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Across Realtimeby Vernor VingeISBN 0671720988 (0-671-72098-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Alas, Babylonby Pat Frank, David BrinISBN 0060741872 (0-06-074187-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alas, Babylon'Book summary:Those fateful words heralded the end. When the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear holocaust ravaged the United States, it was instant death for tens of millions of people; for survivors, it was a nightmare of hunger, sickness, and brutality. Overnight, a thousand years of civilization were stripped away.
But for one small Florida town, spared against all the odds, the struggle was just beginning, as men and women of all ages and races found the courage to join together and push against the darkness. [via]
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Berserkerby Fred SaberhagenISBN 0786254858 (0-7862-5485-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Black Sun Risingby C. S. FriedmanISBN 0756403146 (0-7564-0314-6)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Sun Rising'Book summary:With her highly acclaimed novels In Conquest Born and The Madness Season, C.S. Friedman acquired a well-deserved reputation for exploring science fiction's most challenging themes. Now she turns her talent to fantasy in a novel that boldly and provocatively examines the ever-mutable nature of evil and mortality. [via]
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The Children of Menby P. D. JamesISBN 0307275434 (0-307-27543-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Men'Book summary:Told with P. D. James's trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race. [via]
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City Of Illusionsby Ursula Le GuinISBN 0060125691 (0-06-012569-1)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City Of Illusions'Book summary:Each volume in the "Modern Women Writers" series offers a complete fictional work by a contemporary female writer, which reflects a different culture and set of experiences. The books contain extensive study material and assignments at a range of levels for GCSE English and English literature courses. In addition to pre-reading activities and notes, the novels contain a reading log with ideas for group and individual assignments to help pupils comprehend the text. This is the story of a journey of discovery - a story full of riddles, allegories and echoes of ancient cultures; of Utopia, a fantastic city. It is a story of the discovery of many alien cultures in a "far-future Earth", of identity and self-knowledge by Falk, the central character, and of what is essentially human and civilizing in us all. The text is also suitable for adult students taking English examinations and for overseas students. [via]
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Deus Iraeby Philip K. Dick, Roger ZelaznyISBN 0020315899 (0-02-031589-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deus Irae'Book summary:A work of high imagination and originality from two Hugo and Nebula Award-winning sci-fi legends. Set after World War III, this novel tells of the rise of a new religion, created by the Atomic Energy Commission and headed by the bizarre and charismatic Deus Irae, or God of Wrath. [via]
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Divine Invasionby Philip K. DickISBN 0679734457 (0-679-73445-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Divine Invasion'Book summary:God is not dead: he has merely been exiled to an extraterrestrial planet. And it is on this planet that God meets Herb Asher and persuades him to help retake Earth from the demonic Belial. Featuring virtual reality, parallel worlds, and interstellar travel, The Divine Invasion blends philosophy and adventure in a way few authors can achieve. As the middle novel of Dicks VALIS trilogy, The Divine Invasion plays a pivotal role in answering the questions raised by the first novel, expanding that world while exploring just how much anyone can really know even God himself. [via]
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Driftglassby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0451144244 (0-451-14424-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Earthlightby Arthur Charles ClarkeISBN 0151272255 (0-15-127225-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earthlight'Book summary:The time: 200 years after man's first landing on the Moon. There are permanent populations established on the Moon, Venus and Mars. Outer space inhabitants have formed a new political entity, the Federation, and between the Federation and Earth a growing rivalry has developed. EARTHLIGHT is the story of this emerging conflict. [via]
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Eyre Affairby Jasper FfordeISBN 0142001805 (0-14-200180-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eyre Affair'Book summary:Is this on your summer reading list? [via]
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Globalheadby Bruce SterlingISBN 0553562819 (0-553-56281-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Globalhead'Book summary:This second collection of short fiction by Bruce Sterling, set in such disparate environments as ancient Assyria and posthuman France, provides a stimulating and entertaining glimpse inside the "global head" of one of imaginative fiction's most exciting talents. [via]
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The Hand of Oberonby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0783889852 (0-7838-8985-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hand of Oberon'Book summary:Returning to Shadow Earth to investigate a threat against his life, Corwin discovers that the Jewel of Judgment has been stolen by his traitorous brother, Brand, who plans to use the enigmatic gem to reshape the universe. Reissue. [via]
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Heart of the Cometby Gregory Benford, David BrinISBN 0553763415 (0-553-76341-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heeart of the Comet'Book summary:1st Bantam edition paperback, fine [via]
The High Crusadeby Poul AndersonISBN 0743475283 (0-7434-7528-3)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The High Crusade'Book summary:In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs: a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in North East Lincolnshire. The Wersgorix, whose scouting ship it is, are quite expert at taking over planets, and having determined from orbit that this one was suitable, they initiate standard world-conquering procedure. But this time it's no mere primitives the Wersgorix seek to enslave - they've launched their invasion against Englishmen! In the end, only one alien is left alive - and Sir Roger's grand vision is born. He intends for the creature to fly the ship first to France to aid his King, then on to the Holy Land to vanquish the infidel! [via]
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In Conquest Bornby C. S. FriedmanISBN 0756400430 (0-7564-0043-0)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Conquest Born'Book summary:In Conquest Born is the monumental science fiction epic that received unprecedented acclaimand launched C.S. Friedman's phenomenal career. A sweeping story of two interstellar civilizationslocked in endless war, it was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award.[via] 
In the Ocean of Nightby Gregory BenfordISBN 044661159X (0-446-61159-X)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Inheritorby C. J. CherryhISBN 0886777283 (0-88677-728-3)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inheritor'Book summary:Six months after the return of the alien atevi to the human colony it had placed there two centuries earlier, the rise of a polarizing political faction threatens to send the fledgling planet into war, and three people become a society's only hope. [via]
The Jagged Orbitby John BrunnerISBN 0879979178 (0-87997-917-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Kif Strike Backby C. J. CherryhISBN 0932096352 (0-932096-35-2)
Hardcover, Phantasia Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kif Strike Back'Book summary:When the kif seize Hilfy and Tully, Pyanfar and her shipmates enter into a simple rescue attempt that soon becomes a deadly game of interstellar politics. Reissue. [via]
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Last and First Menby William Olaf StapledonISBN 0486219623 (0-486-21962-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last and First Men and Star Marker'Book summary:The greatest future histories in science fiction. In Last and First Men the protagonist is "mankind" in an ultimate definition intelligence. Star Maker, in a sense its sequel, is concerned with the history of intelligence in the entire cosmos.[via] -
Learning the World: A Scientific Romanceby Ken MacLeodISBN 0765313316 (0-7653-1331-6)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Learning the World: Or, a Scientific Romance'Book summary:Humanity has spread to every star within 500 light-years of its half-forgotten origin, coloring the sky with a haze of habitats. Societies rise and fall. Incautious experiments burn fast and fade. On the fringes, less modified humans get on with the job of settling a universe that has, so far, been empty of intelligent life.[via]
The ancient starship But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky! is entering orbit around a promising new system after a four hundred year journey. For its long-lived inhabitants, the centuries have been busy. Now a younger generation is eager to settle the system. The ship is a seed-pod ready to burst.
Then they detect curious electromagnetic emissions from the system's Earth-like world. As the nature of the signals becomes clear, the choices facing the humans become stark.
On Ground, second world from the sun, a young astronomer searches for his system's outermost planet. A moving point of light thrills, then disappoints him. It's only a comet. His physicist colleague Orro takes time off from trying to invent a flying-machine to calculate the comet's trajectory. Something is very odd about that comet's path.
They are not the only ones for whom the world has changed.
"We are not living in the universe we thought we lived in yesterday. We have to start learning the world all over again."More editions of Learning the World: A Scientific Romance:
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Lord Valentine's Castleby Robert SilverbergISBN 0553274368 (0-553-27436-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Valentine's Castle'Book summary:Joining a motley band of jugglers on their tour across the world, Valentine, a young man with no memory of his past, searches for his identity in the city of the Shapeshifter, on the Isle of Sleep, and at the Castle Mount. Reissue. NYT. [via]
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The Man-Kzin Warsby Poul Anderson, Dean Ing, Larry NivenISBN 1416532838 (1-4165-3283-8)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man-Kzin Wars'Book summary:At the dawn of interstellar exploration, an unarmed human vessel was attacked by a warship of Kzinti, the fiercest warriors in Known Space. That was a fatal mistake for the Kzinti, of course. . . . [via]
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Mendoza in Hollywoodby Kage BakerISBN 015100448X (0-15-100448-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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A Mirror for Observersby Edgar PangbornISBN 1882968298 (1-882968-29-8)
Hardcover, Pathway Book Service
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Mirror for Observers'Book summary:This is a very attractive Old Earth Books re-issue. Originally published in 1954, Pangborn's novel won the International Fantasy Award in 1955. [via]
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Monkey Planetby Pierre BoulleISBN 0140024018 (0-14-002401-8)
Hardcover, Penguin
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N-Spaceby Larry NivenISBN 0812510011 (0-8125-1001-1)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'N-Space'Book summary:On an L.A. talk show Arthur C. Clarke was once asked to name his favorite writer. His answer was "Larry Niven." Countless others agree. The Baltimore Sun and Kirkus Reviews have both dubbed Niven "the premier writer of hard SF," and Gregory Benford has hailed him as "the paradigm of SF personality of the last several decade."[via]
Now Larry Niven presents us with his undisputed masterwork. N-Space contains, very simply, the best SF of his career--marvelous fiction, a wealth of anecdotes and gossip, plus Niven's own special brand of wit and excitement. -
Never Let Me Goby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 1400078776 (1-4000-7877-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Never Let Me Go'Book summary:From the acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, a moving new novel that subtly reimagines our world and time in a haunting story of friendship and love.
As a child, Kathynow thirty-one years oldlived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and that their well-being was crucial not only for themselves but for the society they would eventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this idyllic past behind her, but when two of her Hailsham friends come back into her life, she stops resisting the pull of memory.
And so, as her friendship with Ruth is rekindled, and as the feelings that long ago fueled her adolescent crush on Tommy begin to deepen into love, Kathy recalls their years at Hailsham. She describes happy scenes of boys and girls growing up together, unperturbedeven comfortedby their isolation. But she describes other scenes as well: of discord and misunderstanding that hint at a dark secret behind Hailshams nurturing facade. With the dawning clarity of hindsight, the three friends are compelled to face the truth about their childhoodand about their lives now.
A tale of deceptive simplicity, Never Let Me Go slowly reveals an extraordinary emotional depth and resonanceand takes its place among Kazuo Ishiguros finest work. [via]More editions of Never Let Me Go:
- Never Let Me Go: ISBN 1400043395 (1-4000-4339-5)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc - Never Let Me Go: ISBN 1405621230 (1-4056-2123-0)
Softcover, Thorndike Press - Never Let Me Go: ISBN 1405611340 (1-4056-1134-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Press - Never Let Me Go: ISBN 0786278374 (0-7862-7837-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Never Let Me Go: ISBN 1400078776 (1-4000-7877-6)
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Orson Scott Card's Wyrmsby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765305607 (0-7653-0560-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orson Scott Card's Wyrms'Book summary:A New York Times Best Book of the Year[via]
New York Times bestselling author of Enders Shadow
The sphere is alien in origin, but has been controlled by man for millennia. A legend as old as the stars rules this constructed world: When the seventh seventh seventh human Heptarch is crowned, he will be the Kristos and will bring eternal salvation . . . or the destruction of the cosmos.
Patience is the only daughter of the rightful Heptarch, but she, like her father before her, serves the usurper who has destroyed her family. For she has learned the true rulers honor: Duty to ones race is more important than duty to ones self.
But the time for prudence has passed, and that which has slept for ages has awakened. And Patience must journey to the heartsoul of this planet to confront her destiny . . . and her world's.More editions of Orson Scott Card's Wyrms:
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A Planet Called Treasonby Orson Scott CardISBN 0312613954 (0-312-61395-4)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Precursorby C. J. CherryhISBN 0886779103 (0-88677-910-3)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Precursor'Book summary:C.J. Cherryh creates thought-provoking stories of cultures in collision featuring well-drawn characters and plenty of intrigue. Precursor directly follows Inheritor in the Foreigner series (which includes Foreigner and Invader). The series introduces the atevi, aliens with a culture based on loyalty, legal assassination, and inborn mathematical gifts.
Two hundred years ago humans crash-landed on the atevi homeworld. The two races are nearly incompatible; peace is maintained by limiting contact to a single human diplomat, the paidhi. His name is Bren Cameron.
In the first trilogy, the starship Phoenix (the same ship that brought the human colonists) returned, fleeing alien attack in another sector. The Phoenix asked both atevi and human communities to help reopen the orbital station and rearm the ship. Bren coordinated an atevi shuttle-building program and trained the Phoenix representative, Jase Graham, in living on a planet and dealing with aliens. Now he faces family crises while ensuring that the atevi remain equal partners in the space effort. He must deal with the very different culture of the Phoenix crew and the alien space station environment while maintaining cooperation with the colonists and representing atevi interests.
Precursor ends abruptly. Are the aliens coming? Will the Phoenix crew, colonists, and atevi be able to protect their system together? Will Bren be able to retain any of his humanity? If you enjoy stories that make you think about how space travel and contact with aliens would really play out, treat yourself to this meaty SF series. --Nona Vero [via]
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A Princess Of Marsby Edgar BurroughsISBN 1419102893 (1-4191-0289-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› 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]
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- A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 1596055553 (1-59605-555-3)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc - A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 157646444X (1-57646-444-X)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp - A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 1576464997 (1-57646-499-7)
Hardcover, Quiet Vision Pub - A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 048644368X (0-486-44368-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 0812968514 (0-8129-6851-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc - A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 0957886853 (0-9578868-5-3)
Softcover, Deodand Pub - A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 0881844624 (0-88184-462-4)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub - A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 1419102893 (1-4191-0289-3)
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- A Princess Of Mars: ISBN 1596055553 (1-59605-555-3)
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Princess of Marsby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 1847281532 (1-84728-153-2)
Softcover, Lulu.com
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› 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]
A Princess Of Marsby Amy Sterling Casil, Edgar BurroughsISBN 1587156164 (1-58715-616-4)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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A Princess of Mars Bk. 1: John Carter, Warlord of Marsby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0743498534 (0-7434-9853-4)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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› 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]
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The River of Timeby David BrinISBN 0553262815 (0-553-26281-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Rocannon's World: Library Editionby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0824014243 (0-8240-1424-3)
Hardcover, Garland Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rocannon's World: Library Edition'Book summary:This debut novel from preeminent science-fiction writer Ursula LeGuin introduces her brilliant Hainish series, set in a galaxy seeded by the planet Hain with a variety of humanoid species, including that of Earth. Over the centuries, the Hainish colonies have evolved into physically and culturally unique peoples, joined by a League of All Worlds.
Earth-scientist Rocannon has been leading an ethnological survey on a remote world populated by three native races: the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, the elvish Fiia, and the warrior clan, Liuar. But when the technologically primitive planet is suddenly invaded by a fleet of ships from the stars, rebels against the League of All Worlds, Rocannon is the only survey member left alive. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this newly discovered world and finds that legends grow around him as he fights. [via]
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Schild's Ladderby Greg EganISBN 0575071230 (0-575-07123-0)
Softcover, Gollancz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schild's Ladder'Book summary:Greg Egan became the hottest new science-fiction author of the 1990s and won the Hugo and John W. Campbell Memorial awards by extrapolating cutting-edge quantum physics and consciousness theory to create rigorous and radical new visions of the posthuman future. Schild's Ladder affirms Mr. Egan's place, with Olaf Stapledon and Poul Anderson, among the giants of cosmic-scale SF.
In Schild's Ladder, humanity has transcended both death and Earth, and discovered its home world is nearly unique as a cradle of life. As it spreads throughout the galaxy, humanity enjoys an almost utopian existence--until a scientist accidentally creates an impenetrable, steadily expanding vacuum that devours star systems and threatens the entire universe with destruction.
Tchicaya is a Yielder, member of the faction that believes this "novo-vacuum" deserves study. The opposing Preservationists--among them Mariama, his first love--seek to save worlds and destroy the novo-vacuum. Discord heats to terrorist violence; then enmities and alliances are turned upside-down by a discovery that may mean the novo-vacuum is, instead, a new and very different universe--and one which may contain life. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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The Songs of Distant Earthby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 0517656477 (0-517-65647-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Songs of Distant Earth'Book summary:Thalassa was a paradise above the earth. Its beauty and vast resources seduce its inhabitants into a feeling of perfection. But then the Magellan arrives, carrying with it one million refugees from the last mad days of earth. Paradise looks indeed lost....
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Stardanceby Spider Robinson, Jeanne RobinsonISBN 1568652615 (1-56865-261-5)
Hardcover, Doubleday Book & Music Clubs
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Tales from the White Hartby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 089190249X (0-89190-249-X)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from the White Hart'Book summary:The 50th Anniversary Edition of one of Arthur C. Clarke's best-loved collections featuring a brand new White Hart story written in collaboration with Stephen Baxter. Although written, as the author informs us in his Introduction to the 1969 edition, in such diverse locations as New York, Miami, Columbo and Sydney there is something inherently English about these stories. London's famed Fleet Street district has changed dramatically in the five decades since the collection's first appearance as a Ballantine paperback original... and, of course, many of the regulars of the White Hart (based on the White Horse pub on Fetter Lane) are no longer with us. But the White Hart's most prominent raconteaur, Harry Purvis can still be found propping up the bar and regaling us all once again with tales of quirky and often downright eccentric scientists and inventors. Here, for example, are a man who could control a giant squid; a man who could silence an entire orchestra at the flick of a switch; and a French genius who invents a machine that can record all human pleasures and transmit them to any client rich enough to afford such luxury. And rounding up the whole affair is 'Time Gentlemen, Please', in which we encounter a gadget able to accelerate the passage of time in a small volume... immensely useful for vaccine research where an entire year's worth of study could be completed in seconds. But the hapless inventor finds himself walled off by immobile air molecules... and even worse. It's a tale which points out, with some nostalgic resonance, that we simply cannot slow the passage of time. A fitting last word for one of SF's most enduring watering holes! [via]
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Time Is the Simplest Thingby Clifford D. SimakISBN 0843904801 (0-8439-0480-1)
Softcover, Tower & Leisure Sales Co
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Treasonby Orson Scott CardISBN 0312023049 (0-312-02304-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treason'Book summary:Treason is Card's classic masterpiece, A Planet Called Treason, totally revised. Treason is a planet torn by warring factions and imprisoned by a superior human race. But now, the seeds of revolution are being sown.
Lanik Mueller's birthright as heir to planet Treason's most powerful rulership will never be realized. He is a ''rad''--radical regenerative--a freak who can regenerate injured flesh and trade extra body parts to the Offworld oppressors for iron. On a planet without hard metals, or the means of escape, iron offers the promise of freedom through the chance to build a spacecraft. But it is a promise which may never be fulfilled, as Lanik uncovers a treacherous conspiracy beyond his imagination. Now charged with a mission of conquest--and exile--Lanik devises a bold and dangerous plan to break the vicious chain of rivalry and bloodshed that enslaves the people of Treason. [via]More editions of Treason:
Two to Conquerby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0886771749 (0-88677-174-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Veniss Undergroundby Jeff VandermeerISBN 1894815645 (1-894815-64-5)
Softcover, Prime Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Veniss Underground'Book summary:Jeff VanderMeer's last book, City of Saints & Madmen, explored the limits of literary fantasy, garnering raves from critics, including a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Now, with Veniss Underground, VanderMeer explores the limits of love, memory, and obsession in a far future SF novel that combines the grotesque and the sublime in a rousing adventure-mystery. [via]
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Venus Plus Xby Theodore SturgeonISBN 0881843873 (0-88184-387-3)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Venus Plus X'Book summary:Charlie Johns has been snatched from his home on 61 North 34th Street and delivered to the strange future world of Ledom. Here, violence is a vague and improbable notion. Technology has triumphed over hunger, overpopulation, pollution, even time and space. But there is a change Charlie finds even more shocking: gender is a thing of the past. Venus Plus X is Theodore Sturgeon's brilliant evocation of a civilization for whom tensions between male and female and the human preoccupation with sex no longer exist.
As Charlie Johns explores Ledom and its people, he finds that the human precepts he holds dear are profane in this new world. But has Charlie learned all there is to know about this advanced society? And why are the Ledom so intent on gaining Charlie's approval? Unsettling, compelling, and no less than visionary, here is science fiction at its boldest: a novel whose wisdom and lyricism make it one of the most original and insightful speculations on gender ever produced.
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War of Honorby David WeberISBN 0743471679 (0-7434-7167-9)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War of Honor'Book summary:David Weber's Honor Harrington series continues in this 10th novel, which picks up the action several years after the previous volume, Ashes of Victory. With a ceasefire in place with the Peeps, the new government of the Star Kingdom ignores the wishes of Queen Elizabeth and then threatens the very fabric of the Manticore Alliance against the People's Republic of Haven. We find Honor in the role of a senior political advisor, performing with her usual flair and élan.
With War of Honor coming in at over 800 pages, Weber has room to expand subplots and secondary characters and bring to the reader a feeling of depth and completeness seldom seen in science fiction novels. Favorite characters from past stories return, many of them growing in stature from unimportant secondary characters to major players in the "Honorverse." Weber serves up trouble in Silesia, the excitement of a new wormhole junction, scheming in Manticorian politics, strange events deep in Peep territory, and plenty of exploding spaceships--and, as publisher Jim Baen says, "We like exploding spaceships." --Ron Peterson [via]
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We Can Build Youby Philip K. DickISBN 067975296X (0-679-75296-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Can Build You'Book summary:Louis Rosen and his partners sell people--ingeniously designed, historically authentic simulacra of personages such as Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln. The problem is that the only prospective buyer is a rapacious billionaire whose plans for the simulacra could land Louis in jail. Then there's the added complication that someone--or something--like Abraham Lincoln may not want to be sold.
Is an electronic Lincoln any less alive than his creators? Is a machine that cares and suffers inferior to the woman Louis loves--a borderline psychopath who does neither? With irresistible momentum, intelligence, and wit, Philip K. Dick creates an arresting techno-thriller that suggests a marriage of Bladerunner and Barbarians at the Gate. [via] 
Winning Colorsby Elizabeth MoonISBN 0671876775 (0-671-87677-5)
Softcover, Baen Books
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The Word for World Is Forestby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0441909159 (0-441-90915-9)
Softcover, Rationalist Press Association
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The World of Null-Aby A. E. Van VogtISBN 0765300974 (0-7653-0097-4)
Softcover, Orb Books
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Wyrmsby Orson Scott CardISBN 0877958947 (0-87795-894-7)
Hardcover, Gage Learning Corporation
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wyrms'Book summary:A legend as old as the stars rules the constructed world of Imakuta. When the seventh seventh seventh human heptarch is crowned, he will be the Kristos and will bring eternal salvationor the destruction of the cosmos. [via]
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Cuentos De La Taberna Del Ciervo Blanco/ Tales from the White Heartby Arthur C. Clarke, Flora CasasISBN 8420672939 (84-206-7293-9)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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Nunca Me Abandonesby Not AvailableISBN 8433970798 (84-339-7079-8)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nunca Me Abandones'Book summary:Hailsham aparenta ser un agradable internado inglés, lejos de las influencias de la gran ciudad. La escuela se ocupa bien de sus estudiantes, enseñándoles arte y literatura y todo lo necesario para que se conviertan en el tipo de persona que la sociedad espera. Pero, curiosamente, en Hailsham no se enseña nada sobre el mundo exterior, un mundo con el que casi todo contacto está prohibido. Dentro de Hailsham, Kathy y sus amigos Ruth y Tommy crecen indiferentes ante el resto del mundo, pero será solamente cuando finalmente dejen la seguridad de la escuela que se darán cuenta de lo que Hailsham en realidad esconde.
Nunca me abandones rompe con los limites de la novela literaria. Es un misterio conmovedor, una hermosa historia de amor, una crítica mordaz de la arrogancia humana y también una investigación moral de cómo tratamos a la gente más vulnerable en nuestra sociedad. En su exploración del tema de la memoria y el impacto del pasado en un posible futuro, Ishiguro ha creado su libro más conmovedor hasta la fecha.
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LA Ultima Y Primera Humanidadby Olaf StapledonISBN 8445073257 (84-450-7325-7)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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