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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, 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.

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, 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.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2006. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear, tiny creases at corners, faint crease at spine, wrinkling on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Alexis Glynn Latner, C. Sanford Lowe, G. David Nordley, Richard A Lovett, Edward M. Lerner, Joe Schembrie, Ian Stewart, Shane Tourtellotte, James Hosek, Brian Plante, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Carl Frederick, John G. Cramer, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by William R. Warren Jr., Broeck Steadman, Laurie Harden, and John Allemand.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2007. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear, some creasing and wrinkling at spine, wrinkling on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Lee Goodloe, Brian Plante, Karl Schroeder, Henry Honken, Richard A Lovett, Carl Frederick, John G. Cramer, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by Nick Jainschigg, William Warren, and George Krauter.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2006. First edition. Condition: Very good minus, light edge wear, small nicks at spine ends, and wrinkling on back cover.Includes stories and articles by Robert J, Sawyer, Ben Bova, Robert J, Howe, David Walton, Richard Thieme, Aaron Ximm, Richard A. Lovett, John G. Kramer, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by John Allemand,

Conde Nast, New York, 1962. First edition. Condition: Good plus, edge and corner wear, spine has creasing, light scuffing on covers, light soiling on white areas of covers. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Anything You Can Do (part 1 of 2) by Darrel T. Langart [Randall Garrett]; . . .Nor Iron Bars by Jonathan Blake MacKenzie [Randall Garrett]; Look Before You Leap by Don Westlake; The Next Logical Step by Ben Bova; Sight Gag by Larry M. Harris [Laurence M. Janifer].Science Fact: The Real Bug-Eyed Monster by Jack W. Campbell; The Fourth Law of Motion by William O. Davis. Readers' Departments: The Editor's Page: That Fourth Law of Motion by John W. Campbell, Jr.; In times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller. Illustrations by Leone, Schelling, and Schoenherr.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2005. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear, small tear at bottom edge, spine wear at ends, wrinkling on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Harry Turtledove, Larry Niven, Robert J. Howe, Karl Schroeder, Carl Frederick, Scott William Carter, Fran Van Cleave, John G. Cramer, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by Broeck Steadman, Vincent Di Fate, Wolf A. Read, and George Krauter.

Conde Nast, New York, 1966. First edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine has creasing, light scuffing and creasing on covers, light soiling on rear cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Too Many Magicians (part 1 of 4) by Randall Garrett; By the Book by Frank Herbert; Something to Say by John Berryman; Spirits of '76 by Joe Poyer; Technicality by Norman Spinrad; Light of Other Days by Bob Shaw (Slow Glass series).Science Fact: One Mol Step Forward by Lyle R. Hamilton; The Psychoceramic by John W. Campbell. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Voter Registration by John W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by John Schoenherr, Leo Summers, and Kelly Freas.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2007. First edition. Condition: Good, creasing at top corner, small tears at edges and spine, spine creasing, wrinkling on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Rajnar Vajra, Robert J. Sawyer, E. Mark Mitchell, Grey Rollins, Stephen L. Burns, David W. Goldman, R. Emrys Gordon, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jerry Oltion, Franklin Cocks, Richard A Lovett, Carl Frederick, Grey Rollins, Jefferey D. Kooistra, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by Nicholas Jainschigg, Bill Warren, and John Allemand.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2010. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, small nicks at spine, light wrinkling near spine and on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Shane Tourtellotte, Christopher L. Bennett, Stephen L. Gillett, Carl Frederick, Bud Sparhawk, Brad Aiken, David A. Simons, Tocho Ligon, Richard A Lovett, John G. Cramer, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Don Sakers. Art by Mark Evans.

Conde Nast, New York, 1978. First edition. Condition: Very good minus, light edge and corner wear, fading and rubbing at left front edges, nicks at spine, yellowing and wear on white areas of rear cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age.Includes Actions Speak Louder by Sam Nicholson; Devil You Don't Know by Dean Ing; The Promised Land by Stanley Schmidt; Reaction Time by L. E. Modesitt; The Tank and It's Wife by Arsen Darnay; The Gift of Prometheus by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Science Fact article: The Island of Stability by Margaret L. Silbar. Features: The Editors's Page: Courage by Ben Bova; Biolog: Alex Schomburg; The Reference Library by Lester del Rey; Brass Tacks. Illustrated by Doug Beekman, Janet Aulisio, Jack Gaughan, Rick Sternbach, and Mike Hinge.

Conde Nast, New York, 1967. First edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, corner creasing and one faint crease along middle, spine crease, light soiling on white area of rear cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age.Includes The King's Legions by Christopher Anvil; Fiesta Brava by Mack Reynolds; The Pearly Gates of Hell by Jack Wodhams; Important Difference by E. G. von Wald; Lost Calling by Verge Foray. Science Fact: The Usefulness of Nicotine by Prof. J. Harold Burn, FRS. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: L.S.D.: Let Sanity Die; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas, Rudy Palais, and Leo Summers.

Conde Nast, New York, 1973. First edition. Condition: Good minus, edge and corner wear, spine has creasing, long crease on front cover, light soiling on white areas of covers, slight tears at edges on spine. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes The Sins of the Fathers (part 1 of 3) by Stanley Shmidt; We Are Very Happy Here by Joe Haldeman; Regarding Patient 724 by Ron Goulart; The Sons of Bingaloo by Sonya Dorman; Epicycle by P.J. Plauger.Science Fact: Styx and Stones, and Maybe Charon Too by George W. Harper; Readers' Departments: The Editor's Page - Quis Custodiet by Ben Bova; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Jack Gaughan, Leo Summers, and Kelly Freas.