighty cargo of ideas and speculative science with graceful ease. It is an awe-inspiring vision of a future living on stolen time.A Netflix series.Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn't be… Read More

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2010. First edition. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed, limited, and numbered edition; number 510 of 750 copies. A collection of stories, poems and short pieces including some set in Jack Vance's "Amber" universe. Includes an introduction by Vance.

Conde Nast, New York, 1965. First edition. Condition: Very Good minus, light edge and corner wear, slight creasing at spine, light soiling at rear cover, very small tears at spine ends. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Space Pioneer (part 1 of 3) by Mack Reynolds, Psi for Sale by Walter Bupp (John Berryman), The Life of Your Time by Michael Karageorge (Poul Anderson), Computers Don't Argue by Gordon R. Dickson, Test in Orbit by Ben Bova, Say it with Flowers by Winston P. Sanders (Poul Anderson).Science Fact: Lut the Giant Mover by Lyle R. Hamilton. Readers' Department: The Editor's Page: How Little We Know by John W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrated by Kelly Freas, and John Schoenherr.

Conde Nast, New York, 1979. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, light crease at bottom front corner, light nicks at top spine end, rear cover has has scuffing and creasing. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age.Includes Titan (part 1 of 4) by John Varley; Triad by Sam Nicholson; The Santa Claus Problem by J. W. Schutz; The Last Alchemist by Ronald R. Lambert; Breaking the Game by Orson Scott Card; Final Solution by St. Marie; The Wanda Lake Number by Robert Thurston.Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Changing the Guard, But Not Too Much by Stanley Schmidt; Biolog: John Varley; The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by Lester del Rey; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Paul Lehr, George Schelling, John Butterfield, Janet Aulisio, Broeck Steadman, and Brad Hamann.

Conde Nast, New York, 1968. First edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, nicks and tears at spine and edges, light soiling on white area of rear cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well read magazine.Includes Dragonrider (Conclusion) by Anne McCaffrey; There is a Tide by R. C. FitzPatrick & Leigh Richmond; Such Stuff as Dreams by Sterling E. Lanier; ...And Cauldron Bubble! by Bruce Daniels; The System by Ben Bova.Science Fact: The Bugs That Live at -423 degrees by Joseph Green and Fuller C. Jones; Readers' Departments: The Editor's Page: Gadgeteer vs. Scientist by John W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller, Brass Tacks. Illustrations by John Schoenherr and Kelly Freas.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2009. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, faint creases at corners, slight wrinkling at rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Michael Carroll, Harry Turtledove, Stephen L. Burns, Howard V. Hendrix, Donald Moffitt, James Van Pelt, Craig DeLancey, Richard A Lovett, Jefferey D. Kooistra, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Don Sakers. Art by William Warren and Broeck Steadman.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2009. First edition. Condition: Very good, very light edge wear, slight creasing at corners. small tear (half inch) at top of rear cover.Includes stories and articles by David Bartell, Carl Frederick, henry Honken, Robert J. Sawyer, Richard Foss, Jerry Craven, H.G. Stratmann, Henry Stratmann III, John G. Cramer, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Don Sakers. Art by Vincent Di fate, Broeck Steadman, and George Krauter.

Conde Nast, New York, 1973. First edition. Condition: Very Good, light edge and corner wear, spine has light water stain and slight chipping at ends, light soiling on white areas of covers, slight yellowing of interior pages.Includes A Bridle for Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey; The City of Ul Chalan by Richard K. Lyon; Peace Probe by Roy L. Prosterman; Young Breaker by J. T. Lamberty, Jr.; Godsend by Edward Wellen.Science Fact: Rarified Atmospheres by Gary E. Myers. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: The R&D Budget by Ben Bova; The Analytical Laboratory; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas, Mike Hinge, Jack Gaughan, and Leo Summers.

Dell Magazines, New York, 1996. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and wrinkling on covers, light nicks at spine.Includes stories and articles by Charles Sheffield, Jerry Pournelle, James C. Glass, G. David Nordley, Don D'Ammassa, Bud Sparhawk, John G. Cramere, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by Steve Cavallo, Mike Aspengren, and Vincent Di Fate.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2006. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear, tiny creases at corners, faint crease at spine, slight wrinkling on rear cover, very slight spine crack.Includes stories and articles by James Grayson, Kathy Ferguson, Charlie Rosenkranz, Richard A Lovett, Edward M. Lerner, Carl Frederick, Jeffery D. Kooistra, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by William R. Warren Jr., Tom Kidd, and John Allemand.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2009. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, faint creases at corners, slight wrinkling at rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Adam Try-Castro, Mary Turzillo, Jerry Oltion, Kevin Walsh, James Stone, H.G. Stratmann, David Bartell, Richard A Lovett, Jefferey D. Kooistra, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Richard Foss. Art by Vincent Di Fate and John Allemand.

Conde Nast, New York, 1974. First edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, tear at top spine end, creasing, light soiling on white area on rear cover and spine, small tear at top of back cover.Includes Hot Spot by Brenda Pearce; The Time-Traveler by Spider Robinson; A Kind of Murder by Larry Niven; Scholarly Correspondence by Charles Eric Maine; Earth, Air, Fire and Water (part 3 of 3) by Stephen Nemeth & William Walling. Science Fact: Extraterrestrial Organic Matter by Louis Lenhard. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Mental Energy Crisis by Ben Bova; The Analytical Laboratory; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by John Schoenherr, Jack Gaughan, and Vincent Di Fate.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2006. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear, tiny creases at corners, faint crease at spine, wrinkling on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Wil McCarthy, John G. Hemry, Stephen Baxter, Stephen L. Burns, Michael Shara, Jack McDevitt, Alexis Glynn Latner, Richard A Lovett, Carl Frederick, Jeffery D. Kooistra, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by Vincent Di Fate, Broeck Steadman, and John Allemand.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2008. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and wrinkling.Includes stories and articles by Mark Niemann-Ross, David R. Palmer, Dave Creek, Robert R. Chase, Tracy Canfield, Richard A Lovett, Edward M. Lerner, Carl Frederick, John G. Cramer, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by William Warren, Laurie Harden, and John Allemand.

Conde Nast, New York, 1969. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear, spine has light creasing, soiling at rear cover on white background as well as small corner crease. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Your Haploid Heart by James Tiptree; Stimulus-Response by Herbert Jacob Bernstein; In His Image by Robert Chilson; Starman by W. Macfarlane; Damper by E. G. von Wald; The Visitors by Jack Wodhams.Science Fact: "The Big Boosters of the U.S.S.R." by G. Harry Stine; "Political Science - Mark II." Reader's Departments: "The Editor's Page: The Same Old Elements" by Jack W. Campbell; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schuyler Miller; "Brass Tacks". Illustrations by Kelly Freas, Leo Summers, and Peter Skirka.

Conde Nast, New York, 1978. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, light fading and nicks at spine, slight yellowing and wear on white areas of rear cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age.Includes Shipwright by Donald Kingsbury; Happy Head by Orson Scott Card; The Near-Zero Crime Rate on JJ Avenue by Wilson Tucker; Publish and Perish by Paul Nahin; The Runners by Bob Buckley; The Outcasts of Heaven Belt (part 3 of 3) by Joan D. Vinge.Science Fact: The Bootstrap Effect by Russell E. Adams Jr. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Political Science Revisited by Ben Bova; In Times to Come; The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events; Biolog: Donald Kingsbury; The Reference Library by Lester del Rey; The Analytical Laboratory; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Jack Gaughan, Janet Aulisio, Paul Lehr, Doug Beekman, and Vincent Di Fate.