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New York: Barnes & Noble, April 1992. Hardcover. 4th printing. Fine book in a fine Jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 432 pp. Charmingly insidious and satisfyingly devious, these 100 baffling little mysteries are just the thing to suit your most malevolent mood and are sure to keep you up all night, puzzling over their possible solutions. Each one has its own particular and irresistible appeal: an unexpected twist, a delectable puzzle, a devastating revelation, or perhaps even a refreshing display of pernicious spit.

Flushing, New York: Ultimate Publishing. November 1971. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Binding square and tight. Interior unmarked. Lightly tanned. Reading creases and mild edgewear. No mailing label. 132 pages. Edited by Ted White. Cover art by Mike Hinge illustrating In Man's Image (short story) by Terry Carr. ALSO: The Wrong End of Time (serial, part 1 of 2 ) by John Brunner; To End All Wars (short story) by Gordon Eklund; Road Factory (short story) by W. MacFarlane; In Memoriam: John W. Campbell - 'The Writing Years' (reprint, 1963) by Sam Moskowitz. FEATURES: Man's Best Friend (science essay) by Gregory Benford & David Book. Illustrated by David Cook , Steve Harper, Jeff Jones, Mike Kaluta, and John Schoenherr.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. Digest-size Magazine. February 1979. Very Good+. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by Dean Ellis for "Songs of a Sentient Flute" (novelette) by Frank Herbert. Includes "Today's Computers, Intelligent Machines and Our Future" (science fact) by Hans Moravec; "Last Hunt" (short story) by Eric Vinicoff & Marcia Martin; "Letter to Ed" (short story) by Edmundo Hamiltowne; "The Odds Man" (short story) by Gary Alan Ruse; "Titan" (serial, part 2 of 4) by John Varley; "State of the Art: A Computer That Writes Science Fiction" by Paul Nahin; "Extrapolation" (editorial); "Biolog: Orson Scott Card." Illustrated by Broeck Steadman, Jack Gaughan, George Schelling, Paul Lehr, and John Butterfield.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. Digest-size Magazine. October 1977. Very Good+. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate. Includes "Of Future Fears" [Lagrange] (serial, part 1 of 3) by Mack Reynolds; "The Wonderful Secret" (aka "The Ultimax Man") (Hugo finalist, Locus nominee) (serial, part 2 of 2) by Keith Laumer; "Dog Day Evening" [Callahan] (Hugo and Locus nominee) ( short story) by Spider Robinson; "The Ultimate Arbiter" [President Nivling] by Eric Vinicoff & Marcia Martin; "Laser Weapons - Status Report" (science fact) by Jeff Hecht; "The Laser BMD" (science fact) by P. J. Nahin; "Remember Sputnik" (editorial); "Biolog: Mack Reynolds". Illustrated by Vincent Di Fate, Rick Sternbach, George Schelling, Jack Gaughan, and Mike Hinge.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. February 1967. Digest-size Magazine. Near Fine. Rubbing and light crease at front hinge, otherwise tight, clean and bright. See photo. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "Pioneer Trip" (short story) by Joe Poyer. Includes "The Returning" (short story) by J. B. Mitchel; "Elementary Mistake" (short story) by Winston P. Sanders (Poul Anderson); "There is a Crooked Man" (short novel) by Jack Wodhams; "Amazon Planet" (serial, part 3 of 3) by Mack Reynolds; "The Quary Story" (science fact) by Margaret L. Silbar; "Sense of Security" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas and Leo Summers.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. May 1974. Digest-size Magazine. Near Fine. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover art by Jack Gaughan for "Catalyst Run" (novelette) by Jesse Miller. Includes "Laws and Orders" (novelette) by Tak Hallus [Stephen Robinett]; "FTA" (short story) by George R. R. Martin; "Oew Me" (short story) by John T. Phillifent [John Rackham]; "No Biz Like Show Biz" (short story) by LLoyd Biggle; "The God's Decision" (short story) by Herbie Brennan; "Geothermal Resources" (science fact) by Eric Burgess; "Frankenstein Phobia" (guest editorial) by Joe Allred. Illustrated by Jack Gaughan, Kelly Freas, and Leo Summers.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, August 1967. Digest-size Magazine. Near Fine. Light edgewear, otherwise tight, clean, and bright. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Chesley Bonestell. Includes "Starfog" (Prometheus Hall of Fame Award nominee, short novel) by Poul Anderson; "The Featherbedders" (novelette) by Frank Herbert; "Babel II" (short story) by Christopher Anvil; "Cows Can't Eat Grass" (short story) by Walt and Leigh Richmond; "Depression or Bust" (short story) by Mack Reynolds; "The Misers" (science fact) by William T. Powers; "The Red and Blue Giant" (editorial). Illustrated by John Schoenherr, Rudi Palais, and Leo Summers.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. April 1974. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover art by John Schoenherr for "Hot Spot" (novelette) by Brenda Pearce. Includes "The Time-Traveler" [Callahan] (novelette) by Spider Robinson; "A Kind of Murder" [Teleportation] by Larry Niven; "Scholarly Correspondence" by Charles Eric Maine; "Earth, Air, Fire and Water" (serial, part 3 of 3) by Stephen Nemeth & William Walling; "Extraterrestrial Organic Matter" (science fact) by Louis Lenhard; "Mental Endergy Crisis" (editorial). Illustrated by John Schoenherr, Jack Gaughan, and Vincent Di Fate.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. March 1970. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "The Siren Stars" (serial, part 1 of 3) by Richard & Nancy Carrigan. Includes "Ravenshaw of WBY, Inc." (novelette) by W. Mcfarlane; "Revolutionaries" (novelette) by M. R. Anver; "One Step from Earth" [Matter Transmitter] by Hank Dempsey [Harry Harrison]; "Protection" by Steven Shaw; "Wrong Rabbit" by Jack Wodhams; "Rover Does Tricks in Space" (science fact) by Walter B. Hendrickson, Jr.; "Good-Bye Barsoom" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas and Vincent diFate.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. Digest-size Magazine. January 1978. Very Good. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover by Alex Schomburg for "Actions Speak Louder" [Captain Empirical] (novelette) by Sam Nicholson. Includes "Reaction Time" (short story) by L. E. Modesitt; "Devil You Don't Know" [Val Clarke] (Hugo finalist, Locus and Nebula nominee] (novelette) by Dean Ing; "The Promised Land " [Lifeboat Earth] (novelette) by Stanley Schmidt; "The Tank and It's Wife" (short story) by Arsen Darnay; "The Gift of Prometheus" (short story) by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "The Island of Stability" (science fact) by Margaret L. Silbar; "Courage" (editorial); "Biolog: Alex Schomburg." Illustrated by Doug Beekman, Janet Aulisio, Jack Gaughan, Rick Sternbach, and Mike Hinge.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, November 1967. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Small dent to front cover near spine tail. Creasing to spine, otherwise tight, clean and bright. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Freas for "Coup" (novelette) by Guy McCord (Mack Reynolds). Includes "The Case of the Perjured Planet" (novelette) by Martin Loran (Ron Smith and John Baxter); "Prostho Plus" (short story) by Piers Anthony; "The Cure-All Merchant" (short story) by Jack Wodhams; "Mission: Red Plague" (short story) by Joe Poyer; "Applied Science Fiction" (science fact) by Will F. Jenkins (Murray Leinster); "Impossible Problem" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. May 1971. Digest-size Magazine. Near Fine. May 1971. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "The Outposter" (serial, part 1 of 3) by Gordon R. Dickson. Includes "Company Planet" [Telzey Amberdon] (novelette) by James H. Schmitz; "Culture Shock" (novelette) by Perry A. Chapdelaine; "Peace with Honor" [Falkenberg's Legion] ( novelette) first science fiction story published by Jerry Pournelle; "Not Stupid Enough" by G. H. Scithers; "Men to Mars" (science fact) by Walter B. Hendrickson, Jr.; "Pollution Paranoia" (editorial) by John W. Campbell. Illustrated by Kelly Freas, David Cook, and Leo Summers.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. June 1962. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Tanned. Interior unmarked. Shelf and reading wear. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by John Schoenherr illustrating "The Weather Man" (novella) by Theodore L. Thomas. Includes: "Novice" (novelette ) by James H. Schmitz; "Three-Part Puzzle" (short story) by Gordon R. Dicks on; "The Sound Of Silence" (short story) by Barbara Constant; "Anything You Can Do" (serial, part 2 of 2) by Darrel T. Langart (Randall Garret); "Interstellar Passenger Capsule" (science fact) by Ralph A. Hall, M.D. Illustrations by John Schoenherr, Leone, George Schelling.

New York: Davis Publications. Digest-size Magazine. March 2, 1981. Very Good. Small bit of old sticker on bar code. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by Paul Lehr for "Paradise Misplaced" (novelette) by Ian Stewart. Includes "We're Working on It" (novelette) by Robin Kincaid; "The Shroud" (short story, Locus nominee) by Michael McCollum; "Mustard Seed" (short story) by Jayge Carr; "Shuttle Down" (serial, part 4 of 4) by Lee Correy (G. Harry Stine); "And Now - Supergravity!" (science fact) by Margaret L. Silbar; "Nunc Dimittis" (The Alternate View) by Jerry Pournelle; "Who Is Killing the Space Program?" (guest editorial) by Stephen A. Kallis; "Biolog: Ian Stewart". Illustrated by Paul Lehr, Brad Hamann, Broeck Steadman, Wayne D. Barlowe, and Robert McMahon.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, December 1968. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "The Custodians" (novelette) by James H. Schmitz. Includes "The Reluctant Ambassadors" (novelette) by Stanley Schmidt; "Pipeline" (novelette) by Joe Poyer; "A Learning Experience" (short story) by Theodore Litwell; "The Form Master" (short story) by Jack Wodhams; "Situation of Some Gravity" (science fact) by Joseph F. Goodavage; "Technological Status" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas and Leo Summers.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. September 1972. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "The Symbiotes" [Telzey Amberdon] (novelette) by James H. Schmitz. Includes "Ideological Defeat" (novelette) by Christopher Anvil; "The Hated Dreams" (short story) by John Strausbaugh; "Generation Gaps" (short story) by Clancey O'Brien; "The War of the Words" (short story) by Rick Conley; "The Pritcher Mass" (serial, part 2 of 3) by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Iron Pillar of Delhi" (science fact) by L. Sprague de Camp; "How to Design a Flying Saucer" (science fact) by Dr. Richard J. Rosa; "Buckminster Fuller: The Synergetic Man" (personality profile ) by Norman Spinrad. Illustrated by Kelly Freas, Vincent diFate, Michael Gilbert, Leo Summers, John Schoenherr, and Gray Morrow.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. December 1974. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover art by Mike Gilbert for his Focus on Mars feature. Includes "Nix Olympica" (Hugo finalist, Locus nominee) (novelette) by William Walling; "Encounter Below Tharsis" (short story) by Bob Buckley; "The Weather on Mars" (short story) by the Alex & Phyllis Eisenstein; "The Indian Giver" (serial, part 2 of 3) by Alfred Bester; "On Mars with Mike Gilbert" (special feature) by Mike Gilbert; "Why We Won't Find Life on Mars" (science fact) by Richard C. Hoagland; "The Biopump Solution" (science fact) by Thomas A. Easton; "Destination Mars" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas, Mike Gilbert, and Jack Gaughan.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. May 1962. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Lightly tanned. Interior unmarked. "25" inked on cover. Shelfwear. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art "Moloch Horridus" by Schoenherr for "The Real Bug-Eyed Monster" (article). Includes "Anything You Can Do" (part 1 of 2) by Darrel T. Langart [Randall Garrett]; "...Nor Iron Bars" (novelette) by Jonathan Blake MacKenzie [Randall Garrett]; "Look Before You Leap" (novelette) by Don Westake; "The Next Logical Step" by Ben Bova; "Sight Gag" by Larry M. Harris [Laurence M. Janifer]; "The Fourth Law of Motion" (science fact) by William O. Davis; "That Fourth Law of Motion" (editorial) by John W. Campbell. Illustrated by Leone, Schelling, and Schoenherr.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, November 1971. Digest-size Magazines. Very Good. Interiors unmarked, but tanned. No mailing labels. 180 pages. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by John Schoenherr for "And Silently Vanish Away" (novelette) by Glen Bever. Includes "The Old Man of Ondine" (novelette) by Terrence MacKann; "Compulsion Worse Confounded" by Robert Chilson; "Holding Action" by Andrew M. Stephenson; "The Nothing Venireman One" by W. Macfarlane; "Hierarchies" (serial, part 2 of 2) by John T. Phillifent; "In Quest of a Humanlike Robot" (science fact) by Margaret L. Silbar; "The Gored Ox" (editorial). Illustrated by John Schoenherr, Leo Summers, and Kelly Freas.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, January 1967. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Small hole in rear cover over lower staple. Light rubbing and shelfwear. Otherwise tight, bright, and clean. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover by Chesley Bonestell for "Supernova" (short novel) by Poul Anderson. Includes "A Criminal Act" (short story) by Harry Harrison; "The Old Shill Game" (short story) by H. B. Fyfe; "The Last Command" (short story) by Keith Laumer; "Amazon Planet" (serial, part 2 of 3) by Mack Reynolds; "Bring 'Em Back Alive" (science fact) by Lyle Hamilton; " Secret Science" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas.