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NEBULA AWARD STORIES FIVE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects six stories by Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Silverberg, Larry Niven, Samuel R. Delany and Theodore Sturgeon, and two articles by Darko Suvin and Alexei Panshin. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1364.
THE DUPLICATED MAN.
New York: Avalon Books, [1959]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-44.
THE ISSUE AT HAND: STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY MAGAZINE SCIENCE FICTION by William Atheling, Jr. [pseudonym].
Chicago: Advent: Publishers, Inc., [1974]. Octavo, cloth. Later edition. Entertaining essays on American pulp SF 1952-1963. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-13.
MORE ISSUES AT HAND: STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY MAGAZINE SCIENCE FICTION by William Atheling, Jr. [pseudonym].
Chicago: Advent: Publishers, Inc., [1974]. Octavo, cloth. Later edition. Entertaining essays on American SF here focused on the SF novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-14.
AND ALL THE STARS A STAGE.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. Octavo, boards. First edition.
BLACK EASTER/THE DAY AFTER JUDGMENT.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1980. Octavo, cloth. First combined edition. Chronologically BLACK EASTER and THE DAY AFTER JUDGMENT comprise the second part of the "After Such Knowledge" trilogy. Preceded by DOCTOR MIRABALIS and followed by A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. Introduction by David Hartwell. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-38. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 83. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 41. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 122-28. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 233-37. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 52-3. See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-42.
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE ...
London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1958]. Octavo, original green wrappers printed in black. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first British edition. Proof has "First published in mcmlviii" instead of "First published in mcmlix" on copyright page. A novel expanded from a 1953 novella of the same title. "A Jesuit priest visits the 'unfallen' planet Lithia, where he solves a biological riddle and wrestles with his conscience. A thoughtful and entertaining work, with a range of intellectual reference unusual for the American SF of its day -- one of the masterpieces of 1950s SF, and Blish's best book." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 59. "A rich, ambiguous, deep-cutting probe into the most ultimate of concerns." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-136. The final part of the "After Such Knowledge" trilogy. Winner of the 1959 Hugo award for best novel. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 26. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 303-07.
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.
London: Faber And Faber Limited, [1959]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. 1959 Hugo award winner (for best novel, 1958). A novel of a culture which develops on another planet without religion. "A rich, ambiguous, deep-cutting probe into the most ultimate of concerns." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-21. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 26. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 303-07.
CITIES IN FLIGHT.
[Woodstock, NY]: The Overlook Press, [1999]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. Re-issue.
DOCTOR MIRABILIS.
London: Faber and Faber:, [1964]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Volume one (chronologically) of the After Such Knowledge trilogy. "... an excellent historical novel on the life of Roger Bacon." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-42. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 569-73.
EARTHMAN COME HOME.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's third book. Chronologically, the third book of the "Cities in Flight" tetralogy. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-22. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 358-62.
THE FROZEN YEAR.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1957]. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
JACK OF EAGLES.
New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-46.
JACK OF EAGLES.
New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Blish to Dirce Archer, dated 1956. The author's first book. "The hero discovers that he has precognitive and telekinetic abilities, and sets out to gain understanding and control of his growing powers. A thoughtful, scrupulously 'scientific' treatment of psi phenomena." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. [194]. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-46.
A LIFE FOR THE STARS.
London: Faber and Faber, [1964]. Octavo, cloth. First British edition. Chronologically, the second book of the "Cities in Flight" tetralogy. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-22. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 358-62.
MISSION TO THE HEART STARS.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1965]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Three Earthmen are on a diplomatic mission to the Heart Stars, rulers of a planetary federation. Published simultaneously with the British edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-15.
MISSION TO THE HEART STARS.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1965]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Three Earthmen are on a diplomatic mission to the Heart Stars, rulers of a planetary federation. Published simultaneously with the British edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-15.
WELCOME TO MARS.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1968]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition.