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And Eternityby Piers AnthonyISBN 0380752867 (0-380-75286-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'And Eternity'Book summary:In Pursuit of the Ultimate Good After an overwhelming succession of tragedies, life has finally, mercifully ended for Orlene, once-mortal daughter of Gaea.
Joined in Afterlife by Jolie -- her protector and the sometime consort of Satan himself -- together they seek out a third: Vita, a very contemporary mortal with troubles, attractions, and an unsettling moral code uniquely her own.
An extraordinary triumvirate, they embark on a great quest to reawaken the Incarnation of Good in a world where evil reigns -- facing challenges that will test the very fiber of their beings with trials as numerous, as mysterious, and as devastating as the Incarnations themselves.
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Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Primeby Paul PruessISBN 0380753480 (0-380-75348-0)
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Artifactby Gregory BenfordISBN 0380791951 (0-380-79195-1)
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As She Climbed Across the Tableby Jonathan LethemISBN 0385485174 (0-385-48517-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'As She Climbed Across the Table'Book summary:Particle physics, false vacuum bubbles, an alternate universe--this is the stuff of Jonathan Lethem's novel As She Climbed Across the Table. The tale echoes Alice in Wonderland in its mad tumble through a rearranged reality. Narrator Phillip Engstrand is a university professor who has made a career out of studying academic environments. Engstrand is in love with Alice Coombs, a particle physicist engaged in a bold attempt to replicate the origins of the universe. The result of the experiment is Lack, a very selective black hole that sucks some things into its void--a cat, a pair of socks, a strawberry--and rejects others, namely, a love-struck Alice. As Alice's unrequited obsession with Lack grows, Phillip becomes so desperate to save his beloved from this empty rival that he risks a journey down the metaphysical rabbit hole.
Here the language of physics becomes the language of love: describing physics' "observer problem," Alice says, "Some people think the observer's consciousness determines the spin or even the existence of the electron." Later, as he stumbles to explain Alice's importance to him, Phillip tells her, "I'm not sure I really exist except under your observation." In this memorable little book, Lethem explores the cosmic possibilities of love. [via]
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Azazelby Isaac AsimovISBN 038524410X (0-385-24410-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Back to the Moonby Hickam, Homer H., Jr.ISBN 0385334222 (0-385-33422-2)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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Before the Golden Age; A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930sby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385024193 (0-385-02419-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Before the Golden Age; A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s'Book summary:26 science fiction stories, originally published before 1939 (when the Golden Age of SF began), with autobiographical remarks by Asimov before each story. Includes a previously unpublished story by Asimov, Big Game. Complete text in one volume; some editions split into several volumes. Winner, 1975 Locus Poll Award, Best Reprint Anthology. Stories include: The Man Who Evolved, by Edmond Hamilton; The Jameson Satellite, by Neil R. Jones; Submicroscopic, by Capt S. P. Meek and its sequel, Awlo of Ulm; Tetrahedra of Space, by P. Schuyler Miller; The World of the Red Sun, by Clifford D. Simak; Tumithak of the Corridors, by Charles R. Tanner and its sequel, Tumithak in Shawm; The Moon Era, by Jack Williamson; The Man Who Awoke, by Laurence Manning; Colossus, by Donald Wandrei; Born of the Sun, by Jack Williamson; Sidewise in Time, by Murray Leinster (one of the earliest Alternate History stories, for which the Sidewise Award is named); Old Faithful, by Raymond Z. Gallun; The Parasite Planet, by Stanley Weinbaum; Proxima Centauri, by Murray Leinster; The Accursed Galaxy, by Edmond Hamilton; He Who Shrank, by Henry Hasse; The Human Pets of Mars, by Leslie Frances Stone; The Brain Stealers of Mars, by John W. Campbell, Jr.; Devolution, by Edmond Hamilton; Big Game, by Isaac Asimov; Other Eyes Watching, by John W. Campbell, Jr. (Essay); Minus Planet, by John D. Clark; Past, Present and Future, by Nat Schachner; and The Men and the Mirror, by Ross Rocklynne. [via]
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The Best of Isaac Asimovby Isaac AsimovISBN 038505078X (0-385-05078-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimovby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385197829 (0-385-19782-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Big Uby Neal StephensonISBN 0380816032 (0-380-81603-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brainsby Harry Harrison, Robert SheckleyISBN 0380756625 (0-380-75662-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Breakfast in the Ruinsby Michael MoorcockISBN 0394490681 (0-394-49068-1)
Hardcover, Random House
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Breaking Strainby Paul PreussISBN 0380753448 (0-380-75344-8)
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A Bridge of Yearsby Robert C. WilsonISBN 0385419376 (0-385-41937-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Brother to Shadowsby Andre NortonISBN 0380770962 (0-380-77096-2)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Buy Jupiter and Other Storiesby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385050771 (0-385-05077-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Catchworldby Chris BoyceISBN 0385116349 (0-385-11634-9)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Days of Cainby J. R. DunnISBN 0380790491 (0-380-79049-1)
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Deadeye Dickby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0385334176 (0-385-33417-6)
Softcover, Delta
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Death Match : A Novelby Lincoln ChildISBN 0385506708 (0-385-50670-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Doctor Whoby John Nathan-Turner, Andrew SkilleterISBN 0394874153 (0-394-87415-3)
Hardcover, Random House
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The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth and Other Storiesby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0385082169 (0-385-08216-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Driving Blindby Ray BradburyISBN 0380789604 (0-380-78960-4)
Softcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Driving Blind'Book summary:A stunning new collection of short fiction by the beloved Dean of American storytellers, "Driving Blind" takes readers on unforgettable excursions to the fantastic, glorious grand tours through time and memory--interspersed with strange, unexpected side trips to the disturbing and the eerie. [via]
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E.T., the Book of the Green Planetby Steven Spielberg, William KotzwinkleISBN 0399130632 (0-399-13063-2)
Hardcover, Putnam
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› Find signed collectible books: 'E.T., the Book of the Green Planet'Book summary:The gentle extraterrestrial's return to his home planet discloses that he has fallen out of favor with his colleagues, who try to prevent his journey back to Earth to provide spiritual guidance for his young friend Elliott. [via]
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The Early Asimov or Eleven Years of Tryingby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385039794 (0-385-03979-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Earth Book of Stormgateby Poul AndersonISBN 0399121447 (0-399-12144-7)
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The Empire Strikes Back Storybookby George Lucas, Shep StenemanISBN 0394844149 (0-394-84414-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Exchange of Hostagesby Susan R. MatthewsISBN 0380789132 (0-380-78913-2)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Eye of Catby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0380760029 (0-380-76002-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eye of Cat'Book summary:Approximately 5 hours. The story of Navajo Tracker Billy Blackhorse Singer. Renowned science fiction fantasy author Roger Zelazny reads his tale of a shape-shifting extraterrestrial chased by Navajo tracker, Billy Blackhorse Singer. This is not merely a novel of the hunt but a gripping confrontation of ancient mythology and fantastic future. [via]
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Fadeby Robert CormierISBN 0385731345 (0-385-73134-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Family Treeby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0380791978 (0-380-79197-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Family Tree'Book summary:This technically polished novel ingeniously combines elements from traditional quests, fables, and novels. A seemingly rhetorical question is posed in chapter 1: Why did sociable, smart Dora Henry marry cold, controlling Jared Gerber? But that question is the key to the book and to the parallel stories told by Sheri Tepper. The sets of characters unravel their separate puzzles until all become different aspects of the same web of events, shaking the reader's, and Dora's, perceptions to the core. Tepper's linguistic sleight-of-hand with metaphor and image is breathtaking; her storytelling is deft and funny; her characters are memorable and sympathetic. Topical, mythical, archetypal, and provocative, this is a book no fantasy or science fiction reader should miss. [via]
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Far Horizonsby Robert SilverbergISBN 0380796945 (0-380-79694-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Far Horizons'Book summary:Far Horizons is the science fiction equivalent of Robert Silverberg's bestselling fantasy anthology Legends. For both books, Silverberg invited some of the most renowned authors in the field to write a new story based on their most popular series or settings. For instance, the first story in Far Horizons is Ursula K. Le Guin's "Old Music and the Slave Women," which takes place in the same Hainish universe as her famous novels The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. Dan Simmons wrote a piece set in the realm of Hyperion, Anne McCaffrey turned in a Helva story from the world of The Ship Who Sang, and so on.
Like Legends, the list of writers in Far Horizons reads like a Who's Who of the genre: Le Guin, Joe Haldeman, Orson Scott Card, David Brin, Simmons, Nancy Kress, Frederik Pohl, Gregory Benford, McCaffrey and Greg Bear, as well as Silverberg himself. And like Legends, the authors take a page or two to introduce their stories so that newcomers won't be totally lost. The average story in Far Horizons is, as you might expect, a significant cut above the average SF story, although this anthology is not quite as successful as its predecessor. Authors like Le Guin and Simmons have come up with some first-rate stuff, but Card and McCaffrey have produced stories that are mediocre at best. Overall, though, the book has far more ups than downs, and serious readers won't want to miss this one. Those new to the world of SF will also find Far Horizons an invaluable reference when they're looking for good authors to read. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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A Fire in the Sunby George A. EffingerISBN 038526349X (0-385-26349-X)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Fire in the Sun'Book summary:The sequel to "When Gravity Fails" and winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards, this sees the return of Marid Audran, the once small-time street hustler. [via]
Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmaskby Jim MunroeISBN 0380810433 (0-380-81043-3)
Softcover, Spike
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For Love of Evilby Piers AnthonyISBN 0380752859 (0-380-75285-9)
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Forge of Heavenby C. J. CherryhISBN 0380820234 (0-380-82023-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forge of Heaven'Book summary:One of today's bestselling and most critically acclaimed writers of science fiction and fantasy, C. J. Cherryh has been entertaining readers for more than thirty years with beautifully imagined, complex novels of intrigue and adventure. With Hammerfall she began an entirely new universe -- her first in three decades -- and an enthralling tale of mystery and survival on a desert world devastated by nanotechnology. Now she returns to the captivating universe of The Gene Wars in a brilliant, visionary story that reaches from the desert to the stars.
Forge of Heaven
At the far edge of the galaxy, tiny Concord Station holds a unique place in the universe -- the one place where humans from Earth, the strange Outsider worlds, and the extremely powerful, alien ondat all coexist, bound together to the fate of the fragile world below. Scarred by vicious nanotechnology unleashed by the powerful ondat, this lone desert planet acts as the crucible to determine whether there can be peace between the far-spanning empires of the universe, or unending, unstoppable war to rival even the cataclysmic Gene Wars that once devastated untold galaxies.
Born the son of a desert prince, Marak trin Tain knows all too well the knife edge between diplomacy and disaster. Centuries ago he was caught in the battle between the terrorist First Movement and Earth, and the resulting destruction when the ondat sent planet-crushing missiles to prevent contagion from uncontrolled nanotechnology. Now, immortal but not invulnerable, he shepherds the evolving world and its brave inhabitants toward a new future. But this utopia is hardly idyllic, and a journey of discovery becomes one of desperation when a violent act of nature threatens even Marak's own survival.
High above on Concord Station, intrigues andalliances from every faction of Earth and the Outsider colonies fight for influence, while the implacable ondat pursue their own unfathomable goals. In the midst of dangerous collusion, all the watcherProcyon wants is to record the miracles of the planet evolving below, sharing in the undreamed-of wonder of watching a new world grow. But the surprise arrival of a ship from Earth upsets the delicate balance of power on the station, and a deadly attack becomes the opportunity for rebellion. Caught up in a web of danger and intrigue, Procyon will step far beyond his comfortable life into a nightmare of dangers, as plot within plot unravels with disastrous consequences.
For the fate of one man could decide the future of human and alien alike ... and the ondat are watching. [via]
The Gate to Women's Countryby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0385247095 (0-385-24709-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Hide and Seekby Paul PreussISBN 0380753464 (0-380-75346-4)
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Hocus Pocusby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0399135243 (0-399-13524-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hocus Pocus'Book summary:Hocus Pocus is the fictional autobiography of a West Point graduate who was in charge of the humiliating evacuation of U.S. personnel from the Saigon rooftops at the close of the Vietnam War. Returning home from the war, he unknowingly fathered an illegitimate son. In 2001, the son begins a search for his father and catches up with him just in time to see him arrested for masterminding the prison break of 10,000 convicts.
Using his famous brand of satire and wit, Vonnegut captures twenty-first century America as only he could foresee it. In Hocus Pocus, listeners will find a fresh novel, as fascinating and brilliantly offbeat as anything he's written. [via]More editions of Hocus Pocus:
House of Zeorby Jacqueline LichtenbergISBN 038509650X (0-385-09650-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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If the Stars Are Godsby Gregory Benford, Gordon EklundISBN 0399119426 (0-399-11942-6)
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The Iron Dragon's Daughterby Michael SwanwickISBN 0380972336 (0-380-97233-6)
Hardcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iron Dragon's Daughter'Book summary:Named a NEW YORK TIMES notable book of 1994, THE IRON DRAGON'S DAUGHTER tells the heartrending story of a changeling child who is kidnapped to a realm of malls and machines and enslaved in a vast, infernal factory. Ultimately she escapes and attempts to educate herself about this alien world, while being tormented by visions of the life she was denied. [via]
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The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for Youby Dorothy BryantISBN 0394732928 (0-394-73292-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Last Legends of Earthby A. A. AttanasioISBN 0385263937 (0-385-26393-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Lazarus Effectby Frank Herbert, Bill RansomISBN 0399128158 (0-399-12815-8)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Looking Backward, 2000-1887by Edward BellamyISBN 0394329805 (0-394-32980-5)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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Maelstromby Paul PreussISBN 0380753456 (0-380-75345-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maelstrom'Book summary:Editorial Reviews Product Description The second volume of the spectacular science-fiction thriller evolving from the works of Arthur C. Clarke, grandmaster of science fiction and author of 2001: a space odyssey.. Her code name is Sparta. Her beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities of superhuman dimension-the product of advanced biotech engineering. When a team of scientists is trapped in the gaseous inferno of Venus, Sparta must risk her life to save them, unaware that her actions will help recover a mysterious artifact: irrefutable evidence of life on another planet. . As the secrets of the artifact are revealed, Sparta uncovers a mystery which may lead her to the truth of her own destiny. This gripping saga brings together the genius of Arthur C. Clarke and the talents of distinguished science-fiction writer Paul Preuss. The book has an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. [via]
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The Making of the Representative for Planet 8by Doris LessingISBN 039451906X (0-394-51906-X)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Making of the Representative for Planet 8by Doris May LessingISBN 039471377X (0-394-71377-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Making of the Representative for Planet 8'Book summary:The fourth in Doris Lessing's visionary novel cycle "Canopus in Argos: Archives". It is a mix of fable, futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history. [via]
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Man of Two Worldsby Brian Herbert, Frank HerbertISBN 0399131329 (0-399-13132-9)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man of Two Worlds'Book summary:This is a great book. To compare every piece of literature to the masterpiece that was Frank Herbert's crowning achievement is ludicrous. This book stands alone as a great novel. I can see Frank's hand in it as well as that of his son, Brian; it is this that kept me reading it. It was incredibly well done on the science fiction front (i.e. Frank's touch), as well as being incredibly humorous (Brian's input into science fiction). I loved it when I read "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" many years ago. After reading and enjoying "Man of Two Worlds" I went back and reread "Hitchiker" [via]
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Maskeby Jack VanceISBN 0399117970 (0-399-11797-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Mists of Avalonby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0394524063 (0-394-52406-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mists of Avalon'Book summary:Even readers who don't normally enjoy Arthurian legends will love this version, a retelling from the point of view of the women behind the throne. Morgaine (more commonly known as Morgan Le Fay) and Gwenhwyfar (a Welsh spelling of Guinevere) struggle for power, using Arthur as a way to score points and promote their respective worldviews. The Mists of Avalon's Camelot politics and intrigue take place at a time when Christianity is taking over the island-nation of Britain; Christianity vs. Faery, and God vs. Goddess are dominant themes.
Young and old alike will enjoy this magical Arthurian reinvention by science fiction and fantasy veteran Marion Zimmer Bradley. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
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Mother Nightby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0385334141 (0-385-33414-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mother Night'Book summary:From ratty attic to Auschwitz and back again, Mother Night is the confessions of Howard W Campbell Jr - an American, a notorious Nazi propagandist, and a US counter-spy - not a moral man. This mournful, macabre and diabolically funny tale of unsung heroism uses acrid humour to underline the horror of its themes. It is one of the blackest comedies ever. [via]
Naked Lunchby William S. BurroughsISBN 0394538838 (0-394-53883-8)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Naked Lunch'Book summary:"He was," as Salon's Gary Kamiya notes, "20th-century drug culture's Poe, its Artaud, its Baudelaire. He was the prophet of the literature of pure experience, a phenomenologist of dread.... Burroughs had the scary genius to turn the junk wasteland into a parallel universe, one as thoroughly and obsessively rendered as Blake's."
Why has this homosexual ex-junkie, whose claim to fame rests entirely on one book--the hallucinogenic ravings of a heroine addict--so seized the collective imagination? Burroughs wrote Naked Lunch in a Tangier, Morocco, hotel room between 1954 and 1957. Allen Ginsberg and his beatnik cronies burst onto the scene, rescued the manuscript from the food-encrusted floor, and introduced some order to the pages. It was published in Paris in 1959 by the notorious Olympia Press and in the U.S. in 1962; the landmark obscenity trial that ensued served to end literary censorship in America.
Burroughs's literary experiment--the much-touted "cut-up" technique--mirrored the workings of a junkie's brain. But it was junk coupled with vision: Burroughs makes teeming amalgam of allegory, sci-fi, and non-linear narration, all wrapped in a blend of humor--slapstick, Swiftian, slang-infested humor. What is Naked Lunch about? People turn into blobs amidst the sort of evil that R. Crumb, in the decades to come, would inimitably flesh out with his dark and creepy cartoon images. Perhaps the most easily grasped part of Naked Lunch is its America-bashing, replete with slang and vitriol. Read it and see for yourself. [via]
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Nightfallby Isaac Asimov, Robert SilverbergISBN 0385263414 (0-385-26341-4)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nightfall'Book summary:Imagine living on a planet with six suns that never experiences Darkness. Imagine never having seen the Stars. Then, one by one your suns start to set, gradually leading you into Darkness for the first time ever. Image the terror of such a Nightfall.
Scientists on the planet Kalgash discover that an eclipse - an event that occurs only every 2049 years - is imminent, and that a society unfamiliar with Darkness will be plunged into madness and chaos. They realize that their civilization will end, for the people of Kalgash have a proven fear of Darkness, but they are unable to predict the insanity and destruction that will accompany the awesome splendor of Nightfall.
Based on the classic short story by Asimov, "Nightfall" is unabridged Bookcassette Audio at its best - a spellbinding tale of an alien civilization not unlike our own. [via]More editions of Nightfall:
The Notebooks of Lazarus Longby Robert A. Heinlein, D. F. VassalloISBN 0399122427 (0-399-12242-7)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collageby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0385334265 (0-385-33426-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage'Book summary:In this self-portrait by an American genius, Kurt Vonnegut writes with beguiling wit and poignant wisdom about his favorite comedians, country music, a dead friend, a dead marriage, and various cockamamie aspects of his all-too-human journey through life. This is a work that resonates with Vonneguts singular voice: the magic sound of a born storyteller mesmerizing us with truth.
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Prince of Chaosby R. ZelaznyISBN 0380755025 (0-380-75502-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Raising the Stonesby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0385415117 (0-385-41511-7)
Softcover, Doubleday
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Realwareby Rudolf V. B. RuckerISBN 0380808773 (0-380-80877-3)
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Realwareby Rudy V. B. RuckerISBN 0380808781 (0-380-80878-1)
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Roma Eternaby Robert SilverbergISBN 0380814889 (0-380-81488-9)
Softcover, Eos
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roma Eterna'Book summary:What if the Empire never crumbled -- and the Eternal City reigned supreme for thousands of years?
No power on Earth can resist the might of Imperial Rome, so has it been and so it ever shall be. Through brute force, terror, and sheer indomitable will, her armies have enslaved a world, crushing all who would oppose her in her divine mission of total domination. From the reign of Maximilianus the Great in A.U.C. 1203 onward, Rome thrives through the myriad bloody intrigues and corrupt sovereignties that would doom a lesser state. Upstarts and enemies arise and fall, ground beneath merciless Roman boot heels: the prophet Mohammad murdered before his influence can take root; the Mayans in Mexico cruelly subjugated by the invading hordes of the Emperor Trajan VII on their first voyage of circumnavigation.
So it is and so it ever shall be -- into a new age of scientific advancement and astounding technologies.
Throughout the many centuries of Roman rule, one people have suffered and bled ... and endured. In the year A.U.C. 2723, at last a faint hope has been born with the advent of a miraculous new industry. For an intrepid band of those who are called Hebrews, the day is coming when the heavens themselves will be opened to them, and escape from Rome's eternal oppression may finally be possible -- as the ships are prepared in secret that will carry the enslaved on their "Great Exodus" to the stars.
A crowning achievement in a majestic career that has already spanned six decades, Robert Silverberg's Roma Eterna is a triumph of the imagination that reveals the acclaimed author at the breathtaking peak of his narrative powers.
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The Shiningby Stephen KingISBN 0385121679 (0-385-12167-9)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shining'Book summary:In MINT UNREAD condition. A first edition book club printing. Published 1977 by DoubleDay [via]
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Singer from the Seaby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0380791994 (0-380-79199-4)
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The Singers of Timeby Frederik Pohl, Jack WilliamsonISBN 0385415265 (0-385-41526-5)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Singers of Time'Book summary:The Singers of Time, a novel by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson published by Doubleday as A Foundation Book in 1991 is a First Edition in very good condition, minor edge-wear to dust jacket. [via]
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Six Moon Danceby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0380791986 (0-380-79198-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Moon Dance'Book summary:In Six Moon Dance, veteran fantasy and science fiction writer Sheri S. Tepper tells the tale of the strange planet Newholme. An intriguing human society occupies the metal-poor planet, a society with gender values quite different from Earth, resulting from a virus that kills 50 percent of baby girls at birth. Newholmians use the best and the worst of dogma, religion, and "patriarchy" to uphold a society where men manage the money but women hold the keys to power through church, reproductive control, and their own short supply. "Family men" pay exorbitant dowries in order to gain a temporary wife, contracted for wifely duties and reproduction for a number of years. When their marriage contracts are finished, the women, relieved of duty, retire to enjoy the sexual services of male "Consorts."
The plot here involves an official Questioner who visits Newholme to investigate reports of human rights abuses, the strange native inhabitants whose biology may hold the key to human survival on the planet, and a disastrous lunar alignment. Although quite creative, Tepper's plot is simply not as gripping as the sociology and society she invents for Newholme. She uses her feminist instincts and knowledge about the sexes and religion to create a world worth taking a look at. James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award judges should be sure to take a look at Six Moon Dance for its unique take on gender roles. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
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The Standby Stephen KingISBN 0385121687 (0-385-12168-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stand'Book summary:In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it.
The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart of the American experience needs to read this book. --Fiona Webster [via]
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The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Editionby Stephen KingISBN 0385199570 (0-385-19957-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition'Book summary:In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it.
The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart of the American experience needs to read this book. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Star Wars Storybookby George Lucas, Geraldine Richelson, Eleanor EhrhardtISBN 0394837851 (0-394-83785-1)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Star Wars Storybook'Book summary:The intergalactic adventures of Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance as they battle the evil Imperial forces which have overthrown the Old Republic. [via]
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The Sword of Shannaraby Terry Brooks, Tim Hildebrandt, Greg HildebrandtISBN 0394413334 (0-394-41333-4)
Hardcover, Random House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sword of Shannara'Book summary:Living in the remote hamlet of Shady Vale, the young half-elf Shea Ohmsford knows little of the outside world. And yet, in the desolate, ruined lands of the far north, a dark-hearted sorcerer is plotting his death. The ancient warlock has dispatched a band of deadly Skull Bearers to track Shea down and murder him. For Shea is the last descendant of an ancient Elvin king, and the only person living who can wield the fabled Sword of Shannara - a weapon with the power to thwart the Warlock Lord's terrifying plans. Only the druid Allanon knows where the sword is hidden and even now he rides to Shady Vale to offer his aid. But the Skull Bearers are swift and ruthless, and Shea Ohmsford's destiny may be over before it has begun! And so begins the incredible legend of The Sword of Shannara - a classic story of magic, adventure and epic conflict, from one of the world's greatest living storytellers. Part Two, THE DRUIDS' KEEP and Part Three, THE SECRET OF THE SWORD will be published in successive months. [via]
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Tekwarby William ShatnerISBN 0399134956 (0-399-13495-6)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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To Die in Italbarby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0385020201 (0-385-02020-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Unicorn Pointby Piers AnthonyISBN 0399134336 (0-399-13433-6)
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The Unreasoning Maskby Philip Jose FarmerISBN 0399126732 (0-399-12673-2)
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The Wasp Factoryby Iain BanksISBN 0395362962 (0-395-36296-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wasp Factory'Book summary:"I had been making the rounds of the Sacrifice Poles the day we heard my brother had escaped. I already knew something was going to happen; the Factory told me."
Those lines begin one of the most infamous of contemporary Scottish novels. The narrator, Frank Cauldhame, is a weird teenager who lives on a tiny island connected to mainland Scotland by a bridge. He maintains grisly Sacrifice Poles to serve as his early warning system and deterrent against anyone who might invade his territory.
Few novelists have ever burst onto the literary scene with as much controversy as Iain Banks in 1984. The Wasp Factory was reviled by many reviewers on account of its violence and sadism, but applauded by others as a new and Scottish voice--that is, a departure from the English literary tradition. The controversy is a bit puzzling in retrospect, because there is little to object to in this novel, if you're familiar with genre horror.
The Wasp Factory is distinguished by an authentically felt and deftly written first-person style, delicious dark humor, a sense of the surreal, and a serious examination of the psyche of a childhood psychopath. Most readers will find that they sympathize with and even like Frank, despite his three murders (each of which is hilarious in an Edward Gorey fashion). It's a classic of contemporary horror. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Woman on the Edge of Timeby Marge PiercyISBN 0394499867 (0-394-49986-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The World Insideby Robert SilverbergISBN 0385036213 (0-385-03621-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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