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Aces Highby George R. R. MartinISBN 0553264648 (0-553-26464-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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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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Balance of Trade: A Liaden Universe Novelby Steve Miller, Sharon LeeISBN 044101397X (0-441-01397-X)
Softcover, Ace Books
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Better Than Lifeby Grant NaylorISBN 0451452313 (0-451-45231-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Bitter Watersby Wen SpencerISBN 0451459229 (0-451-45922-9)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bitter Waters'Book summary:From Wen Spencer, finalist for the John W. Campbell Award...In this brand-new adventure in the multiple award-winning series, half-human, half-alien tracker Ukiah Oregon must put his skills to the ultimate test-because kidnappers have taken his son. [via]
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Bone Danceby Emma BullISBN 0441574572 (0-441-57457-2)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Camouflageby Joe HaldemanISBN 0441012523 (0-441-01252-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Carnivalby ELIZABETH BEARISBN 0553589040 (0-553-58904-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Clockwork Traitorby E. E. Smith, Stephen GoldenISBN 0425056619 (0-425-05661-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Clockwork Traitor'Book summary:Classic space opera adventure, Book #3 in the "Family D'Alembert" series. By law, Princess Edna, heir to the interstellar Empire of Earth, must marry a commoner. But as she travels through her domain, word comes of a mysterious threat to her succession. It's up to Jules and Yvette d'Alembert and their family of circus performers, all agents of the Empire, to uncover this bizarre plot before it can wreak havoc for all of humanity. [via]
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The Corridors of Timeby Poul AndersonISBN 0425050483 (0-425-05048-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Crystal Expressby Bruce SterlingISBN 0441124232 (0-441-12423-2)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Crystal Soldierby Steve Miller, Sharon LeeISBN 0441014879 (0-441-01487-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crystal Soldier'Book summary:M. Jela Granthor's Guard is a soldier who was born to be a soldier, a soldier whose genes were selected before birth, whose life was chosen for him as one of service and dedication.
Cantra yos'Phelium is an ace pilot and a thoroughgoing rogue. She trades the dark and the gray markets along the war-torn Rim, running solo, with an eye on her own profit.
When fate casts them together, they form an unlikely-and uncomfortable-alliance, the soldier intent on his mission, the pirate intent on her survival... [via]
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Dies the Fireby S. M. StirlingISBN 0451460413 (0-451-46041-3)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dies the Fire'Book summary:It all started when an electrical storm over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash, causing all electronic devices to cease to function-computers, telephones, engines, radio, television, even firearms-and plunged the world into a darkness humanity was unprepared to face. But even as some people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest... [via]
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Dragonseyeby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0613134710 (0-613-13471-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragonseye'Book summary:When the volcanoes rumble and the powerful storms begin brewing on Pern, it means one thing: Thread. For 257 years Pern has been free of the life-destroying Thread, but now the Red Star has reappeared in the sky and soon the deadly Threadfall will follow. In the holds and weyrs across the land, the genetically-engineered dragons of Pern and their human riders begin feverishly training to combat the Thread, for only dragon fire can destroy the silvery invaders. But, incredibly, one Lord Holder refuses to believe the Thread will fall again, and he may endanger the entire planet. [via]
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Enterprise: The First Adventureby Vonda N. McIntyreISBN 0671730320 (0-671-73032-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Enterprise: The First Adventure'Book summary:James T. Kirk is the youngest man to be promoted to the rank of captain in Federation history. His crew consists of a first officer who finds him impetuous; a chief engineer who finds him arrogent; a chief medical officer who finds him trifling; and a helmsman who wants a transfer.
But the young crew, which would later become the legendary space explorers, quickly puts aside their differences when a monstrous starship appears on their nascent flight path. [via]
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The Entropy Effectby Vonda N. McIntyreISBN 0671724169 (0-671-72416-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Eye of the Worldby Robert JordanISBN 0613176340 (0-613-17634-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eye of the World'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Relates a tale of the bestial Trollocs, the witch Moiraine, and three boys, one of whom is fated to become the Dragon--the World's only hope and the sure means of its destruction. [via]
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A Feast for Crowsby George R.R. MartinISBN 055358202X (0-553-58202-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Feast for Crows'Book summary:GAME OF THRONES: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.
Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martins monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.
A FEAST FOR CROWS
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in Kings Landing. Robb Starks demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still existor they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.
But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising facessome familiar, others only just appearingare seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.
It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes . . . and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guestsbut only a few are the survivors. [via] 
Fifty Degrees Belowby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0553585819 (0-553-58581-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fifty Degrees Below'Book summary:Bestselling, award-winning, author Kim Stanley Robinson continues his groundbreaking trilogy of eco-thrillersand propels us deeper into the awesome whirlwind of climatic change. Set in our nations capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warmingwhich could trigger another phenomenon: abrupt climate change, resulting in temperatures...
When the storm got bad, scientist Frank Vanderwal was at work, formalizing his return to the National Science Foundation for another year. Hed left the building just in time to help sandbag at Arlington Cemetery. Now that the torrent was over, large chunks of San Diego had eroded into the sea, and D.C. was underwater.
Shallow lakes occupied the most famous parts of the city. Reagan Airport was awash and the Potomac had spilled beyond its banks. Rescue boats dotted the saturated cityscape. Everything Frank and his colleagues in the halls of science and politics feared had culminated in this massive disaster. And now the world looked to them to fix it.
Whatever Frank can do, now that he is homeless, hell have to do from his car. Hes not averse to sleeping outdoors. Years of research have made him hyperaware of his status as just another primate. That plus his encounter with a Tibetan Buddhist has left him resolved to live a more authentic life.
Hopefully, this will prepare him for whatever is to come....
For even as D.C. bails out from the flood, a more extreme climate change looms. With the melting of the polar ice caps shutting down the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, another Ice Age could be imminent. The last time it happened, eleven thousand years ago, it took just three years to start.
Once again Kim Stanley Robinson uses his remarkable vision, trademark wry wit, and extraordinary insight into the complexity between man and nature to take us to the brink of disasterand slightly beyond.
From the Hardcover edition. [via]-
Final Frontierby Diane CareyISBN 0671647520 (0-671-64752-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Final Frontier'Book summary:Commander George Samuel Kirk was aboard the Enterprise under the command of Captain Robert April before his famous son was born. Starfleet has just been founded and the Enterprise has just been built, and is sent on its first mission. The mission takes the Enterprise into the heart of hostile Romulan territory, where cosmopolitical machinations and advanced weapons technology will decide the fate of a hundred innocent worlds. [via]
The Generation Warriorsby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0671720414 (0-671-72041-4)
Softcover, Baen Books
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Gladiator-At-Lawby Frederik Pohl, C.M. KornbluthISBN 0671655663 (0-671-65566-3)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gladiator-At-Law'Book summary:Here is the Baen paperback (1986), which was slightly expanded by Pohl for this edition. This satirical science fiction novel was first serialized in 1954 and published in book form in 1955. Whereas in the authors' earlier novel "The Space Merchants" the world was ruled by advertising agencies, here corporate lawyers have gained a stranglehold on the world. [via]
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The Godmakersby Frank HerbertISBN 0425093271 (0-425-09327-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Going Postalby Stephen BriggsISBN 0413774473 (0-413-77447-3)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Going Postal'Book summary:Stage adaptation of the latest Discworld blockbuster Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. But he's got to see that the mail gets though, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way. Or perhaps there' s a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope...; Brilliant stage adaptation by Stephen Briggs of Terry Pratchett's latest best-selling novel; Pratchett has sold over 27 million books worldwide and has been translated into 27 languages [via]
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Going Postalby Terry PratchettISBN 0606344446 (0-606-34444-6)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Great Sky Riverby Gregory BenfordISBN 0446611557 (0-446-61155-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Sky River'Book summary:The third novel in the award-winning author's classic Galactic Center series is available once again. "A challenging, pacesetting work of hard science fiction that should not be missed."--"Los Angeles Times." [via]
Green Eyesby Lucius ShepardISBN 0441302742 (0-441-30274-2)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Hogfatherby Terry PratchettISBN 061357222X (0-613-57222-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hogfather'Book summary:What could more genuinely embody the spirit of Christmas (or Hogswatch, on the Discworld) than a Terry Pratchett book about the holiday season? Every secular Christmas tradition is included. But as this is the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists.
This year the Auditors, who want people to stop believing in things that aren't real, have hired an assassin to eliminate the Hogfather. (You know him: red robe, white beard, says, "Ho, ho, ho!") Their evil plot will destroy the Discworld unless someone covers for him. So someone does. Well, at least Death tries. He wears the costume and rides the sleigh drawn by four jolly pigs: Gouger, Tusker, Rooter, and Snouter. He even comes down chimneys. But as fans of other Pratchett stories about Death (Mort, Reaper Man, and Soul Music) know, he takes things literally. He gives children whatever they wish for and appears in person at Crumley's in The Maul.
Fans will welcome back Susan, Death of Rats (the Grim Squeaker), Albert, and the wizardly faculty of Unseen University, and revel in new personalities like Bilious, the "oh god of Hangovers." But you needn't have read Pratchett before to laugh uproariously and think seriously about the meanings of Christmas. --Nona Vero [via]
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Imperial Starsby E. E. "Doc" SmithISBN 0425055922 (0-425-05592-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Janissariesby Jerry PournelleISBN 0441382916 (0-441-38291-6)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Janissaries'Book summary:[Library Edition Audiobook CD in vinyl case.]
Some days it just doesn't pay to be a soldier. Captain Rick Galloway and his men had been talked into volunteering for a dangerous mission only to be ruthlessly abandoned when faceless CIA higher-ups pulled the plug on the operation. They were cut off in hostile territory, with local troops and their Cuban ''advisors'' rapidly closing in -- and then the alien spaceship landed.
Rescued from certain death, they now must fight another world's war. [via]-
The Light Fantasticby Terry PratchettISBN 0613279387 (0-613-27938-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Light Fantastic'Book summary:The second Discworld novel.
When the very fabric of time and space are about to be put through the wringer -- in this instance by the imminent arrival of a very large and determinedly oncoming meteorite -- circumstances require a very particular type of hero. Sadly what the situation does not need is a singularly inept wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world. Equally it does not need one well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind of its own. Which is a shame because that's all there is. [via]More editions of The Light Fantastic:
The Man-Kzin Wars IIby Dean Ing, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, S. M. Stirling, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 0671698338 (0-671-69833-8)
Softcover, Baen Books
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Man-Kzin Wars IIby Larry Niven, Dean Ing, Jerry Pournelle, S. M. StirlingISBN 0671720368 (0-671-72036-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man-Kzin Wars II'Book summary:The alien Kzinti had almost conquered the humans, but after the initial surprise, the humans fought back with a ferocity the Kzinti had never faced. But that was centuries ago, and the humiliation of lost battles has not faded. The Kzinti are back . . . and spoiling for a fight! Includes stories by Larry Niven, Dean Ing, Jerry Pournelle and S.M. [via]
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March to the Seaby David Weber, John RingoISBN 0671318268 (0-671-31826-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'March to the Sea'Book summary:A Bad Neighborhood "Always Faithful." That was the IMC motto, and the Marines of Bravo Company, Bronze Battalion, of the Empress' Own Regiment, lived by it...even if they did occasionally wonder why they bothered. After all, Prince Roger MacClintock, Tertiary Heir to the Throne of Man, was a real piece of work. A spoiled rotten, arrogant, whiny, terminally handsome, thoroughly useless young pain in the butt.
But that was before the Royal Brat and his body guards were marooned on Marduk by an assassination attempt. Before they found themselves facing 120° heat in jungles where it rained five or six hours a day...during the dry season. Before they had to march half way around the entire planet, through damnbeasts, Capetoads, killerpillars, and atul-grak. Before they encountered treacherous local potentates, barbarian migrations, and an ocean full of sea serpents that could swallow a topsail schooner whole.
Under the right circumstances, even the most spoiled brat can grow up fast, and it turns out that under his petulant, spoiled exterior, Prince Roger is a true MacClintock, a scion of the warrior dynasty which created the Empire of Man a thousand years before. The Marines assigned to guard him have discovered a new belief in him -- and in their motto -- and they're determined that they will get him off of Marduk aIive.
Of course, the planet has other ideas... [via]
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Martians, Go Homeby Fredric BrownISBN 0671721208 (0-671-72120-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Miracle and Other Christmas Storiesby Connie WillisISBN 0553580485 (0-553-58048-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miracle and Other Christmas Stories'Book summary:Connie Willis loves Christmas. "I even like the parts most people hate--shopping in crowded malls and reading Christmas newsletters and seeing relatives and standing in baggage check-in lines at the airport. Okay, I lied. Nobody likes standing in baggage check-in lines," she writes. Willis knows it's hard to write good Christmas stories: the subject matter is limited, the writer has to balance between sentiment and skepticism, and too many fall into the Victorian habit of killing off saintly children and poor people. Here she presents eight marvelous Christmas tales, two of which appear for the first time.
The stories range from "The Pony," about a psychotherapist who doesn't believe that Christmas gifts can answer our deepest longings, and "Inn," in which a choir member rehearsing for the Christmas pageant becomes part of the original Christmas story, to "Newsletter," where an invasion of parasitic creatures causes unusually good behavior in their hosts, and "Epiphany," a story of three unlikely Magi following signs through a North American winter toward the returned Jesus Christ. "Miracle" is a comic romance echoing Willis's favorite Yuletide movie, Miracle on 34th Street, and "Catspaw" is a homage to the traditional Christmas murder mystery with a sly, science-fictional twist. The collection also includes "In Coppelius' Toyshop," in which a bad guy is trapped in Toyland, and "Adaptation," a Dickensian story about what it means to keep Christmas in your heart.
Those who want only SF stories may find this collection lacking, but anyone who enjoys complex tales with true Christmas spirit will treasure it. --Nona Vero [via]
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Orbitsvilleby Bob ShawISBN 0671698168 (0-671-69816-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orbitsville'Book summary:A BSFA Award-winning novel. For centuries the men of Earth had scoured the cosmos for habitable planets, but had found only one. Then Vance Garamond discovered something infinitely better - a Dyson Sphere, the interior of which, surrounding a sun, is larger than five billion earths. [via]
Past Masterby R. A. LaffertyISBN 0441653030 (0-441-65303-0)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Path of the Furyby David WeberISBN 067172147X (0-671-72147-X)
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The People of the Windby Poul AndersonISBN 067172164X (0-671-72164-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Planet Savers: The Sword of Aldonesby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0441670253 (0-441-67025-3)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Prime Directiveby Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-StevensISBN 0671707728 (0-671-70772-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prime Directive'Book summary:The authors of the New York Times Star Trek bestseller Memory Prime have created the most exciting and provocative Trek hardcover to day. Captain Kirk faces the work possible scenario imaginable when he is blamed for the destruction of an entire world. [via]
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Psionby Joan D. VingeISBN 044050340X (0-440-50340-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Psion'Book summary:Orphaned young and forced to survive on the streets of a distant planet, telepathic Cat is the ultimate future punk, but he is swept into a struggle for his life when two interstellar powers want to use his mind as a weapon. Reprint. H. AB. [via]
Quozlby Alan Dean FosterISBN 0441694543 (0-441-69454-3)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Red Star Risingby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0593037707 (0-593-03770-7)
Hardcover, Bantam
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red Star Rising'Book summary:For 200 years there had been no peace on Pern - but now the signs were ominous. Violent weather storms and erupting volcanoes heralded the coming of the second Pass of Thread, when the red planet would rain down its horrifying harvest and destroy every living organism. [via]
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Riverworld Other Storyby Philip Jose FarmerISBN 0441728863 (0-441-72886-3)
Softcover, Rationalist Press Association
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Womanby Miller, Walter M., Jr., Terry BissonISBN 0553107046 (0-553-10704-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Womanby Walter M. MillerISBN 0553380796 (0-553-38079-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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A Second Chance at Edenby Peter F. HamiltonISBN 0446606715 (0-446-60671-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Sewer, Gas & Electricby Matt RuffISBN 0446606421 (0-446-60642-1)
Softcover, Aspect
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Shatterdayby Harlan EllisonISBN 0425071650 (0-425-07165-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Shrinking Manby Richard MathesonISBN 0425040216 (0-425-04021-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Silmarillionby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0618126988 (0-618-12698-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silmarillion'Book summary:A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, THE SILMARILLION is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work that he could not publish in his lifetime because it grew with him. Its origins stretch back to a time long before THE HOBBIT. But THE HOBBIT was caught up in what Tolkien called "the branching acquisitive theme" he began in THE SILMARILLION, and eventually THE LORD OF THE RINGS emerged from this as well.[via]
Tolkien considered THE SILMARILLION his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other works. This is the story of the creation of the world and the happenings of the First Age, the ancient drama to which the characters in THE LORD OF THE RINGS look back and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part.
The three Silmarils were jewels created by Feanor, the most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were destroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter, the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils, but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. THE SILMARILLION is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy.
The book includes several other, shorter works in addition to THE SILMARILLION. Preceding it are "The Ainulindale," a myth of the Creation, and "The Valaquenta," in which the nature and power of the gods is set forth. After THE SILMARILLION comes "The Akallabeth," a tale of the downfall of the kingdom of Numeno, and finally "Of the Rings of Power," the connecting link to THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
This second edition features a number of minor textual corrections along with a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien describing his intentions for the work, written more than twenty-five years before its eventual publication. As described by Christopher Tolkien in the preface, it serves as a brilliant exposition of his conception of the earlier Ages of Middle-earth. -
Sparesby Michael M. SmithISBN 0553579010 (0-553-57901-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spares'Book summary:Suppose for a moment you're Jack Randall. You're a loner, an ex-cop, the dangerous veteran of a savage war. All you've held dear has long ago been destroyed. For the last five years you've been hiding out on a spares farm, working at the only job that will still have you: guarding people who have never seen the outside world and can't even spell the word "escape." In short, your luck has run out.
You might think things couldn't get any worse. You'd be wrong. Because Jack Randall has a talent for attracting trouble: the kind most people run screaming
from. But Jack Randall is not most people. That's part of his trouble. Now he's on the run with seven of the Farm's inmates (well, six and a half), and the people who own them will do anything to get them back. All Jack wants to do is score enough money to disappear with his human contraband. But things aren't as simple as that. For Jack Randall, they never are.
Jack is on a head-on collision course with the man responsible for all this misery--a cold-blooded killer with one purpose: to cancel Jack once and for all.
Now Jack has a decision to make: keep running or even the score? Either way spells more trouble. And when the ghosts of the past meet the terrors of the future, the result for Jack will be one hell of a scary ride.
Who are the spares? And what is their purpose? That is the most shocking revelation of all. [via] 
Star Foxby Poul AndersonISBN 0425051773 (0-425-05177-3)
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Strange Wineby Harlan EllisonISBN 0446306592 (0-446-30659-2)
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Time and Againby Clifford D. SimakISBN 0441810039 (0-441-81003-9)
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Time Pressureby Spider Robinson, James WarholaISBN 0441809332 (0-441-80933-2)
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Timequakeby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0425164349 (0-425-16434-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Timequake'Book summary:Think of Timequake, Kurt Vonnegut's 19th and last novel (or so he says), as a victory lap. It's a confident final trot 'round the track by one of the greats of postwar American literature. After 40 years of practice, Vonnegut's got his schtick down cold, and it's a pleasure--if a slightly tame one--to watch him go through his paces one more time.
Timequake's a mongrel; it is half novel, half memoir, the project of a decade's worth of writer's block, a book "that didn't want to be written." The premise is standard-issue Vonnegut: "...a timequake, a sudden glitch in the space-time continuum, made everybody and everything do exactly what they'd done during past decades, for good or ill, a second time..." Simultaneously, the author's favorite tricks are on display--frequent visits with the shopworn science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a Hitchcockian appearance by the author at the book's end, and frequent authorial opining on love, war, and society. [via]
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The Tower and the Hiveby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0441007201 (0-441-00720-1)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tower and the Hive'Book summary:Anne McCaffrey concludes the saga of Angharad Gwyn, the Rowan, her husband Jeff Raven, and their family of powerful telepathically and telekinetically Talented offspring with The Tower and the Hive. ( The first four books in the series are: The Rowan, Damia, Damia's Children, and Lyon's Pride.) As usual, McCaffrey delivers vividly real characters struggling with personal, political, and ethical issues and finding humane solutions.
Federated Teleport and Telepath, dominated by the Gwyn-Raven clan, provides interstellar shipping and communications for the Star League of Humans and Mrdinis--weasel-like aliens. In following the aggressive, ant-like Hivers, whose "spheres" have repeatedly attacked League worlds, naval vessels have discovered many more habitable planets, including some occupied by Hivers. Who will get to colonize these planets, Humans or Mrdinis? Should all Hivers be destroyed, or is there some way to contain them? Where will more Talents to staff the vital Towers come from? And how best to defeat those whose resentment of the Gwyn-Raven family's powers and friendship with Mrdinis could lead to violence?
McCaffrey's protagonists are four Gwyn-Raven grandchildren, now young adults who find romance and mature while studying both alien races. Old and new fans alike can enjoy her masterful blending of scientific extrapolation and fantasy elements to produce a universe they'll leave regretfully. --Nona Vero [via]
The Transmigration of Timothy Archerby Philip K. DickISBN 0671467514 (0-671-46751-4)
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Uncharted Territoryby Connie WillisISBN 0553562940 (0-553-56294-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncharted Territory'Book summary:Noted planetary surveyors Carson and Findriddy undertake the task of mapping the planetoid Boohte, a mission complicated by their companions, a young intern specializing in mating customs and a native guide who levies fines to pay for roulette wheels. [via]
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Vacuum Flowersby Michael SwanwickISBN 0441858767 (0-441-85876-7)
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Venus halfshell C195by Kilgore TroutISBN 0440161495 (0-440-16149-5)
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Venus on the Half Shellby Philip Jose FarmerISBN 0553275313 (0-553-27531-3)
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Vision of Tarotby Piers AnthonyISBN 0441864619 (0-441-86461-9)
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The Warlock in Spite of Himselfby Christopher StasheffISBN 0441005608 (0-441-00560-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Warlock in Spite of Himself'Book summary:Back in Print: the novel that launched the epic Warlock series.
In an interstellar romp that proves science and sorcery can mix, only hard-headed realist Rod Gallowglass can save the people of Gramarye from their doom by becoming--The Warlock in Spite of Himself--if only he believed in magic. [via]More editions of The Warlock in Spite of Himself:
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Watchmenby Alan Moore, Dave GibbonsISBN 0446386898 (0-446-38689-8)
Softcover, Warner Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watchmen'Book summary:Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. 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 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 gather praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization 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 finepace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
A Q&A with Dave Gibbons on the Making of Watchmen
Question: You were tasked with drawing new illustrations of key shots from the new Watchmen film. Was it a difficult challenge to re-imagine your work in this movie format?
Dave Gibbons: I dont think that I actually did many key shots from the film. I had to actually imagine them rather than exactly recreate what was going to be in the movie. But as far as the drawings I did for the licensing purposes, accuracy was the real key so that they looked exactly like the movie. Whereas doing the graphic novel was creating stuff afresh and being very creative, this was more the case of interpreting something that already existed. So it was rather more a commercial art job than a creative thing.
Q: How many scenes from the original graphic novel did you redraw in the new "movie" format?
DG: I kind of did them piecemeal, these licensing drawings. I did do a section of storyboarding for Zack Snyder. There is a part of the movie that isnt in the graphic novel and he wanted to see how I would have drawn it, if it had been in the graphic novel. So I redid the storyboards as three pages of comic on the nine-panel grid, also getting it coloured by John Higgins so it looked authentic. But I think there were probably only 3 or 4 scenes that I drew, which were from the movie.
Q: What was your working method for producing these new illustrations from the film? And how has it changed from when you originally illustrated Watchmen?
DG: When youre producing things from existing material, you have to look at and assemble the references... you know, keep looking backwards and forwards to make sure what youre drawing is accurate to whats in the photos. I did have lots of photos from the movie and in some cases I had more or less the illustration I was going to do in photo form, which made it a lot easier. On others I had to construct it from various references: really just the usual illustrators job of drawing something to reference. And on the original illustrations of Watchmen, I was free to come up with exactly the angles and exactly the costumes and everything that I wanted to. When youve designed a costume and drawn it a few times, you actually internalize it and you find you can draw it without having to refer to reference at all. So in some ways its more creative and in some ways its easier!
Q: In Watchmen: The Art of the Film, there are concept designs by other artists of their visions of your iconic characters. What do you think of their versions and did you offer any guidance while they were working on these?
DG: Its always really interesting to see versions of your characters drawn by other artists. You tend to see things in them that you hadnt noticed before. So I really enjoyed looking at those. I certainly didnt offer them any guidance. The purpose of getting those kinds of drawings done is to get a fresh perspective on what exists. I noticed actually that they really stuck more closely to my original designs than those, but I really enjoyed seeing them.
Q: Watchmen: Portraits is Clay Enoss stunning black and white collection of photos of each character from the Watchmen movie. What was it like looking through this book at all the characters you had conceived years ago now being brought to life by actors?
DG: Its rather interesting; you know if you look at the Watching the Watchmen book you can see these characters as fairly sketchy rough conceptual versions. Then when you look at Clays book you can actually see them right down to counting the number of pores on the skin on the end of their noses! Its incredible high focus! Its like zooming in through space and time to look at the surface of some moon of Saturn or something. I thoroughly enjoyed his book... it had a real artistic quality to it that was really so good. And of course to see these actors who so much are the embodiment of what I drew, that its a tremendous thrill to see them made flesh!
Q: Watchmen: The Film Companion features some stills from the animated version of The Black Freighter. What do you think of the look and design of this animated feature?
DG: It looks really interesting! Although I drew my version in the comic book in a kind of horror-comic style, these are very much in a savage manga style. I think they work really well... theyve got the kind of manic intensity, which I think that work should have and I really cant wait to see the whole feature. Ive seen the trailer for it and that looks great and again theyve used a lot of the compositions that I came up with but just translated them to this kind of very modern drawn animation.
Q: How much time did you spend on the set of Watchmen? Was it a surreal experience to see your work recreated like this?
DG: I was on the set of Watchmen for a couple of days and it really was surreal to walk through a door and then suddenly be in the presence of all these people in living breathing flesh! I was there for what you would call the Crimebusters meeting where they were all there in costume in the same room, which was incredible. They had obviously planned that so I would get to see everyone. It was surreal though quite a wonderful experience to see it come to life.
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When Gravity Failsby George EffingerISBN 055325555X (0-553-25555-X)
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When Harlie Was Oneby David GerroldISBN 0553264656 (0-553-26465-6)
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Yesterday's Sonby A. C. CrispinISBN 0671038516 (0-671-03851-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Yesterday's Son'Book summary:The Romulans attack the planet Gateway, where Federation scientists are studying the Guardian of Forever -- the mysterious portal to the past.
"The Starship Enterprise"(TM) must protect the Guardian -- or destroy it. But Spock has already used the portal to journey to the past. On the planet Sarpedion, 5,000 years ago, Spock knew a beautiful, primitive woman. Now he has gone back to meet his son! [via]
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