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Night Shade Books, 2010 Book. Illus. by Lacoste, Ralph. Very Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Trade paperback, first printing. First Printing stated on title page. (Copies are in seventh printings to date.) This trade paperback edition follows the hardcover first edition. <b>Signed by Bacigalupi on the title page.</b> Very fine (unread) copy in very fine covers (without jacket as issued). Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, square copy. Award History: 2010 Hugo Award Winner; 2010 Nebula Award Winner; 2010 John W. Campbell Award Winner; 2010 Locus Poll Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (lost to Boneshaker by Cherie Priest); 2010 Locus Poll Award Winner for Best First Novel; 2010 Compton Crook Award Winner; 2010 British Science Fiction Award Nominee (lost to The Dervish House by Ian McDonald)..

Little, Brown & Company, 2012 Book. Illus. by Swaab, Neil. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Signed by the author blue ink on the half-title page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. .

Night Shade Books, 2010 Book. Illus. by Noble, Claudia. Very Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Trade Paperback, first edition and first printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. <b>Signed by Bacigalupi in the title page.</b> Very fine (unread) copy without jacket as issued. Follows the first hardcover edition published in 2008. Collects 10 of Bacigalupi's short stories, many of which won awards, including the Sturgeon Award. Award History: 2009 Locus Poll Award Winner for Best Collection..

Tor, 2006 Book. Illus. by Youll, Paul. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Faint handling-related edge wear, else fine copy in very fine jacket. A clean, square copy. A Company novel and the second to last in the series prior to Ms. Baker's passing in 2010..

Tor, 2005 Book. Illus. by Youll, Paul. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Book Bundle. All three books are sold together as a bundle. Each book is a hardcover first edition, first printing. First Edition stated with "1" present in complete number on copyright page of each book. ISBN numbers are 076531455X, 0765315513 and 0765315521 respectively. None of the books are book clubs, remainders or ex-library copies. Each book is a fine (unread) copy in fine condition. EXTRA SHIPPING will apply as multiple books are being shipped on one order transaction. Baker's innovative time police novels set in the award-winning The Company series universe. Sadly, we lost Baker's voice in 2010..

Tor, 2007 Book. Illus. by Youll, Paul. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A pristine, As New copy in protective Brodart wrapper. A clean, square copy in bright jacket with protective brodart cover. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Collection of seven Company stories, two original to this collection..

Tor, 2006 Book. Illus. by Youll, Paul. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A pristine, As New copy in protective Brodart wrapping. A clean, square copy in bright jacket with protective brodart cover. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The seventh novel in The Company universe, Baker's innovative time police series..

Science Fiction Book Club, 2007 Book. Illus. by Jensen, Bruce. Very Fine. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book Club Edition, first edition and first printing. State First Printing: July 2007 on copyright page. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A pristine, As New copy with jacket is wrapped in protective Brodart wrapper. Omnibus collecting The Machine's Child (2006) and The Sons of Heaven (2007), novels seven and eight respectively set in The Company universe..

Tor, 2000 Book. Illus. by Youll, Stephen. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. Jacket moderately bumped at tips and more severely at head of spine panel, else fine copy in near fine jacket. Award History: 2001 Locus Poll Award Nominee (lost to The Telling by Ursula Le Guin); 2001 Prometheus Award Nominee (lost to Forge of the Elders by L. Neil Smith). Full color, wrap-around jacket by Stephen Youll..

Gollancz, 2000 Book. Illus. by Harris, John. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and first UK edition. (Preceded by the Tor edition published in 1999.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Virtual-reality mystery wrapped inside an alternate history story where American democracy survives in small expatriate groups in a world dominated by 12 "Reichs" which are the legacy of the Axis victory in WWII. "[A] genuine adventure of ideas." - Locus, February 1999, pg. 19. Excellent cover painting in the classic SF style by John Harris..

Tor, 1994 Book. Illus. by Eggleton, Bob. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Out-of-print on publication. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Stated First Edition with number "1" present in complete number line. Near-future disaster novel, it's Twister" on a planetary scale. This novel, along with Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather, was the precursor to the disaster theme of the '90's, i.e. Mother Nature strikes back. Strong character driven novel with adult themes and relationships. "Barnes allows the better aspects of human character, our humanity, to overcome both the overwhelming blandness of our consumer culture, simultaneous with the revelation that the same consumer culture is nothing but a house of cards against the fury of Mother Nature". Clute, Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, Notable Works, pg. 207. This is Barnes' third novel to be… Read More

Tor, 1995 Book. Illus. by Eggleton, Bob. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and true first edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. This copy is one of the rare, surviving first printings of the first edition. (Both "First edition: May 1995" and the number "1" appears in the number sequence on the copyright page.) The first edition was recalled by Tor because of an "unacceptably large numbers of errors in the text." The defective copies were exchanged for copies of the second printing (really the 2nd edition) which corrected all the errors. SF novel set in a dark, harrowing 21st century. "Barnes has constructed a brutal vision of a history that might have been .... (his last line is absolutely chilling)." - Locus, June 1995 pg. 57. Barnes is the author of Orbital Resonance (1991 Nebula Nominee), A Million Open Doors (1992 Nebula Nominee), Mother of Storms (1994 Hugo… Read More

Disney Editions / Hyperion, 2004 Book. Illus. by Call, Greg. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Fine (unread) copy in fine jacket wrapped in protective brodart cover. Signed and dated "7.25.06" by Barry and Pearson with the inscription "Jamie - Boo!" on the title page. A thoughtful and entertaining "prequel" to the J. M. Barrie classic "Peter Pan" immortalized by Walt Disney wonderful illustrations by Greg Call..

HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998 Book. Illus. by Moore, Chris. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Book Bundle. Both books are sold together as a bundle. Each book is a UK hardcover first edition, first printing. Traces was published in 1998 and Moonseed was published in byHarperCollinsPublishers Voyager UK and are the true first editions. Traces collects 22 previously published stories, mostly published in Interzone, showcasing a great cross-section of Baxter's work during the last decade. ISBN numbers are 0002254271 and 0002254263 respectively. None of the books are book clubs, remainders or ex-library copies. Both copies are straight and square. Jackets are complete with UK prices intact. Both jackets feature spectacular illustrations by Chris Moore. Each book is a fine (unread) copy in fine condition. EXTRA SHIPPING will apply as multiple books are being shipped on one order transaction. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover UK, true first edition and first printing. Baxter's… Read More

Voyager, 2001 Book. Illus. by Royal Observatory. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (The first US edition was published in February 2002 by Ballantine as Manifold: Origin.) The final volume in the Manifold trilogy. "[A] complex and ambitious novel that never forgoes its human scale, and contains some of Baxter's most viscerally powerful writing to date." - Locus, September 2001. "Highly superior SF, guaranteed to jolt one's sense of wonder." - David Langford..

Gollancz, 2001 Book. Illus. by Barrett, Peter. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. Statement "[F]irst published in Great Britain in 2001" on copyright page. A very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A clean, square copy in bright jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Transported to Mars as embryos as part of an effort to revive the species, the mammoths were left behind when the failed human colony returns to Earth. With mankind gone, only Icebones, the daughter of Silverhair, has the knowledge to teach her fellow Mammoths how to survive and flourish. Jacket illustration by Peter Barrett..

HarperCollins Voyager, 1997 Book. Illus. by Moore, Chris. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. Not a remainder nor ex-library. Barron (ed), Anatomy of Wonder 5, II-87. A declining NASA cobbles together a manned, shoe-string expedition to explore Titan. "Speculative fiction as it may happen." The American space program we all wish it was by the British author of Voyage and The Time Ships. Award History: 1998 Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (lost to The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell); 1998 Locus Poll Award Nominee (lost to The Rise of Endymion by Simmons)..

HarperCollins Voyager, 1998 Book. Illus. by Moore, Chris. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, true first edition and first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Baxter's second short fiction collection (preceded by Vacuum Diagrams). No US edition published. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. Collects 22 previously published stories, mostly published in Interzone, showcasing a great cross-section of Baxter's work during the last decade. This collection is a cornucopia of Baxter's ranging interests and themes, including pastiches dedicated to Blish, Campbell, Clarke, and H.G. Wells, among others. Interesting reading and fun stuff for Baxter fans..

Voyager, 1998 Book. Illus. by Moore, Chris. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (Preceded the US edition published by Harper Collins.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. A clean, straight copy. A virus-like dust contained in rocks brought back from the Moon threatens the plant life of Earth. Very cool dustjacket illustration by Chris Moore..

Ballantine Del Rey, 2002 Book. Illus. by Greco, Tony. Very Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in completel number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. <b>Signed by Bear on the title page.</b> Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, straight copy. Biological thriller by "one of SF's more versatile and unpredictable writer." Nick Gevers, Locus, December 2001. .