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Aces Highby George R. R. MartinISBN 0743479343 (0-7434-7934-3)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aces High'Book summary:30 years later, the victims of the gene-altering 'Wild Cards' virus face a new nightmare. From the far reaches of space comes The Swarm, a deadly menace that could very will destroy the planet. Aces and Jokers must form an uneasy alliance and prepare for a battle they must not lose. When a group of SF's most imaginative writers discovered they shared a secret love of the larger-than-life heroes of the four-colour comics and Saturday matinee serials, they gave each other a challenge: What would our world be like if these superhuman heroes and villains had been real flesh-and-blood men and women who lived through this century's most turbulent history? In WILD CARDS 2, the year is 1970. The place is New York City, home of Aces High, the glamourous lounge atop the Empire State Building, and Jokertown, the squalid residence of the city's underclass. The victims of the Wild Card Virus are no longer new and strange, but neither are they accepted by a world that still fears them. But as the '80s dawn, all eyes are drwn to the skies, and the Wild Cards may be the planet's only hope, as an abomination called the Swarm arrives to threaten Earth. [via]
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Approaching Oblivionby Harlan EllisonISBN 0860000753 (0-86000-075-3)
Hardcover, Millington
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Balance of Trade: A Liaden Universe Novelby Steve Miller, Sharon LeeISBN 1592220207 (1-59222-020-7)
Softcover, Meisha Merlin Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Balance of Trade: A Liaden Universe Novel'Book summary:Assistant Trader Jethri Gobelyn was an honest, hardworking young man who knew a lot about living onboard his family's space-going trade ship; something about trade, finance, and risk-taking; and a little bit about Liadens. It was, oddly enough, the little bit he knew about Liadens that seemed like it might be enough to make his family's fortune, and his own, too. In short order, however, Jethri Gobelyn was about to find out a lot more about Liadens... like how far they might go to protect their name and reputation. Like the myriad of things one might say-intentionally or not-with a single bow. Like what it would take to make a Liaden trade-ship crew trash a bar. Like how hard it is to say "I'm sorry!" in Liaden. Pretty soon it was clear that as little as he knew about Liadens, he knew far less about himself. With his very existence a threat to the balance of trade, Jethri Gobelyn needed to learn fast, or else help destroy all he held dear. [via]
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The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the Worldby Harlan EllisonISBN 0860000656 (0-86000-065-6)
Hardcover, Millington
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Berserker's Planet: Library Editionby Fred SaberhagenISBN 0812509811 (0-8125-0981-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Blind Lakeby Robert Charles WilsonISBN 0765341603 (0-7653-4160-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blind Lake'Book summary:Robert Charles Wilson has made a career out of reinventing science fiction, mainly by taking the classic elements of the genre and updating them to the 21st century. Darwinia returned to the fantastic adventure writing of Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle by transforming Europe into a new Lost World, while The Chronoliths used time travel to comment on the future direction of our civilization. Now, with Blind Lake, Wilson revisits perhaps the most classic of sci-fi subjects: first contact with aliens. Set in the Blind Lake research facility, the book follows a group of scientists who are using a form of quantum technology they don't understand to study aliens on a distant planet. The scientists are unable to communicate with the aliens, who are apparently unaware of the humans. There is little chance of the two species ever meeting, and an even smaller chance of the humans ever understanding the workings of the alien society. The situation becomes even more frustrating for the scientists when the facility is sealed off after a mysterious incident at a sister installation and the quantum technology begins to malfunction.
The book has a few flaws--the characters are sometimes little more than ciphers, and the plot occasionally stretches the believability factor--but these are minor points. This is a novel of ideas, and Wilson explores some very big ideas here as the study of the aliens becomes a thoughtful meditation on our own place in the universe. In the process, the book touches on a range of present-day issues, from the politics surrounding space exploration to new forms of spirituality. The book rejects closure throughout, instead embracing uncertainty and ambivalence. Wilson doesn't want to leave us with neat, simple answers to complicated questions; he wants us to question where we go from here. --Peter Darbyshire [via]
Cachalotby Alan Dean FosterISBN 0727846175 (0-7278-4617-5)
Hardcover, Severn House Pub Ltd
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The Call of Earthby Orson Scott CardISBN 0812532619 (0-8125-3261-9)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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The Chessmen of Marsby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 1592244912 (1-59224-491-2)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chessmen of Mars'Book summary:1922. After a rambunctious youth and series of short-lived jobs including door-to-door salesman, accountant, a peddler for a quack alcoholism cure and finally pencil sharpener wholesaler, Burroughs found his calling as writer. As the story goes, one of Burroughs' duties was to verify the placement of advertisements for his sharpeners in various magazines. These were all-fiction pulp magazines, a prime source of escapist reading material for the expanding middle class. Burroughs spent time reading those magazines and decided he could write those stories just as well. He was lucky his first time out and sold Under the Moon of Mars. The Tarzan series followed this and Burroughs was now a full-fledged writer. In this volume of the Mars series, Helium, a spoiled princess and John Carter's daughter, rejects Gahan, Jed of Gathol, as a suitor and foolishly flies off into a great storm. Gahan gives chase. By the time he finally catches up to Tara, she has forgotten who he is, and he assumes the name Turjun, a panthan mercenary. Together they challenge the power of O-Tar, Jeddak of Manator, whose barbaric nation of Red Men have preyed upon Gathol for centuries. The Manatorians have elevated Jetan, Martian chess, to an unprecedented level of skill and excitement: they use live chessmen who fight for live princesses. Gahan finds himself fighting for Tara on the chessboard of Manator, and haunting O-Tar's palace. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
The Children of the Companyby Kage BakerISBN 0765353679 (0-7653-5367-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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A Concise History of Indiaby Francis WatsonISBN 0684138964 (0-684-13896-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Concise History of India'Book summary:The history of India is a story of many states and empires which begins in the third millennium B.C. with the Indus Valley civilization. The subsequent influx of pastoral nomads, first in a long series of invasions from the northwest that included the Moghuls nearly 3,000 years later, established the Vedic religious tradition. In a gradual assimilation of popular cults, formalization of the Sanskrit language, and the institution of caste, this tradition supplied the cohesion upon which a national consciousness, in its Western sense, is a comparatively recent grafting.In modern times, two hundred years of British ascendancy were followed in the twentieth century by India taking its place among the nation-states of the modern world. For this revised edition, a new chapter by Dilip Hiro covers the events that have taken place in India from the 1980s to the present day. The enduring distinctiveness of India, its widely recognized but often bewildering "diversity of unity, " emerges from these pages as a product of geographical simplicity and historical complexity [via]
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Consider Her Ways & Othersby John WyndhamISBN 0718100662 (0-7181-0066-2)
Hardcover, M. Joseph
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Crystal Expressby Bruce Sterling, Rick LiederISBN 0870541587 (0-87054-158-7)
Hardcover, Arkham House Pub
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Crystal Soldierby Steve Miller, Sharon LeeISBN 1592220843 (1-59222-084-3)
Softcover, Meisha Merlin Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crystal Soldier'Book summary:Centuries in the past, mankind fought a seemingly unbeatable adversary from sector to sector across the Spiral Arm until the war ground to a standstill and the Enemy withdrew. Believing that they had won, the citizens of the galaxy rebuilt. The Inner Worlds, which had escaped the worst of the war's ravages, became even more insular, while the Rim worlds adopted a free and easy way with law and order. Now, hundreds of years after their withdrawal, the Enemy is back - and this time they'll be satisfied with nothing less than the extinction of the galaxy. [via]
Dark Mirrorby Diane Duane, Kevin RyanISBN 0671794388 (0-671-79438-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Diamond Maskby Julian MayISBN 0679433104 (0-679-43310-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Earthsongby Suzette Haden ElginISBN 1558614044 (1-55861-404-4)
Softcover, Feminist Pr
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Earthsong: Native Tongue Threeby Suzette Haden ElginISBN 0886775922 (0-88677-592-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Embeddingby Ian WatsonISBN 088184554X (0-88184-554-X)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Entropy Effectby Vonda N. McIntyre, Gene RoddenberryISBN 1416524649 (1-4165-2464-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Entropy Effect #2by Vonda McIntyreISBN 0785747540 (0-7857-4754-0)
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Exile's Gateby C. J. CherryhISBN 0886772540 (0-88677-254-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Eye of the Worldby Robert JordanISBN 0812500482 (0-8125-0048-2)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eye of the World'Book summary:THE EYE OF THE WORLD (WHEEL OF TIME) [Paperback] ROBERT JORDAN (Author) [via]
Flashforwardby Robert J. SawyerISBN 0812580346 (0-8125-8034-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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For Us, The Living: A Comedy Of Customsby Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson, Robert JamesISBN 0743491548 (0-7434-9154-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'For Us, The Living: A Comedy Of Customs'Book summary:From grandmaster robert a. Heinlein comes a long-lost first novel, written in 1939 and never before published, introducing ideas and themes that would shape his career and define the genre that is synonymous with his name. July 12, 1939 perry nelson is driving along the palisades when suddenly another vehicle swerves into his lane, a tire blows out, and his car careens off the road and over a bluff. The last thing he sees before his head connects with the boulders below is a girl in a green bathing suit, prancing along the shore.... When he wakes, the girl in green is a woman dressed in furs and the sun-drenched shore has transformed into snowcapped mountains. The woman, diana, rescues perry from the bitter cold and takes him inside her home to rest and recuperate. Later they debate the cause of the accident, for diana is unfamiliar with the concept of a tire blowout and perry cannot comprehend snowfall in mid-july. Then diana shares with him a vital piece of information: the date is now january 7. The year...2086. When his shock subsides, perry begins an exhaustive study of global evolution over the past 150 years. He learns, among other things, that a united europe was formed and led by edward, duke of windsor; former new york city mayor laguardia served two terms as president of the united states; the military draft was completely reconceived; banks became publicly owned and operated; and in the year 2003, two helicopters destroyed the island of manhattan in a galvanizing act of war. This education in the ways of the modern world emboldens perry to assimilate to life in the twenty-first century. But education brings with it inescapable truths -- the economic and legal systems, the government, and even the dynamic between men and women remain alien to perry, the customs of the new day continually testing his mental and emotional resolve. [via]
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From the Two Riversby Robert JordanISBN 0765341840 (0-7653-4184-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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For Rand alThor and his pals, life in the sleepy village of Emonds Field has been pretty dull. Until the appearance on festival night of Moiraine, a mysterious woman who claims to be an Aes Sdeaia magician who can wield the One Power. Soon after, the village is attacked by Trollocsa savage tribe of half-men half-beasts. Rands father is nearly killed. But for Rand, the news gets worse. It was not the village the Trollocs were after, Moiraine tells him. It was you, Rand.
Rand and his friends are forced to flee. But his escape will bring him face to face with the Dark One...the most powerful force of evil in the universe.More editions of From the Two Rivers:
The Ghost Brigadesby John ScalziISBN 0765354063 (0-7653-5406-3)
Softcover, Tor Science Fiction
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ghost Brigades'Book summary:The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations. They're young, they're fast and strong, and they're totally without normal human qualms.[via]
The universe is a dangerous place for humanity--and it's about to become far more dangerous. Three races that humans have clashed with before have allied to halt our expansion into space. Their linchpin: the turncoat military scientist Charles Boutin, who knows the CDF's biggest military secrets. To prevail, the CDF must find out why Boutin did what he did.
Jared Dirac is the only human who can provide answers -- a superhuman hybrid, created from Boutin's DNA, Jared's brain should be able to access Boutin's electronic memories. But when the memory transplant appears to fail, Jared is given to the Ghost Brigades.
At first, Jared is a perfect soldier, but as Boutin's memories slowly surface, Jared begins to intuit the reason's for Boutin's betrayal. As Jared desperately hunts for his "father," he must also come to grips with his own choices. Time is running out: The alliance is preparing its offensive, and some of them plan worse things than humanity's mere military defeat&
The Gray Princeby Jack VanceISBN 0743479696 (0-7434-7969-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Green Eyesby Lucius ShepardISBN 0752816136 (0-7528-1613-6)
Softcover, Orion Pub Co
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The Incredible Shrinking Manby Richard MathesonISBN 0812522990 (0-8125-2299-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Invincibleby Stanislaw LemISBN 0816491232 (0-8164-9123-2)
Hardcover, Seabury Press
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Janissariesby Jerry PournelleISBN 0671877097 (0-671-87709-7)
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The Light Fantasticby Terry PratchettISBN 0861402030 (0-86140-203-0)
Hardcover, Smythe Limited, Colin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Light Fantastic'Book summary:Hardcover book, w/dust jacket, stated copyright date, 1986. A fantasy story from Terry Pratchett. [via]
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March to the Seaby David Weber, John RingoISBN 074343580X (0-7434-3580-X)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'March to the Sea'Book summary:Marooned on the planet Marduk by an assassination attempt, Prince Roger MacClintock and his bodyguards must fight for survival as they march through steaming jungles, fighting lethal wildlife and treacherous local rulers all the way -- and it will take all his strength to get off the planet alive.... [via]
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Marrowby Robert ReedISBN 0812566572 (0-8125-6657-2)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Memory of Whitenessby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0812552350 (0-8125-5235-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardustby Neil Gaiman, Charles VessISBN 1401211909 (1-4012-1190-9)
Hardcover, Vertigo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust'Book summary:De Féerie, le pays magique, les habitants du petit village de Wall savent peu de choses. Il faut dire qu'un grand mur les en séparent. Un mur dans lequel est ouvert une brèche, une brèche bien gardée, par laquelle ils n'ont droit de passer qu'une fois l'an, le jour de la grande foire de Wall. C'est ce jour-là, justement, que le jeune Tristram Thorn, décidé à conquérir le cSur de sa belle, part pour le pays de fée afin de lui ramener une étoile filante. Mais dans un pays magique, rien n'est comme ailleurs. Les distances sont immenses, on y croise nains et licornes, des chasseurs d'éclairs naviguent sur des bateaux volants et l'on est jamais à l'abri d'un mauvais sort qui pourra vous transformer en arbre, en chèvre ou en rat. Un monde plein de dangers et de merveilles que Tristram est loin d'imaginer, comme il est loin d'imaginer que son étoile filante est une belle et pure jeune fille, dont la présence ici-bas va éveiller la concupiscence des sept seigneurs de Sromhold comme de quelques vilaines sorcières...
Neil Gaiman est aussi à l'aise dans la BD (Sandman), que dans le roman (Neverwhere). Un talent inépuisable qu'il confirme une fois de plus ici en revisitant avec bonheur l'univers des contes de fées. À la fois drôle, merveilleux et volontairement naïf, Stardust est une réussite. --Georges Louhans [via]
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Nightwingsby Robert SilverbergISBN 0743444744 (0-7434-4474-4)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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Past Masterby R.A. LaffertyISBN 0824014219 (0-8240-1421-9)
Hardcover, Garland Pub
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People of the Windby Poul AndersonISBN 0839823533 (0-8398-2353-3)
Hardcover, Gregg Press
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Powers That Beby Anne McCaffreyISBN 078572852X (0-7857-2852-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Powers That Be'Book summary:Her lungs destroyed by poisoned gas, Major Yanaba Maddock has been reduced to spying on the icy planet of Petyabee. As her health returns, she realizes that something worth fighting--and living--for is happening on the planet. 2 cassettes. [via]
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Prime Directiveby Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Dave SternISBN 0671744666 (0-671-74466-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Psionby Joan D. VingeISBN 076530340X (0-7653-0340-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Psion'Book summary:[via]When first published, readers young and old eagerly devoured the tale of a street-hardened survivor named Cat, a half-human, half-alien orphan telepath. Named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Cat's story has been continued by Hugo-award winning and international best-selling author Joan D. Vinge with the very popular Catspaw and Dreamfall. Now, 25 years later, this special anniversary edition of Psion contains a new introduction by the author and "Psiren," a story never before included in any trade edition of Psion. This tough, gritty tale of an outsider whose only chance for redemption is as an undercover agent for an interstellar government that by turns punishes and helps him, is as fresh and powerful today as it was in 1982.More editions of Psion:
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Q-in-Lawby Peter David, Dave SternISBN 0671733893 (0-671-73389-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Q-in-Law'Book summary:Two powerful rival families of the spacefaring merchant race called the Tizarin are to be joined through marriage, and the U.S.S. Enterprise is chosen as the site for the wedding. Captain Picard is pleased by the happy duty, but his pleasure is cut short by the arrival of the Federation delegate from Betazed, Lwaxana Troi, the mother of ship's counsellor, Deanna Troi.
Despite Lwaxana Troi's romantic overtures toward the captain, the celebration seems to go smoothly until the situation is further complicated by the arrival of the notorious and all powerful being called Q, who has come to examine and challenge the human concept of love. The festivities are thrown into turmoil, the powerful Tizarin families are on the verge of war, and Lwaxana Troi is determined to teach Q a lesson in love that he will never forget. [via]
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Remnant Populationby Elizabeth MoonISBN 0671877704 (0-671-87770-4)
Softcover, Baen Books
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Riverworld and Other Storiesby Philip Jose FarmerISBN 0839826184 (0-8398-2618-4)
Hardcover, Gregg Pr
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Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopediaby John CluteISBN 0789401851 (0-7894-0185-1)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia'Book summary:Rumor has it that critic John Clute, in the aftermath of the success of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, was given carte blanche to develop an illustrated reference. This lavish volume, studded with graphics and nuggets of information, is the pleasing result. Science Fiction : The Illustrated Encyclopedia showcases the prophecy and pageantry of science fiction. It weaves together world history with literary history and technical developments with SF trends, providing a cultural context to the Zeitgeist of the genre. Words truly cannot do justice to the visual delights of this colorful tome: time lines, charts, author biographies and bibliographies complete with photos and signatures, illustrated analyses of SF traditions, magazine covers, classic book covers, film and television snapshots, and historical photos. Use it as a reference, read it through, or pick it up and enjoy it in bits. Science Fiction : The Illustrated Encyclopedia will arouse curiosity, joy, and pride in the hearts of SF lovers. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
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Sewer, Gas & Electricby Matt RuffISBN 0802141552 (0-8021-4155-2)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Silmarillionby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 1417716908 (1-4177-1690-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silmarillion'Book summary:Although The Silmarillion takes place in the same imaginary world as J.J.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and was originally published four years after the author's death and over two decades after the former book, it is set much earlier, in the First Age of the World. The tales and the book which reads as a fusion between a story collection and historical chronicle, are a matter of legend even to the characters of The Lord of the Rings:
In the beginning Eru, the One, who in the Elvish tongue is named Ilúvatar, made the Ainur of his thought; and they made a great Music before him
Tolkien wrote the heart of this material very early in his career, and continued to work on it throughout his life. It fell to his son, Christopher Tolkien, to edit it into book form, and such proved the unquenchable public appetite that he subsequently oversaw 12 volumes of The History of Middle-Earth. This edition features 20 highly evocative colour plates by Ted Nasmith, themselves worth the price of admission, while reinforcing the sense of a historical work are genealogical tables, an extensive index, appendix and colour map. Far removed from the genial style of The Hobbit, this is Tolkien at his most formal, his prose austere, poetically beautiful, his storytelling capturing the epic scale, high drama and melancholy wonder of myth. These stories of elves and heroes and old gods are quite literally the foundation of the entire modern fantasy-publishing revival, and are therefore essential reading. --Gary S. Dalkin [via] -
Souls in the Great Machine : A Novelby Sean McMullenISBN 0765344572 (0-7653-4457-2)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Souls in the Great Machine : A Novel'Book summary:In 40th-century Australia, Zarvora Cybeline discovers the world is threatened by destruction from the sky--yet the planet doesn't have enough technology even to build a steam engine. To save civilization, Zarvora must recover lost 21st-century technology. But technology is proscribed, and the dangers from the sky are joined by enemies in the sea, and even among her own ranks. Zarvora embarks on a bold and ruthless plan to save a world no one else believes is in danger.
Souls in the Great Machine is a big book at 450 pages. Stuffed fuller than a Thanksgiving turkey with great storylines, characters, and concepts, it's got thrilling action, hair's-breadth escapes, tyranny, treachery, villainy, heroism, duels, riots, war, love, hate, obsession, powerful women, mad monks, a returning ice age, a lost race, rediscovered civilizations, invasions, executions, high-tech, steampunk tech, a computer with human components, and numerous subplots. In short, Souls in the Great Machine is huge; it is epic--but it is not sprawling. In the hands of most authors, this complex and ambitious SF novel would be a trilogy. And while Souls may occasionally move a little too fast, the plot never drags and the reader's interest never flags. If you're looking for a sense of wonder, for adventure that respects your intelligence, for an enormously fun read--look no further than Souls in the Great Machine. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Sparesby Michael M. SmithISBN 0963339761 (0-9633397-6-1)
Hardcover, Overlook Connection Pr
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Star Trek the Next Generationby Peter DavidISBN 0835911055 (0-8359-1105-5)
Softcover, Globe Fearon Co
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Stardustby Neil Gaiman, Charles VessISBN 156389470X (1-56389-470-X)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stardust'Book summary:De Féerie, le pays magique, les habitants du petit village de Wall savent peu de choses. Il faut dire qu'un grand mur les en séparent. Un mur dans lequel est ouvert une brèche, une brèche bien gardée, par laquelle ils n'ont droit de passer qu'une fois l'an, le jour de la grande foire de Wall. C'est ce jour-là, justement, que le jeune Tristram Thorn, décidé à conquérir le cSur de sa belle, part pour le pays de fée afin de lui ramener une étoile filante. Mais dans un pays magique, rien n'est comme ailleurs. Les distances sont immenses, on y croise nains et licornes, des chasseurs d'éclairs naviguent sur des bateaux volants et l'on est jamais à l'abri d'un mauvais sort qui pourra vous transformer en arbre, en chèvre ou en rat. Un monde plein de dangers et de merveilles que Tristram est loin d'imaginer, comme il est loin d'imaginer que son étoile filante est une belle et pure jeune fille, dont la présence ici-bas va éveiller la concupiscence des sept seigneurs de Sromhold comme de quelques vilaines sorcières...
Neil Gaiman est aussi à l'aise dans la BD (Sandman), que dans le roman (Neverwhere). Un talent inépuisable qu'il confirme une fois de plus ici en revisitant avec bonheur l'univers des contes de fées. À la fois drôle, merveilleux et volontairement naïf, Stardust est une réussite. --Georges Louhans [via]
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Strange Wineby Harlan EllisonISBN 1596870702 (1-59687-070-2)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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Throyby Jack VanceISBN 0971237514 (0-9712375-1-4)
Hardcover, Vance Integral Edition
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Timequakeby Kurt VonnegutISBN 1568955561 (1-56895-556-1)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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To the Blightby Robert JordanISBN 0765342219 (0-7653-4221-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Transmigration of Timothy Archerby Philip K. DickISBN 0679734449 (0-679-73444-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Transmigration of Timothy Archer'Book summary:The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, the final novel in the trilogy that also includes Valis and The Divine Invasion, is an anguished, learned, and very moving investigation of the paradoxes of belief. It is the story of Timothy Archer, an urbane Episcopal bishop haunted by the suicides of his son and mistress--and driven by them into a bizarre quest for the identity of Christ. [via]
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Trillion Year Spreeby Brian Aldiss, David WingroveISBN 0755100689 (0-7551-0068-9)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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Vacuum Flowersby Michael SwanwickISBN 087795870X (0-87795-870-X)
Hardcover, Arbor House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vacuum Flowers'Book summary:In a world of plug-in personalities and colonized asteroids, daring fugitive Rebel Elizabeth Mudlark seeks refuge on Earth orbiting settlements, where evil, self-interest, and greed flourish in the vacuum of space. Reissue. [via]
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Vellumby Hal DuncanISBN 1405052082 (1-4050-5208-2)
Hardcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vellum'Book summary:It's 2017 and the end days are coming, beings that were once human gathering to fight in one last great war for control of the Vellum - the vast realm of eternity on which our world is just a scratch. But to a draft-dodging Irish angel and a trailer-trash tomboy called Phreedom, it's about to become brutally clear that there's no great divine or diabolic plan at play here, just a vicious battle between the hawks of Heaven and Hell, with humanity stuck in the middle, and where the easy rhetoric of Good and Evil, Order versus Chaos just doesn't apply. Here there are no heroes, no darlings of destiny struggling to save the day, and there are no villains, no dark lords of evil out to destroy the world. Or at least if there are, it's not quite clear which is which. Here, the most ancient gods and the most modern humans are equally fate's fools, victims of their own hubris, struggling to save their own skins, their own souls, but sometimes...just sometimes...sacrificing everything in the name of humanity. [via]
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Venus on the Half-Shellby Kilgore TroutISBN 0899683061 (0-89968-306-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Warlock in Spite of Himselfby Christopher StasheffISBN 0824014367 (0-8240-1436-7)
Hardcover, Taylor & Francis
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Warlord of Marsby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 1596054808 (1-59605-480-8)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Warlord of Mars'Book summary:This Townsend Library classic has been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students. It includes a background note about the book, an author's biography, and a lively afterword. Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of reading. [via]
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Watchmenby Alan MooreISBN 0930289234 (0-930289-23-4)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watchmen'Book summary:Has any comic been as lauded as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns but Watchmen remains the critics' favourite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and recently From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to garner praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterisation is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling, rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the fine pace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it retains its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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Watchmen : The Absolute Editionby Alan Moore, Dave GibbonsISBN 1401207138 (1-4012-0713-8)
Hardcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watchmen : The Absolute Edition'Book summary:Has any comic been as lauded as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns but Watchmen remains the critics' favourite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and recently From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to garner praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterisation is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling, rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the fine pace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it retains its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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We Fewby David Weber, John RingoISBN 1416520848 (1-4165-2084-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Few'Book summary:Prince Roger MacClintock was an heir to the galaxy's Throne of Man-and a self-obsessed spoiled young brat . . . until he and the Royal Marines sent to protect him were stranded on Marduk with only their feet to get them half way around the entire planet. So far, they've traversed a continent, crossed a sea full of ship-eating monsters, taken over an enemy spaceport, and hijacked a starship. But they're not home-free yet, because home is no longer free. In Roger's absence, a palace coup by enemies of the MacClintock family has seized control of the Empire. His mother the Empress is a captive in the palace and even in her own body, drugged so that her will is not her own. Roger's bother, the heir to the throne, is dead. And Roger himself has been branded an outlaw and traitor. Roger and his faithful band of human marines and native alien warriors have beaten the barbarian planet Marduk. Now they must re-conquer an interstellar empire. But they aren't about to give up, and with the help of those on the throne planet who are still loyal to the Empress they will infiltrate (under cover of a restaurant specializing in exotic Mardukan dishes, no less), they will make anyone who gets in their way (such as local mobsters who make the mistake of kidnapping Roger's fiancé) very sorry that they did, and they will not rest until the rightful ruler has been restored. Once again, a lot of power-hungry people are going to learn a hard lesson: You do not, ever, mess with a MacClintock! [via]
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When Gravity Failsby George EffingerISBN 0765313588 (0-7653-1358-8)
Softcover, Orb Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'When Gravity Fails'Book summary:In a decadent world of cheap pleasures and easy death, Marid Audrian has kept his independence the hardway. Still, like everything else in the Budayeen, hes available&for a price.
For a new kind of killer roams the streets of the Arab ghetto, a madman whose bootlegged personality cartridges range from a sinister James Bond to a sadistic disemboweler named Khan. And Marid Audrian has been made an offer he cant refuse.
The 200-year-old godfather of the Budayeens underworld has enlisted Marid as his instrument of vengeance. But first Marid must undergo the most sophisticated of surgical implants before he dares to confront a killer who carries the power of every psychopath since the beginning of time.
Wry, savage, and unignorable, When Gravity Fails was hailed as a classic by Effingers fellow SF writers on its original publication in 1987, and the sequence of Marid Audrian novels it begins were the culmination of his career.
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When Harlie Was Oneby David GerroldISBN 0884111962 (0-88411-196-2)
Hardcover, Aeonian Press
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Wild Cards IIby George R.R. MartinISBN 0743423917 (0-7434-2391-7)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wild Cards II'Book summary:30 years later, the victims of the gene-altering 'Wild Cards' virus face a new nightmare. From the far reaches of space comes The Swarm, a deadly menace that could very will destroy the planet. Aces and Jokers must form an uneasy alliance and prepare for a battle they must not lose. When a group of SF's most imaginative writers discovered they shared a secret love of the larger-than-life heroes of the four-colour comics and Saturday matinee serials, they gave each other a challenge: What would our world be like if these superhuman heroes and villains had been real flesh-and-blood men and women who lived through this century's most turbulent history? In WILD CARDS 2, the year is 1970. The place is New York City, home of Aces High, the glamourous lounge atop the Empire State Building, and Jokertown, the squalid residence of the city's underclass. The victims of the Wild Card Virus are no longer new and strange, but neither are they accepted by a world that still fears them. But as the '80s dawn, all eyes are drwn to the skies, and the Wild Cards may be the planet's only hope, as an abomination called the Swarm arrives to threaten Earth. [via]
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Worlds of the Imperiumby Keith LaumerISBN 0812543793 (0-8125-4379-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Yesterday's Sonby A.C. CrispinISBN 0839828306 (0-8398-2830-6)
Hardcover, Gregg Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Yesterday's Son'Book summary:On the planet Sarpedion, 5000 years ago, Spock knew a beautiful, primitive woman. When the Enterprise is called upon to protect the "Guardian of Forever" - the mysterious portal to the past - Spock uses it to journey to the past. And to discover his own son. [via]
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Stardustby ERNEST RIERAISBN 1594970971 (1-59497-097-1)
Softcover, Public Square Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stardust'Book summary:De Féerie, le pays magique, les habitants du petit village de Wall savent peu de choses. Il faut dire qu'un grand mur les en séparent. Un mur dans lequel est ouvert une brèche, une brèche bien gardée, par laquelle ils n'ont droit de passer qu'une fois l'an, le jour de la grande foire de Wall. C'est ce jour-là, justement, que le jeune Tristram Thorn, décidé à conquérir le cSur de sa belle, part pour le pays de fée afin de lui ramener une étoile filante. Mais dans un pays magique, rien n'est comme ailleurs. Les distances sont immenses, on y croise nains et licornes, des chasseurs d'éclairs naviguent sur des bateaux volants et l'on est jamais à l'abri d'un mauvais sort qui pourra vous transformer en arbre, en chèvre ou en rat. Un monde plein de dangers et de merveilles que Tristram est loin d'imaginer, comme il est loin d'imaginer que son étoile filante est une belle et pure jeune fille, dont la présence ici-bas va éveiller la concupiscence des sept seigneurs de Sromhold comme de quelques vilaines sorcières...
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