books tagged “scifi”

The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat
by Harry Harrison

ISBN 0441004229 (0-441-00422-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat'
More editions of The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat:
- The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat: ISBN 0441004229 (0-441-00422-9)
  Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
via
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank, David Brin

ISBN 0060741872 (0-06-074187-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Alas, Babylon'
Book summary:
The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.
[via]
More editions of Alas, Babylon:
- Alas, Babylon: ISBN 0060741872 (0-06-074187-2)
  Softcover, Harpercollins
via
Armor
by John Steakley

ISBN 0886773687 (0-88677-368-7)
Softcover, Daw Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Armor'
Book summary:
The military sci-fi classic in a striking new package

Felix is an Earth soldier, encased in special body armor designed to withstand Earth's most implacable enemy-a bioengineered, insectoid alien horde. But Felix is also equipped with internal mechanisms that enable him, and his fellow soldiers, to survive battle situations that would destroy a man's mind.

This is a remarkable novel of the horror, the courage, and the aftermath of combat-and how the strength of the human spirit can be the greatest armor of all.

[via]
More editions of Armor:
- Armor: ISBN 0886773687 (0-88677-368-7)
  Softcover, Daw Books
Beyond This Horizon
by Robert A. Heinlein

ISBN 0743435613 (0-7434-3561-3)
Softcover, Pocket Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond This Horizon'
Book summary:
Utopia has been achieved. For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty and war have been things found only in the history tapes. And applied genetics has given men and women the bodies of athletes and a lifespan of over a century.
They should all have been very happy....
But Hamilton Felix is bored. And he is the culmination of a star line; each of his last thirty ancestors chosen for superior genes. Hamilton is, as far as genetics can produce one, the ultimate man. And this ultimate man can see no reason why the human race should survive, and has no intention of continuing the pointless comedy.
However, Hamilton's life is about to become less boring. A secret cabal of revolutionaries who find utopia not just boring, but desperately in need of leaders who know just What Needs to be Done, are planning to revolt and put themselves in charge. Knowing of Hamilton's disenchantment with the modern world, they have recruited him to join their Glorious Revolution. Big mistake! The revolutionaries are about to find out that recruiting a superman was definitely not a good idea.... [via]
More editions of Beyond This Horizon:
via
Breakfast of Champions
by Kurt Vonnegut

ISBN 0385334206 (0-385-33420-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Breakfast of Champions'
Book summary:
"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane." So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity--both sets of ideas bounce through this challenging and funny book. As with the rest of Vonnegut's pure fantasy, it lacks the shimmering, fact-fueled rage that illuminates Slaughterhouse-Five. At the same time, that makes this book perhaps more enjoyable to read.
Breakfast of Champions is a slippery, lucid, bleakly humorous jaunt through (sick? inhumane?) America circa 1973, with Vonnegut acting as our Virgil-like companion. The book follows its main character, auto-dealing solid-citizen Dwayne Hoover, down into madness, a condition brought on by the work of the aforementioned Kilgore Trout. As Dwayne cracks, then crumbles, Breakfast of Champions coolly shows the effects his dementia has on the web of characters surrounding him. It's not much of a plot, but it's enough for Vonnegut to air unique opinions on America, sex, war, love, and all of his other pet topics--you know, the only ones that really count. [via]
More editions of Breakfast of Champions:
via
The Call of Earth
by Orson Scott Card

ISBN 0812532619 (0-8125-3261-9)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Call of Earth'
Book summary:
Tom Doherty 1994 [via]
More editions of The Call of Earth:
- The Call of Earth: ISBN 0812532619 (0-8125-3261-9)
  Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
via
Century Rain
by Alastair Reynolds

ISBN 0441013074 (0-441-01307-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Century Rain'
Book summary:
Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space trilogy is "one of the most impressive serial space operas of recent times" (Locus). The award-winning author continues to forge the future of science fiction with Century Rain.

In the far future, the technological disaster known as the Nanocaust left Earth uninhabitable. Archaeologist Verity Auger continues to explore the remnants of the planet's environment. But Verity is needed to examine something far more important-the discovery of mid-twentieth century Earth at the far end of a wormhole. And on this alternate world is a device capable of destroying both Earths if Verity cannot find the man preparing to detonate it in time. [via]
More editions of Century Rain:
via
The Chrysalids
by John Wyndham, David Harrower

ISBN 0748742867 (0-7487-4286-7)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chrysalids'
Book summary:
The terrifying story of a world paralyzed by genetic mutation. In a community where deviations are rooted out as abominations, David's ability to communicate by "thought shapes" is a dangerous secret. When his ability is discovered, the results are horrific. [via]
More editions of The Chrysalids:
via
Cities in Flight
by James Blish, Mullen, R. D. (AFT), Betty Ballantine

ISBN 1585676020 (1-58567-602-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Cities in Flight'
Book summary:
Cities in Flight is an omnibus volume of four novels, originally published between 1955 and 1962, two of which are fix-ups of pieces that first appeared in various magazines in the early '50s. Despite having been conceived more than 50 years ago, and produced in episodic fashion, they stand head and shoulders above most SF available today.
In They Shall Have Stars, humankind's will to explore space is renewed with the advent of two discoveries: anti-gravity (the "spindizzy" machines) and the key to almost eternal life (anti-agathic drugs). By A Life for the Stars, centuries have passed and most of the major cities have built spindizzies into their bedrock and left earth, cruising the galaxy looking for work, much like the hobos of the Depression Era. Earthman, Come Home, told from the perspective of John Amalfi, the major of New York, was the first-written of the novels and--although not as tightly woven as the other segments--is still a masterly work. Blish gives the same weight and authority both to the sweeping cultural change wrought and suffered by the cities, and to the emotional growth of a man who is several hundred years old. We stay with Amalfi for the final episode, The Triumph of Time. New York is now planet-bound in the Greater Magellanic Cloud, but when Amalfi learns of the impending destruction of time itself, he is forced into space one more time, to take a last, desperate chance. The novel ends, literally, with a bang.
Despite the occasional, inevitable anachronism, such as vacuum tubes, Cities in Flight stands up remarkably well to modern reading. The novel's political and literary sophistication was unmatched in its time; there is very little to rival it even today. For most readers of a certain age, this was probably the first SF they encountered that was written from a mature standpoint and adult sensibility. The fact that Blish also manages to tell a fabulous, galaxy-spanning adventure tale makes this essential reading. --Luc Duplessis [via]
More editions of Cities in Flight:
- Cities in Flight: ISBN 1585670081 (1-58567-008-1)
  Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
- Cities in Flight: ISBN 1585676020 (1-58567-602-0)
  Softcover, Penguin Group USA
via
A Civil Campaign
by Lois McMaster Bujold

ISBN 0671578855 (0-671-57885-5)
Softcover, Baen Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'A Civil Campaign'
Book summary:
If you relish costume adventure in an intergalactic society starring strong, convincing male and female characters, you'll adore the Vorkosigan Series. If you haven't met Miles Vorkosigan, whose brilliance, manic energy, and unstoppable determination make him a larger-than-life hero despite his dwarfish stature, pick up Komarr and A Civil Campaign. Read them, and then go back and catch the previous nine books (10 if you count Ethan of Athos, which features not Miles but his partner, Ellie Quinn); or read the series in order, starting with the romance of Miles's parents in Shards of Honor.
A Civil Campaign opens where Komarr ends, with Miles determined to court Ekaterin. Unfortunately, his approach is described as "General Romeo Vorkosigan, the one-man strike force." By his father. The potential for comic disaster increases when Miles's clone brother Mark arrives. He's brought a brilliant but scatterbrained scientist who's created a bug producing a perfect food: bug butter. They set up a lab in the basement of Vorkosigan House. Mark has also found a nice Barrayaran girl--she even likes the bugs--with whom he got together on the sexually liberated world of Beta. But now Kareen's living at home. Naturally, disaster strikes, repeatedly and on all fronts.
Bujold unfolds her comedy of manners while continuing to explore familiar themes: the difficulties in becoming a strong adult woman in a patriarchy, the need for trust and honesty in relationships between the sexes, the difference between appearance and identity, and the impact of advanced biotechnologies on society. A Civil Campaign is a sure-fire Hugo and Nebula nominee, likely to add another statue to Bujold's already full shelf. It's charming, touching, and quite funny too. --Nona Vero [via]
More editions of A Civil Campaign:
- A Civil Campaign: ISBN 0671578278 (0-671-57827-8)
  Hardcover, Pocket Books
- A Civil Campaign: ISBN 0671578855 (0-671-57885-5)
  Softcover, Baen Books
via
Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
by Philip K. Dick

ISBN 0806512768 (0-8065-1276-8)
Softcover, Citadel Pr

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick'
Book summary:
Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works.
This collection includes all of the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including some previously unpublished stories) covering the years 1954-1964. These fascinating stories include Service Call, Stand By, The Days of Perky Pat, and many others.
"A useful acquisition for any serious SF library or collection" -- Kirkus
"The collected stories of Philip K. Dick is awe inspiring". -- The Washington Post
"More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people's minds". -- Wall Street Journal [via]
More editions of Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick:
- Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: ISBN 0806512768 (0-8065-1276-8)
  Softcover, Citadel Pr
via
The Confusion
by Neal Stephenson

ISBN 0434012386 (0-434-01238-6)
Softcover, Heinemann

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confusion'
Book summary:
Thrown back into a web of international intrigue, Eliza must contend with all manner of characters, including buccaneers, poisoners, Jesuits, financial manipulators, and ever the stray cryptographer or two.-In this hugely ambitious, profoundly compelling adventure, Neal Stephenson brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery - men and women whose exploits defined an age known as the Baroque. [via]
More editions of The Confusion:
- The Confusion: ISBN 0434008788 (0-434-00878-8)
  Hardcover, Heinemann
- The Confusion: ISBN 0434012386 (0-434-01238-6)
  Softcover, Heinemann
Double Star
by Robert A. Heinlein

ISBN 0839824467 (0-8398-2446-7)
Hardcover, Gregg Pr

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Double Star'
More editions of Double Star:
- Double Star: ISBN 0839824467 (0-8398-2446-7)
  Hardcover, Gregg Pr
The Fabulous Riverboat
by Philip Jose Farmer

ISBN 0441225888 (0-441-22588-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fabulous Riverboat'
Book summary:
In To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip José Farmer introduces readers to the awesome Riverworld, a planet that had been carved into one large river on whose shores all of humanity throughout the ages has seemingly been resurrected. In The Fabulous Riverboat, Farmer tells the tale of one person whose is uniquely suited to find the river's headwaters, riverboat captain and famous Earthly author Sam Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain). Clemens has been visited by "X," a mysterious being who claims to be a rebel among the group that created Riverworld. X tells Clemens where he can find a large deposit of iron and other materials that Clemens can use to build the greatest riverboat ever seen. Since there is virtually no metal on the planet, it will also give Clemens an unbeatable edge when it comes to battling the various warlike societies that dominate the Riverworld.
But Clemens is not alone in his quest for the iron, which arrives on the planet in the form of a giant meteorite. In fact, Clemens is besieged on all sides by forces determined to seize the precious ore, leading him to make a deadly pact with one of history's most notorious villains, John Lackland. Lackland's crimes during his reign as king of England were so hideous that no other English monarch will ever carry his name, and he's up to equally nefarious tricks on Riverworld. However, Clemens has a guardian angel in the form of Joe Miller, a giant subhuman with a big nose, a serious lisp, and a cutting wit. Miller has also been to the very headwaters of the river, where he saw a mysterious tower in the middle of the North Sea and where the creators of Riverworld are thought to reside. He will be an invaluable ally in completing the riverboat and sailing to the headwaters, but even an 800-pound giant may not be enough to help Clemens fulfill X's mission. --Craig E. Engler [via]
More editions of The Fabulous Riverboat:
via
Fantastic Voyage
by Isaac Asimov

ISBN 0553275720 (0-553-27572-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Fantastic Voyage'
Book summary:
Four men and a woman are reduced to a microscopic fraction of their original size, sent in a miniaturized atomic sub through a dying man's carotid artery to destroy a blood clot in his brain. If they fail, the entire world will be doomed. [via]
More editions of Fantastic Voyage:
via
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes

ISBN 0553274503 (0-553-27450-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Flowers for Algernon'
Book summary:
Daniel Keyes wrote little SF but is highly regarded for one classic, Flowers for Algernon. As a 1959 novella it won a Hugo Award; the 1966 novel-length expansion won a Nebula. The Oscar-winning movie adaptation Charly (1968) also spawned a 1980 Broadway musical.
Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving:

I dint feel bad because I watched Algernon and I lernd how to finish the amaze even if it takes me along time.
I dint know mice were so smart.

Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration, the effects begin to show and the reports steadily improve: "Punctuation, is? fun!" But getting smarter brings cruel shocks, as Charlie realizes that his merry "friends" at the bakery where he sweeps the floor have all along been laughing at him, never with him. The IQ rise continues, taking him steadily past the human average to genius level and beyond, until he's as intellectually alone as the old, foolish Charlie ever was--and now painfully aware of it. Then, ominously, the smart mouse Algernon begins to deteriorate...
Flowers for Algernon is a timeless tear-jerker with a terrific emotional impact. --David Langford [via]
More editions of Flowers for Algernon:
Forbidden Knowledge
by Stephen R. Donaldson

ISBN 0553071742 (0-553-07174-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Forbidden Knowledge'
More editions of Forbidden Knowledge:
- Forbidden Knowledge: ISBN 0553071742 (0-553-07174-2)
  Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap into Vision
by Stephen R. Donaldson

ISBN 0553073877 (0-553-07387-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap into Vision'
More editions of Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap into Vision:
- Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap into Vision: ISBN 0553073877 (0-553-07387-7)
  Hardcover, Bantam Books
via
The Fountains of Paradise
by Arthur Charles Clarke

ISBN 0446677949 (0-446-67794-9)
Softcover, Aspect

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fountains of Paradise'
Book summary:
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind in space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometers high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean. "An amazing list genuinely the best novels from sixty years of SF." - Iain M. Banks "Delightfully written and at times almost unbearably exciting." - Kingsley Amis "His enthusiasm is combined with his considerable literary and myth-making skills ... the result is something special." - Sunday Telegraph "A superbly crafted novel that may be his best." - Tribune [via]
More editions of The Fountains of Paradise:
- The Fountains of Paradise: ISBN 0553288199 (0-553-28819-9)
  Softcover, Bantam Books
- The Fountains of Paradise: ISBN 0446677949 (0-446-67794-9)
  Softcover, Aspect
Galactic Patrol
by E. E. "Doc" Smith

ISBN 1882968115 (1-882968-11-5)
Softcover, Pathway Book Service

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Galactic Patrol'
More editions of Galactic Patrol:
- Galactic Patrol: ISBN 1882968115 (1-882968-11-5)
  Softcover, Pathway Book Service
via
Galactic Patrol
by E. E. Smith, E. D. Smith

ISBN 0425095037 (0-425-09503-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Galactic Patrol'
Book summary:
The Galactic Patrol has been given the ultimate weapon in its war against the evil pirate Boskone: The Lens. But even though the Patrol's Lensmen are the most feared peacekeepers in the galaxy, they aren't quite sure how to use their unique gift. Things are about to change, however. Kimball Kinnison has just graduated from the academy, and now that's he's earned his Lens, he's determined to figure out how it works. Kinnison begins his journey of discovery by taking command of the Brittania, an experimental ship that's as likely to kill him as it is the Boskone raiders it was built to fight. That leads him on a series of whirlwind adventures that include a visit to the planet Arisia--where the mysterious creators of the Lens make their home--and end up in a confrontation with Helmuth, who may well be Boskone himself. Although this is the third book in the Lensman series, it's the novel where, as SF critic John Clute puts it, "the story has started, and it does not stop." This is a rip-roaring tale of heroes, aliens, space battles, and bold deeds, the stuff that Golden Age science fiction was built from. --Craig E. Engler [via]
More editions of Galactic Patrol:
- Galactic Patrol: ISBN 0425095037 (0-425-09503-7)
  Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
The Gap into Vision
by Stephen Donaldson

ISBN 0553297600 (0-553-29760-0)
Softcover, Spectra

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gap into Vision'
More editions of The Gap into Vision:
- The Gap into Vision: ISBN 0553297600 (0-553-29760-0)
  Softcover, Spectra
via
The Garden of Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke

ISBN 0553298178 (0-553-29817-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Garden of Rama'
Book summary:
An instalment in the saga which began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning "Rendezvous with Rama" and "Rama II". Rama II, the giant alien artifact, is to be turned into a habitat suitable for human beings. The colony starts well, but soon disintegrates under mounting political tensions. [via]
More editions of The Garden of Rama:
via
Komarr
by Lois McMaste Bujold

ISBN 0671578081 (0-671-57808-1)
Softcover, Baen Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Komarr'
Book summary:
Lois McMaster Bujold comes through again with another sharp Miles Vorkosigan novel. Komarr can be read as a standalone, though it is part of a whole series. (Komarr brings the total to 16 books!) Miles is a hugely popular character with fans--and they won't be disappointed with his latest adventure.
The planet Komarr is undergoing centuries-long terraforming when one of the orbiting mirrors crucial to the effort is smashed by an off-course ship. Miles Vorkosigan is sent to Komarr to investigate the incident; once there, he becomes embroiled in political and scientific battles. To make matters worse, the name Vorkosigan is anathema on Komarr. But our intrepid hero can't be put down easily. While trying to save Komarr, he manages... maybe... to find true love at last! Bujold's original and intelligent blend of politics, science, and cliffhanging-good space opera makes this book a satisfying adventure and a charming romance. --Therese Littleton [via]
More editions of Komarr:
Legacy
by Greg Bear

ISBN 0812524810 (0-8125-2481-0)
Softcover, Tor Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Legacy'
More editions of Legacy:
- Legacy: ISBN 0812524810 (0-8125-2481-0)
  Softcover, Tor Books
Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny

ISBN 0380014033 (0-380-01403-3)
Softcover, Hearst Book Group of Canada, The

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord of Light'
Book summary:
In the 1960s, Roger Zelazny dazzled the SF world with what seemed to be inexhaustible talent and inventiveness. Lord of Light, his third novel, is his finest book: a science fantasy in which the intricate, colorful mechanisms of Hindu religion, capricious gods, and repeated reincarnations are wittily underpinned by technology. "For six days he had offered many kilowatts of prayer, but the static kept him from being heard On High." The gods are a starship crew who subdued a colony world; developed godlike--though often machine-enhanced--powers during successive lifetimes of mind transfer to new, cloned bodies; and now lord it over descendants of the ship's mere passengers. Their tyranny is opposed by retired god Sam, who mocks the Celestial City, introduces Buddhism to subvert Hindu dogma, allies himself with the planet's native "demons" against Heaven, fights pyrotechnic battles with bizarre troops and weapons, plays dirty with politics and poison, and dies horribly but won't stay dead. It's a huge, lumbering, magical story, told largely in flashback, full of wonderfully ornate language (and one unforgivable pun) that builds up the luminous myth of trickster Sam, Lord of Light. Essential SF reading. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk [via]
More editions of Lord of Light:
- Lord of Light: ISBN 0839824998 (0-8398-2499-8)
  Hardcover, Gregg Press
- Lord of Light: ISBN 0380014033 (0-380-01403-3)
  Softcover, Hearst Book Group of Canada, The
The Magic Labyrinth
by Philip Jose Farmer

ISBN 0441515576 (0-441-51557-6)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magic Labyrinth'
Book summary:
At the end of The Fabulous Riverboat, Sam Clemens finally set out in the great iron riverboat Not for Hire to reach the headwaters of the massive river on whose shores humanity has been resurrected. After 33 years on the river, Clemens and his crew--including the giant subhuman Joe Miller--are finally near the end of their journey, and only one obstacle remains: the evil Earthly king, John Lackland. John is waiting just upriver in the Rex Grandissimus, the first riverboat that Sam constructed and the one that John and his crew hijacked, and he's hell-bent on sinking Sam's boat (and vice versa). Complicating the battle is the fact that both ships likely contain agents of the Ethicals, the group of advanced beings who created Riverworld for reasons unknown. One or more of the Ethicals themselves may even be on board, as are various humans that the rebel Ethical, known as the Mysterious Stranger (but known to Clemens simply as X), enlisted in his cause, which may or may not lead to humanity's salvation.
The battle is set to take place along the shores populated by members of the Church of the Second Chance, a group that believes they must attain ethical perfection in order to proceed to the next phase of existence. The Second Chancers are not violent, but their charismatic leader, La Viro, may attempt to sink one or both of the iron ships in order to prevent the battle. Among the Second Chancers is former Nazi officer Hermann Goring, who had a run-in with Sir Richard Francis Burton in the first Riverworld novel, To Your Scattered Bodies Go. Burton and his companions--among them several people who were contacted by the Mysterious Stranger--are reluctantly serving on John's boat in order to reach the headwaters of the river. But will any of the humans working for X survive the coming battle? And if so, how can they possibly hope to penetrate the tower in the North Sea where the Ethicals are thought to reside? And what could lowly humans hope to do against a race so advanced that they can reshape entire planets and resurrect all of humanity? --Craig E. Engler [via]
More editions of The Magic Labyrinth:
- The Magic Labyrinth: ISBN 0399123814 (0-399-12381-4)
  Hardcover
- The Magic Labyrinth: ISBN 0441515576 (0-441-51557-6)
  Softcover, Putnam Berkley
Masterharper of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey

ISBN 0606283870 (0-606-28387-0)
Hardcover, Demco Media

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Masterharper of Pern'
More editions of Masterharper of Pern:
- Masterharper of Pern: ISBN 0606283870 (0-606-28387-0)
  Hardcover, Demco Media
via
The Memory of Earth
by Orson Scott Card

ISBN 0812532597 (0-8125-3259-7)
Softcover, Tor Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Memory of Earth'
Book summary:
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The start of a new series by the multi-award-winning author of Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. The planet Harmony is under the care of the Oversoul, an artificial intelligence. But Oversoul's systems are failing and soon war will break out on Harm [via]
More editions of The Memory of Earth:
- The Memory of Earth: ISBN 0785752358 (0-7857-5235-8)
  Hardcover, Bt Bound
- The Memory of Earth: ISBN 0812532597 (0-8125-3259-7)
  Softcover, Tor Books
via
The Minority Report
by Philip K. Dick

ISBN 0375421874 (0-375-42187-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Minority Report'
Book summary:
Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection includes The Minority Report, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Paycheck, Second Variety and The Eyes Have It. [via]
More editions of The Minority Report:
- The Minority Report: ISBN 0806521686 (0-8065-2168-6)
  Softcover, Carol Publishing Group
- The Minority Report: ISBN 0375421874 (0-375-42187-4)
  Hardcover, Random House Inc
The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories
by Philip K. Dick, James Triptree

ISBN 0806523794 (0-8065-2379-4)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories'
More editions of The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories:
- The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories: ISBN 0806523794 (0-8065-2379-4)
  Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
via
Nemesis
by Isaac Asimov

ISBN 0553286285 (0-553-28628-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Nemesis'
Book summary:
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A death star called Nemesis is wrongly believed to be the last great hope for the survival of humanity in a novel of high adventure set in the 23rd century. [via]
More editions of Nemesis:
via
On Basilisk Station
by David Weber

ISBN 1416509372 (1-4165-0937-2)
Softcover, Baen Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'On Basilisk Station'
Book summary:
On Basilisk Station (or "HH1" as it's known to the faithful) is the first installment in David Weber's cult hit Honor Harrington series, which has charmed the socks off schoolgirls and sailors alike. Honor--the heroine of this fast-paced, addictive space opera--is a polished, plucky bulldog of a naval officer, part Horatio Hornblower, part Miles Vorkosigan, part Captain Janeway, and with a razor-clawed telepathic cat thrown over her shoulder for good measure.
The series' kickoff puts a giddy Commander Harrington at the helm of her first serious starship, the HMS Fearless. But her excitement quickly fades--political maneuvering by top brass in the Manticoran navy has left her light cruiser outfitted with a half-baked experimental weapons system. Against all odds (just the way Honor likes it), she still manages a clever coup in tactical war games, a feat that earns her accolades--and enemies. The politicians she's offended banish her to a galactic backwater, Basilisk Station. But that outpost soon proves to be a powder keg, and it's up to Harrington and the Fearless crew to thwart the aggressive plans of the Haven Republic. A perfect mix of military SF and high adventure--if you enjoy your tour, re-up with HH2, The Honor of the Queen. --Paul Hughes [via]
More editions of On Basilisk Station:
via
Presa / Prey
by Michael Crichton

ISBN 9875660280 (987-566-028-0)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Presa / Prey'
More editions of Presa / Prey:
- Presa / Prey: ISBN 9875660280 (987-566-028-0)
  Softcover, Random House Mondadori
via
A Princess Of Mars
by Edgar Burroughs

ISBN 1419102893 (1-4191-0289-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'A Princess Of Mars'
Book summary:
Although Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) is justifiably famous as the creator of Tarzan of the Apes, that uprooted Englishman was not his only popular hero. Burroughs's first sale (in 1912) was A Princess of Mars, opening the floodgates to one of the must successful--and prolific--literary careers in history. This is a wonderful scientific romance that perhaps can be best described as early science fiction melded with an epic dose of romantic adventure. A Princess of Mars is the first adventure of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who unexpectedly find himself transplanted to the planet Mars. Yet this red planet is far more than a dusty, barren place; it's a fantasy world populated with giant green barbarians, beautiful maidens in distress, and weird flora and monstrous fauna the likes of which could only exist in the author's boundless imagination. Sheer escapism of the tallest order, the Martian novels are perfect entertainment for those who find Tarzan's fantastic adventures aren't, well, fantastic enough. Although this novel can stand alone, there are a total of 11 volumes in this classic series of otherworldly, swashbuckling adventure. --Stanley Wiater [via]
More editions of A Princess Of Mars:
via
Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

ISBN 1847281532 (1-84728-153-2)
Softcover, Lulu.com

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Princess of Mars'
Book summary:
Although Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) is justifiably famous as the creator of Tarzan of the Apes, that uprooted Englishman was not his only popular hero. Burroughs's first sale (in 1912) was A Princess of Mars, opening the floodgates to one of the must successful--and prolific--literary careers in history. This is a wonderful scientific romance that perhaps can be best described as early science fiction melded with an epic dose of romantic adventure. A Princess of Mars is the first adventure of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who unexpectedly find himself transplanted to the planet Mars. Yet this red planet is far more than a dusty, barren place; it's a fantasy world populated with giant green barbarians, beautiful maidens in distress, and weird flora and monstrous fauna the likes of which could only exist in the author's boundless imagination. Sheer escapism of the tallest order, the Martian novels are perfect entertainment for those who find Tarzan's fantastic adventures aren't, well, fantastic enough. Although this novel can stand alone, there are a total of 11 volumes in this classic series of otherworldly, swashbuckling adventure. --Stanley Wiater [via]
More editions of Princess of Mars:
- A Princess of Mars: ISBN 1421980142 (1-4219-8014-2)
  Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
- Princess of Mars: ISBN 1847281532 (1-84728-153-2)
  Softcover, Lulu.com
A Princess Of Mars
by Amy Sterling Casil, Edgar Burroughs

ISBN 1587156164 (1-58715-616-4)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'A Princess Of Mars'
More editions of A Princess Of Mars:
- A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 1587156164 (1-58715-616-4)
  Hardcover, Wildside Pr
via
A Princess of Mars Bk. 1: John Carter, Warlord of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

ISBN 0743498534 (0-7434-9853-4)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'A Princess of Mars Bk. 1: John Carter, Warlord of Mars'
Book summary:
A Princess of Mars is the first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs' most exciting saga, known as The Martian Series. It's the beginning of an incredible odyssey in which John Carter, a gentleman from Virginia and a Civil War veteran, unexpectedly finds himself on to the red planet, scene of continuing combat among rival tribes. Captured by a band of six-limbed, green-skinned savage giants called Tharks, Carter soon is accorded all the honor of a chieftain after it's discovered that his muscles, accustomed to Earth's greater gravity, now give him a decided advantage in strength. And when his captors take as prisoner Dejah Thoris, the lovely human-looking princess of the city of Helium, Carter must call upon every ounce of strength, courage, and ingenuity to rescue her-before Dejah becomes the slave of the depraved Thark leader, Tal Hajus! [via]
More editions of A Princess of Mars Bk. 1: John Carter, Warlord of Mars:
- A Princess of Mars Bk. 1: John Carter, Warlord of Mars: ISBN 0743498534 (0-7434-9853-4)
  Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
via
Rainbows End
by Vernor Vinge

ISBN 0812536363 (0-8125-3636-3)
Softcover, Tor Science Fiction

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Rainbows End'
Book summary:
Four time Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge has taken readers to the depths of space and into the far future in his bestselling novels A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky. Now, he has written a science-fiction thriller set in a place and time as exciting and strange as any far-future world: San Diego, California, 2025.

Robert Gu is a recovering Alzheimer's patient. The world that he remembers was much as we know it today. Now, as he regains his faculties through a cure developed during the years of his near-fatal decline, he discovers that the world has changed and so has his place in it. He was a world-renowned poet. Now he is seventy-five years old, though by a medical miracle he looks much younger, and he's starting over, for the first time unsure of his poetic gifts. Living with his son's family, he has no choice but to learn how to cope with a new information age in which the virtual and the real are a seamless continuum, layers of reality built on digital views seen by a single person or millions, depending on your choice. But the consensus reality of the digital world is available only if, like his thirteen-year-old granddaughter Miri, you know how to wear your wireless access--through nodes designed into smart clothes--and to see the digital context--through smart contact lenses.

With knowledge comes risk. When Robert begins to re-train at Fairmont High, learning with other older people what is second nature to Miri and other teens at school, he unwittingly becomes part of a wide-ranging conspiracy to use technology as a tool for world domination.

In a world where every computer chip has Homeland Security built-in, this conspiracy is something that baffles even the most sophisticated security analysts, including Robert's son and daughter-in law, two top people in the U.S. military. And even Miri, in her attempts to protect her grandfather, may be entangled in the plot.

As Robert becomes more deeply involved in conspiracy, he is shocked to learn of a radical change planned for the UCSD Geisel Library; all the books there, and worldwide, would cease to physically exist. He and his fellow re-trainees feel compelled to join protests against the change. With forces around the world converging on San Diego, both the conspiracy and the protest climax in a spectacular moment as unique and satisfying as it is unexpected. This is science fiction at its very best, by a master storyteller at his peak.
[via]
More editions of Rainbows End:
- Rainbows End: ISBN 0812536363 (0-8125-3636-3)
  Softcover, Tor Science Fiction
The Reality Dysfunction
by Peter F. Hamilton

ISBN 0446605158 (0-446-60515-8)
Softcover, Warner Books Inc

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Reality Dysfunction'
More editions of The Reality Dysfunction:
- The Reality Dysfunction: ISBN 0446605158 (0-446-60515-8)
  Softcover, Warner Books Inc
via
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
by Robert Silverberg

ISBN 0765305372 (0-7653-0537-2)
Softcover, Orb Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Science Fiction Hall of Fame'
Book summary:
"The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time". Includes stories by Asimov, Bester, Bixby, Blish, Boucher, Bradbury, Brown, Campbell, Clarke, del Rey, Godwin, Heinlein, Keyes, Knight, Kornbluth, Leiber, Leinster, Matheson, Merrill, Padgett, Simak, Smith, Sturgeon, van Vogt, Weinbaum, and Zelazny. [via]
More editions of Science Fiction Hall of Fame:
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
by Science Fiction Writers of America, Robert Silverberg, Ben Bova

ISBN 038504576X (0-385-04576-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Science Fiction Hall of Fame'
More editions of Science Fiction Hall of Fame:
- Science Fiction Hall of Fame: ISBN 038504576X (0-385-04576-X)
  Hardcover, Doubleday
via
The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The Science Fiction Writers Of America
by Ben Bova

ISBN 0765305348 (0-7653-0534-8)
Hardcover, Tor Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The Science Fiction Writers Of America'
Book summary:
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, honored the best of science fiction's early short stories. This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas written between 1929 to 1964 and contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field.

Published in 1973 to honor novellas that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country.

This volume contains the following:

Introduction by Ben Bova
"Call Me Joe" by Poul Anderson
"Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, Jr.
"Nerves" by Lester del Rey
"Universe" by Robert A. Heinlein
"The Marching Morons" by C. M. Kornbluth
"Vintage Season" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
". . . And Then There Were None" by Eric Frank Russell
"The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" by Cordwainer Smith
"Baby Is Three" by Theodore Sturgeon
"The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells
"With Folded Hands" by Jack Williamson
[via]
More editions of The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The Science Fiction Writers Of America:
- The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The Science Fiction Writers Of America: ISBN 0765305348 (0-7653-0534-8)
  Hardcover, Tor Books
Spin
by Robert Charles Wilson

ISBN 076534825X (0-7653-4825-X)
Softcover, Tor Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Spin'
Book summary:
One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives.

The effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless disk--a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world's artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they'd been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, space probe reveals a bizarre truth: The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than inside--more than a hundred million years per day on Earth. At this rate, the death throes of the sun are only about forty years in our future.

Jason, now a promising young scientist, devotes his life to working against this slow-moving apocalypse. Diane throws herself into hedonism, marrying a sinister cult leader who's forged a new religion out of the fears of the masses.

Earth sends terraforming machines to Mars to let the onrush of time do its work, turning the planet green. Next they send humans...and immediately get back an emissary with thousands of years of stories to tell about the settling of Mars. Then Earth's probes reveal that an identical barrier has appeared around Mars. Jason, desperate, seeds near space with self-replicating machines that will scatter copies of themselves outward from the sun--and report back on what they find.

Life on Earth is about to get much, much stranger.
[via]
More editions of Spin:
- Spin: ISBN 0765309386 (0-7653-0938-6)
  Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
- Spin: ISBN 076534825X (0-7653-4825-X)
  Softcover, Tor Books
The Star Beast: Library Edition
by Robert Heinlein

ISBN 0684153297 (0-684-15329-7)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Co

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Star Beast: Library Edition'
More editions of The Star Beast: Library Edition:
- The Star Beast: Library Edition: ISBN 0684153297 (0-684-15329-7)
  Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Co
The Star Fraction
by Ken MacLeod

ISBN 0765301563 (0-7653-0156-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Star Fraction'
More editions of The Star Fraction:
- The Star Fraction: ISBN 0765300842 (0-7653-0084-2)
  Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
- The Star Fraction: ISBN 0765301563 (0-7653-0156-3)
  Softcover, St Martins Pr
Titan
by John Varley

ISBN 0441813046 (0-441-81304-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Titan'
Book summary:
Twenty years ago, the Gaean Trilogy dazzled critics and readers. Now a new generation will discover that brilliant world--beginning with Titan.
[via]
More editions of Titan:
- Titan: ISBN 0399123261 (0-399-12326-1)
  Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
- Titan: ISBN 0441813046 (0-441-81304-6)
  Softcover, Berkley Pub Group