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Top Sellers in Speculative Fiction
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
A lavishly funded, security-conscious nanotechnology institute in the foothills of the Rockies, Nano is ahead of the curve in the competitive world of molecular manufacturing, including the construction of microbivores, tiny nanorobots with the ability to gobble up viruses and bacteria. But when Pia Grazdani takes a job there, she’s shocked by the secretive corporate culture. She’s warned by her boss not to investigate the other work being done at the gigantic facility, nor to ask questions...
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Cujo
by Stephen King
Cujo is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982, and was made into a film of the same name in 1983. The story focuses on the Trenton family: Vic, an advert designer, his adulterous wife Donna, and their four-year-old son Tad. The latter two are terrorized by the eponymous Cujo, a rabid St. Bernard.
Station Eleven
by Emily St John Mandel
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. Now an original series on HBO Max. Over one million copies sold!
Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a... Read more about this item
Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a... Read more about this item
Tower Of Glass
by Robert Silverberg
Tower of Glass is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, published in 1970. It was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1970, and for both the Hugo and Locus awards in 1971.
Vurt
by Jeff Noon
Vurt is a 1993 science fiction novel written by British author Jeff Noon. Both Noon and small publishing house Ringpull's debut novel, it went on to win the 1994 Arthur C. Clarke Award and was later listed in The Best Novels of the Nineties.
Alone Against Tomorrow
by Harlan Ellison
Alone Against Tomorrow is a collection of short stories by author Harlan Ellison. Published in the United States in 1971, as a ten year retrospective of Ellison's short stories, it includes some of his most famous work. It was later published in the UK in two volumes as All the Sounds of Fear in 1973 and The Time of the Eye in 1974. All of the stories in this collection center around isolation and alienation, and were selected from previous short story collections to fit this theme.
Deus Irae
by Philip K, and Roger Zelazny Dick
Deus Irae is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny. It was published in 1976. Deus irae means God of wrath in Latin. The name is a play on Dies Irae, meaning Day of Wrath or Judgment Day. Dick began the book but realized he didn't know enough about Christianity to finish it. He asked Ted White to collaborate on it with him, but after reviewing the manuscript White never got started.
I Am Not Spock
by Leonard Nimoy
I Am Not Spock is Leonard Nimoy's first autobiography. Published in 1977, between the end of Star Trek: The Original Series and the production of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the book received criticism from some fans due to the perception that he was rejecting the character Spock. In reality, he maintained he was only clarifying the difference between himself and Spock, whom he always enjoyed playing. However, he later published I Am Spock in an attempt to address the misconceptions.
Chocky
by John Wyndham
Chocky is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham, first published in 1968 by Michael Joseph.. The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967. In 1984 a children's television drama based on the novel was shown on ITV in the UK.
Speculative Fiction Books & Ephemera
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Verne, Jules
London, Melbourne and Toronto: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1910. The sixth of Verne's "extraordinary voyages" was first published in English in 1873. (Sampson Low). Ward, Lock began printing Verne's works with illustrations by Henry Austin in the late 1890s. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of a Later Printing. Bound in blue cloth with a gorgeous illustrated cover in green, white, and black - two divers in combat with a huge shark. Titling in black and gilt. The spine is...
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A$387.35
Titan
by Baxter, Stephen
London: Voyager/Harper Collins. 1996. Very Good condition. 580 pages. A science fiction novel set in the near future. Second book in the NASA trilogy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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A$12.00
Krakatit
by Capek, Karel
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Karel Capek's most famous work, always on any "top 10" list of great novels of speculative fiction, is "War with the Newts." He and his artist brother Joseph were prominent members of the European avant-garde, Capek (1890-1938), a Czech Jew, avoided the death camps by dying from natural causes, a fate not accorded his brother. "Krakiatit" can be read as a foreshadowing of the nuclear dilemma, with the scientific Genie once again...
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A$697.23
The Wind from the Sun. Stories of the Space Age
by Clarke, Arthur C
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. Clarke states in his Preface that these are all of the stories (18 here) that he wrote during the 1960s. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Turquoise cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 193 pages. Tiny bit of rubbing at the margins, else Fine. The dustjacket is also Near Fine: unclipped, with only a tiny bit of edgewear. In an archival plastic protector. An attractive copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo...
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A$100.71
The Martian. A Novel
by Du Maurier, George
London & New York: Harper & Bros, 1898. George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (1834-1896) worked as an illustrator and cartoonist (mainly for "Punch"); with his eyesight failing, he turned to writing. This is a Near Fine copy of his third, posthumously-published fantasy/speculative fiction novel. The First English edition (published one year after the US). Dark blue smooth decorative cloth binding with an illustrated front cover; gilt lettering on the spine and the front. Clean and...
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A$154.94
Black
by Dekker, Ted
Nashville, Tennessee: WestBow Press. 2004. Very Good condition. Several, tiny dents to front cover. 408 pages. The Circle Book One: The Birth of Evil. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback.
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A$15.00
The Holy Terror
by Wells, H.G
London: Michael Joseph. 1939. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Burgundy cloth boards. Spine is lightly faded. 447pages. Well's 'autobiography' of the founder of the first world state. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$20.00
The Crystal World
by Ballard, J.G
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966. This is a Fine copy of the Book Club Edition of one of Ballard's signature early works. Black cloth binding with a crystal in white on the front cover; white lettering on the spine. Clean text; 210 pages. The dustjacket is unclipped; shows just a tiny hintof wear at the foot of the spine. For the collector, an admirable place-holder. In an archival plastic protector.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Decorative Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" -...
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A$100.71
Attack from Atlantis
by Del Rey, Lester
Philadelphia/Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, 1953. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (stated). Light green cloth binding with titling on the spine in blue. Clean text; xi, 207 pages. Bright and clear. Nice illustrated endpapers by Alex Schomburg. Corners bumped; spine and margins faded (titling remains bright. Top corner of FFEP is torn off; bit of fray to the head of the spine. Lacking the dustjacket. A decent Reading Copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by...
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A$38.74
Whit
by Banks, Iain
London: Abacus. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 455 pages. . Reprint Edition. Softcover.
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A$15.00
From a Christian Ghetto Letters of a Ghostly Wit, Written A.D. 2453
by MacGregor, Geddes
London: Longmans, Green & Co.. 1954. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Mild offset to free endpapers and previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 140 pages. Letters from a 25th century history don. MacGregor was highly regarded Episcopalian priest, author and academic. In this whimsical production he reviews 20th century Christianity from the perspective of the future. . 1st UK...
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A$120.00
The Plot Against America
by Roth, Philip
Jonathan Cape, London, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 391 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. In fine unread condition....
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A$32.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Verne, Jules
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Verne's classic tale was first published in America in 1871. This is a Very Good copy of a rather uncommon reprint. Red cloth binding, ruled and with the publisher logo stamped on the front cover. Titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; vi, 425 pages. Frontis illustration and eleven others within. Previous-owner stamps on both the front and rear paste-downs. Spine has faded to pink but the gilt remains bright. Mild bumps. A solid copy.. Reprint Edition....
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A$154.94
Democracy
by Desmond, Shaw
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. Shaw Desmond (pseudonym for Charles Nathaniel Lowe Shaw, 1877-1960] was an Irish novelist and dramatist who devoted much of his life to the study of spiritualism and reincarnation. This is a predictive "near future" novel. Oddly, Bleiler [p. 60] lists four of his speculative novels but not this one. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First American Edition. Scarce. Red and black cloth binding with titling on the spine in black. Clean...
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A$309.88
The Absolute at Large
by Capek, Karel
Westport: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. Originally published serially in 1922, this is a dystopian satire, with religious fervor somehow released by nuclear fission. Capek, a master of dystopia, eventually would write "War With the Newts," considered one of the greatest speculative fiction novels of the XXth Century. This is a Fine copy of a reprint of the 1927 Macmillan edition, part of the "Classics of Science Fiction" series. Gray cloth binding, decorated and lettered in black....
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A$116.21
Outpost of Jupiter
by Del Ray, Lester
New York, Chicago, & San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963. Lester del Rey (1915-1993) began publishing in the "Golden Age" of pulp science fiction; he was named as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1990. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition (stated), which precedes the English. Bright yellow/orange paper-covered boards with black lettering. Clean text; 191 pages. Hint of a bump and the FFEP has been clipped; else a Fine copy. The...
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A$100.71
Krakatit
by Capek, Karel
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Karel Capek's most famous work, always on any "top 10" list of great novels of speculative fiction, is "War with the Newts."He and his artist brother Joseph were prominent members of the European avant-garde, Capek (1890-1938), a Czech Jew, avoided the death camps by dying from natural causes, a fate not accorded his brother. "Krakiatit" can be read as a foreshadowing of the nuclear dilemma, with the scientific Genie once again...
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A$464.82
Hello America
by Ballard, J.G
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988. One hesitates to pigeonhole the late great English writer within the confines of "science fiction," but there he is. "Speculative" would be a better description.This is a Fine copy of the First American Edition, a rather "wicked satire" on America.. Gray paper boards with a blue cloth spine and titling in silver on the spine. Clean text; 224 pages.The dustjacket is unclipped; it has a faint rub mark on the rear panel, and touches of wear...
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A$54.23
An Atomic Phantasy. Krakatit
by Capek, Karel
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1948. Capek's prophetic novel about an atomic explosive was first published in 1925 as "Krakatit." This is the reprinted edition, issued with a different titling. An American edition came out A Near Fine copy. Bright orange cloth binding with titling in black on the spine. Clean text; 294 pages. The dustwrapper, an evocative design, is Very Good, showing some edgewear, mostly at head and foot of spine. Unclipped; in an archival plastic protector.. Reprint...
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A$464.82
Worlds to Come. Nine Science Fiction Adventures
by Knight, Damon (Editor)
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. This anthology has nine stories by the cream of midcentury Science Fiction: Arthur Clarke, H.B. Fyfe, Ray Bradbury, Algis Budrys, Isaac Asimov, John D. MacDonald, Robert Heinlein. C.M. Kornbluth, and james Blish. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition (stated). Designated on the rear cover as the HarperCrest "Library Edition." Illustrated pictorial cloth binding that reproduces the design on the dustjacket. Clean...
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A$46.48
The Man Who Rocked the Earth
by Train, Arthur and Robert Williams Wood
Garden City/New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. This speculative novel is notable as it is presumed to be the first work of fantasy or science fiction to include nuclear power as an element. Arthur Train (1875-1945) wisely chose as his co-author a physicist, Robert Williams Wood (1868-1955). This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. [Bleiler, 195.] Decorative dark blue binding featuring a ray from the sky, printed in black and silver; titling in gilt on spine and the front cover....
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A$193.68
Meteor
by Capek, Karel
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Karel Capek is famed for his first use of the word "robot," and his iconic novel "War with the Newts." He was nominated for the Nobel prize seven times. This is the second volume in his "Noetic Trilogy" (the others are "Hordubal" and "An Ordinary Life"). First published in Prague in 1934; this is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition, translated by M. & R. Weatherall. This is a scarce title, certainly...
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A$774.70
The Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus
by Sternau, Cynthia Greenberg, Martin H
DAW, 1995-03-01. Paperback, Mass Market. Good. 0 Paperback, Mass Market
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A$15.42
An Atomic Phantasy. Krakatit
by Capek, Karel
New York: Arts, Inc., 1951. Karel Capek's most famous work, always on any "top 10" list of great novels of speculative fiction, is "War with the Newts." He and his artist brother Joseph were prominent members of the European avant-garde, Capek (1890-1938), a Czech Jew, avoided the death camps by dying from natural causes, a fate not accorded his brother. "Krakiatit" can be read as a foreshadowing of the nuclear dilemma, with the scientific Genie once again released from...
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A$542.29
Wireless
by O'Connell, Jack
London: Macmillan. 1993. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 402 pages. The second future-based crime fiction, set in the fictional city of Quinsigamond,. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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A$18.00
