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Maps in a Mirror; the short fiction of Orson Scott Card
by Card, Orson Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312850476
- ISBN 13
- 9780312850470
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Tor Books, New York, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. X, 675 pages, + 3 Blank; original illustrated dust jacket. slight rubbing of the top edge of the dust jacket, slight age toning of the page edges. There is no damage to detail. Part One: The Hanged Man – tales of dread: Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory; Quietus; Deep Breathing Exercises; Fat Farm; Closing the Timelid; Freeway Games; A Sepulchre of Songs; Prior Restraint; The Changed Man and the King of Words; Memories of My Head; Lost Boys. Part Two: Flux: A Thousand Deaths – tales of human futures; Claps Hands and Sing; Dogwalker; But We Try Not to Act Like It; I Put My Blue Genes On; In the Doghouse - with Jay A. Parry; The Originist. Part Three: Maps in a Mirror – fables and fantasies: Unaccompanied Sonata; A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon; The Porcelain Salamander; Middle Woman - as Byron Walley; The Bully and the Beast; The Princess and the Bear; Sandmagic; The Best Day - as Dinah Kirkham; A Plague of Butterflies; The Monkeys Thought 'Twas All in Fun. Part Four: Cruel Miracles – tales of death, hope, and holiness: Mortal Gods; Saving Grace; Eye for Eye; St. Amy's Tale; Kingsmeat; Holy. Part Five: Lost Songs – the hidden stories: Ender's Game; Mikal's Songbird; Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow; Malpractice; Follower; Hitching; Damn Fine Novel - as Noam D. Pellume; Billy's Box - as Byron Walley; The Best Family Home Evening Ever - as Byron Walley; Bicicleta - as Byron Walley; I Think Mon and Dad Are Going Crazy Jerry - as Byron Walley; and Gert Fram - as Byron Walley, & an afterword by the author. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0312850476. ISBN/EAN: 9780312850470. Inventory No: 0271542. . 9780312850470
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0271542
- Title
- Maps in a Mirror; the short fiction of Orson Scott Card
- Author
- Card, Orson Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312850476
- ISBN 13
- 9780312850470
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BZDB2 science-fiction, Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Unbranded ISBN: 0312850476 EAN: 9780312850470 Card, Orson Scott Maps in a Mirror; the short fiction of Orson Scott Card
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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