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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.
Golden Apples Of the Sun, The
by Ray Bradbury
The Golden Apples of the Sun is a collection of the most famous short stories by Ray Bradbury.
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
by Kurt, Jr Vonnegut
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine is a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and published in 1965. The plot focuses on Eliot Rosewater, the primary trustee of the philanthropic Rosewater Foundation whom one of the family lawyers, Norman Mushari, is attempting to have declared insane to enable a more distant relative, Fred Rosewater, an insurance salesman from Rhode Island, to gain control.
Parable Of the Sower
by Octavia E Butler
In acclaimed science-fiction author Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, we find the world in 2025, crippled by global warming, pollution, and socio-cultural tensions.
'Hyperempath' Lauren Olamina, a black teenager living just outside Los Angeles, flees with her community to escape the dangerous pyromaniacs who are destroying the remainders of civilization. As she flees, she begins to preach her philosophy, her religion, called 'Earthseed' to the other refugees.
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'Hyperempath' Lauren Olamina, a black teenager living just outside Los Angeles, flees with her community to escape the dangerous pyromaniacs who are destroying the remainders of civilization. As she flees, she begins to preach her philosophy, her religion, called 'Earthseed' to the other refugees.
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The Other Wind
by Ursula K Le Guin
The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. He dreams of the land of death, of his wife who died young and longs to return to him so much that she kissed him across the low stone wall that separates our world from the Dry Land-where the grass is withered, the stars never move, and lovers pass without knowing each other. The dead are pulling Alder to them at night. Through him they may free themselves and invade Earthsea.Alder seeks advice from Ged, once Archmage. Ged tells him to go to Tenar, Tehanu, and the young...
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Night Shift
by Stephen King
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark, No Stars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset; Duma Key; Lisey’s Story; Cell; and the concluding novels in the Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. His acclaimed nonfiction book On Writing is also a bestseller. In 2003, he was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he...
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Virtual Light
by William Gibson
Virtual Light is the first book in William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. Virtual Light is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. The term 'Virtual Light' was coined by scientist Stephen Beck to describe a form of instrumentation that produces optical sensations directly in the eye without the use of photons. The novel was a finalist nominee for a Hugo Award, and shortlisted for the Locus Award in 1994.
The Waste Lands
by Stephen King
Stephen King, the world's bestselling novelist, was educated at the University of Maine at Orono. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, and their children in Bangor, Maine.
The World Inside
by Robert Silverberg
Earth 2381: The hordes of humanity have withdrawn into isolated 1000-story Urbmons, comfortably controlled multicity-buildings which perpetuate an open culture of free sex and unrestricted population growth. Nearly all of Earth's 75 billion live in the hundreds of monolithic structures scattered across the globe, with the exception of the small agricultural communes that supply the Urbmons with food. When a restless Urbmon computer engineer begins to think unblessworthy thoughts of making a trip outside,...
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Stories Of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang
"Stories of Your Life and Others" is a collection of short stories by Ted Chiang originally published in 2002 by Tor Books. It collects Chiang's first eight stories. All of the stories except "Liking What You See: A Documentary" were previously published individually elsewhere.
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K Dick
A Scanner Darkly is a BSFA Award winning 1977 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The semi-autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California in the then-future of June 1994. It includes an extensive portrayal of drug culture and drug use.
The Hobbit
by J R R Tolkien
The Hobbit tells the famous
story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is caught up in the affairs of
wizards. His journey through Mirkwood and the climactic confrontation
with the dragon Smaug served as the launching point for Tolkien's
transformative trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. Many of the
essential elements of Tolkien's classic saga have their roots in this
children's book.
The story remains popular, and stands
as one of the most enduring (and endearing) stories of the last
century. The Hobbit... Read more about this item
story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is caught up in the affairs of
wizards. His journey through Mirkwood and the climactic confrontation
with the dragon Smaug served as the launching point for Tolkien's
transformative trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. Many of the
essential elements of Tolkien's classic saga have their roots in this
children's book.
The story remains popular, and stands
as one of the most enduring (and endearing) stories of the last
century. The Hobbit... Read more about this item
The Silmarillion
by J R R Tolkien
The Silmarillion narrates the complexity of Middle-earth through a collection of J.R.R Tolkein’s 5 mythopoeic works, illustrating an extensive history and lore in relation to his work, The Hobbit. The collection was originally published as individual works, but was later rejected due to incompleteness. In 1977 The Silmarillion was edited and published posthumously by Tolkien's son Christopher, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay, who later became a noted fantasy writer.
Helsreach
by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Book 2 in the Space Marines Battles series by up-and-coming author Aaron Dembski-Bowden. Second title for the prestigious Space Marines Battles series featuring the Black Templars and their heroic last stand during the War for Armageddon.
Logan's Run
by William F and George Clayton Johnson Nolan
Logan's Run is a novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, it depicts a dystopian future society in which population and the consumption of resources is managed and maintained in equilibrium by the simple expedient of demanding the death of everyone upon reaching a particular age, thus avoiding the issue of overpopulation.
Speculative Fiction Books & Ephemera
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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$12.00
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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$80.00
The Midwich Cukoos
by Wyndham, John
London: Michael Joseph, 1969. John Wyndham (1903-1969) is the thinking man's science fiction writer; his prose is always elegant! Probably his most famous novel was "The Day of the Triffids," but this one is close behind. Both were made into films. Originally published in 1957, this is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the Ninth Impression (May 1969). Dark brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 239 pages. While unmarked, the pages show rather ham-handed prior readers;...
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$45.00
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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$13.33
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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$35.00
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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$100.00
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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$8.00
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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$65.00
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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$200.00
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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$21.33
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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$9.95
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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$100.00
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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$25.00
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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$125.00
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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$75.00
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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$10.00
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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$300.00
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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$250.00
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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$300.00
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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$65.00
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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$30.00
The Resurrections A Novel
by Louvish, Simon
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 215 pages. A speculative fantasy of an alternate history of the 20th century, where Trotsky has just died after leading USSR for 44 years, Adolf Hitler is German emigre and ex-Senator for Illinois and Che Guevera is trying to overthrow Mussolini. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st...
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$23.33
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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$10.00
Drowsy
by Mitchell, John Ames
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1917. John Ames Mitchell (1845-1918) was a publisher, architect, artist, and novelist. This is a Very Good copy of his last novel, speculative fiction that involves a spaceship and trips to the Moon and Mars. [Bleiler, 141] Blue cloth binding with a decorative gilt label on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; vi, 301 pages. "With Illustrations by Angus Macdonal and the Author." Frontis and 17 others within. Some light rub to the...
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$50.00
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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$65.00
