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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, 1967. First edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine has light creasing, small nicks at top and bottom spine, soiling at rear cover on white background and front cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Computer War (part 1 of 2) by Mack Reynolds; The Dukes of Desire by Christopher Anvil; The Double-Edged Rope by Lloyd Biggle; Security Measure by Joseph P. Martino; Project Lion by Lawrence A. Perkins.Science Fact: Political Science by Douglas M. Dederer. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Interstellar Communications by Jack W. Campbell; The Analytical Laboratory; In Times to Come; Brass Tacks; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller. Illustrations by Kelly Freas and John Schoenherr.

Conde Nast, New York, 1973. First edition. Condition: Good plus, light edge and corner wear, small crease at bottom front cover, spine has light water stain and slight chipping at ends, light soiling on white areas of covers, slight yellowing of interior pages, library markings on inside front and last page. Includes The People of the Wind (part 1 of 3) by Poul Anderson; Force over Distance by Tak Hallus [Stephen Robinett]; Biological Peacefare by W. Macfarlane; The Guy with the Eyes by Spider Robinson; Modus Vivendi by William Walling; Trade-Off by R. A. Beaumont.Science Fact: The Third Industrial Revolution" (part 2 of 2) by G. Harry Stine. Reader's Departments: Guest Editorial by R. G. Cleveland; The Analytical Laboratory; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrated by Leo Summers, Kelly Freas, Vincent di Fate, Jack Gaughan, and John Schoenherr.

Conde Nast, New York, 1979. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, light nicks at spine ends. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age.Includes Duty, Honor, Planet by Michael McCollum; Titan" (part 4 of 4) by John Varley; Reunion by Paul J. Nahin; Share It with Me by Kirill Bulychev; Pathway by Edward A. Byers; Redeemer by Gregory Benford; The Thirteenth Utopia by Somtow Sucharitkul; Mayfair by Thomas Sullivan.Science fact: Build Your Own A-Bomb and Wake Up the Neighborhood by George W. Harper; Editorial: Liberal Education by Stanley Schmidt; Biolog: Laurence M. Janifer; Brass Tacks; In Times To Come; The Reference Library by Laurence M. Janifer. Illustrations by John Sanchez, Doug Beekman, Jeffrey Terreson, John Butterfield, Paul Lehr, Mike Hinge, and Richard Anderson.

Conde Nast, New York, 1972. First edition. Condition: Good plus, edge and corner wear, spine has light creasing, light soiling on white areas of covers, light scuffing near spine, slight yellowing of interior pages. A well read magazine.Includes A Matter of Sovereignty by Wade Curtis [Jerry Pournelle]; Riddle Me This. . .by Christopher Anvil; Truck Driver by Robert Chilson; The Greatest Asset by Isaac Asimov; Stormy Bellwether by Jack Wodhams; A Spaceship for the King (part 2 of 3) by Jerry Pournelle.Science Fact: Galactic Geopolitics by Ben Bova. Reader's Departments: Editorial: The Asking of Questions by Poul Anderson; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by John Schoenherr, Leo Summers, and Kelly Freas.

Conde Nast, New York, 1968. First edition. Condition: Very Good plus, light edge and corner wear, slight creasing at spine, small scuff mark near spine, light soiling at rear cover on white background. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes "The Baalim Problem" by Bruce Daniels, "Speciality" by Joe Poyer, "The Fuglemen of Recall" by Jack Wodhams, "Appointment on Prila" by Bob Shaw, "Satan's World" (part 4 of 4) by Poul Anderson.Science Fact: "How the Soviets Did it in Space" by G. Harry Stine. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: In Memoriam by John W. Campbell; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schuyler Miller; "Brass Tacks".

Conde Nast, New York, 1976. First edition. Condition: Very Good, edge and corner wear, light nicks at spine and edges, light soiling on white area of cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age.Includes Weather War by William E. Cochrane; The End's Beginning by Vonda N. McIntyre; Aspic's Mystery by Arsen Darnay; The Money Machine by Pat Underhill; Shadrach in the Furnace (part 2 of 3) by Robert Silverberg.Science Fact: Enriching Isotopes with Lasers by Jeff Hecht. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Not Supersonic Enough by Ben Bova; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events; Analogish by Jeff Rovin; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas, George Schelling, Mike Hinge, John Schoenherr, and Rick Sternbach.

Conde Nast, New York, 1961. First edition. Condition: Good plus, edge and corner wear, spine has creasing, light scuffing on covers, light soiling on white areas of covers, slight tears at edges on back cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Ultima Thule by Mack Reynolds; Hiding Place by Poul Anderson; Horrible Example by Clifford D. Simak; The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel by Arthur W. Orton.Science Fact: Sub-Mach by G. Harry Stine; Special Feature: An Introduction to the Calculus of Desk-Clearing by Maurice Price. Readers' Departments: The Editor's Page - Constitution for Utopia by John W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Douglas, Orton, Schoenherr and Van Dongen.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2013. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, faint creasing at corners, slight spine wear, light wrinkling near spine and on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Allen M. Steele, Edward M. Lerner, Ron Collins, Janet Catherine Johnston, Stephen R. Wilk, Marissa K. Lingen, Wiliam R. Eakin, Jay Werkheiser, Carl Frederick, John G. Cramer, and Trevor Quachri. Book reviews by Don Sakers. Art by Mark Evans and Vincent Di Fate.

Conde Nast, New York, 1965. First edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, small triangular tears at corners, spine has creasing, light scuffing on covers, light soiling and wrinkling on rear cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Science Fact: Hydrogen Fusion Reactor" by Edward C. Walterscheid; The Muddle of the Woad (Lord Darcy series) by Randall Garrett; Glimpses of the Moon by Wallace West; Duel to the Death by Christopher Anvil; The GM Effect by Frank Herbert.Readers' Departments: The Editor's Page: The Laws of Things by John W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; Brass Tacks; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller. Illustrations by John Schoenherr, and Robert Swanson.

Conde Nast, New York, 1967. First edition. Condition: Good minus, edge and corner wear, spine has creasing, small nicks and tears along edges, soiling at rear cover on white background. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Of Terrans Bearing Gifts by Richard Grey Sipes; Experts in the Field by Christopher Anvil; Burden of Proof (Slow Glass series) by Bob Shaw; Dead End by Mike Hodous; The Time-Machined Saga (part 3 of 3) by Harry Harrison.Science Fact: Target: Language by Lawrence A. Perkins. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: The Safest Form of Transportation by John W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas and John Shoenherr.

Conde Nast, New York, 1965. First edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, triangular tear at bottom corner, spine has creasing, light scuffing on covers, light soiling and wrinkling on rear cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Half a Loaf by R. C. FitzPatrick; Positive Feedback by Christopher Anvil; Sleep No More by James H. Schmitz; Fighting Division by Randall Garrett; Trader Team (part 2 of 2) by Poul Anderson.Science Fact: Microminiature Industry by Carl A. Larson. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Panacea by John W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas, John Schoenherr, and Leo Summers.

Dell Magazines, New York, 1996. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear, slight spine wear, slight wrinkling at rear cover.Includes stories and articles by W. R. Thompson, Charles Sheffield, Jerry Pournelle, Robert A Freitas Jr., Marianne Dyson, Joseph H. Delany, Ron L. Figgins, Pete D. Manison, John G. Cramer, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by Mark Salwowski, Alan M. Clark, George H. Krauter, and Arthur George.

Dell Magazines, New York, 1996. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and wrinkling on covers, light nicks at spine, rear cover has wear on white background.Includes stories and articles by Robert J. Sawyer, Tom Ligon, Doug Larsen, Joseph H. Delany, Jeffrery D. Kooistra, Alexis Glynn Latner, Pauline Ashwell, Carolyn Clink, Poul Anderson, Don D'Ammassa, Bud Sparhawk, John G. Cramere, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by Jim Burns, Darryl Elliot, Steve Cavallo, Dell Harris, Kelly Freas, Bob Eggleton, and Vincent Di Fate.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2012. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, faint creasing at corners, slight spine wear, light wrinkling near spine and on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Brad Aiken, Michael F. Flynn, Susan Forest, Arlan Andrews, Sr., Alec Nevala-Lee, Carl Frederick, Jerry Oltion, Jefferey D. Kooistra, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Don Sakers. Art by Beryl Bush and Mark Evans.