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GRAVITY'S ANGELS.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first collection of short fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1110.
THE ALIENS OF EARTH.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., 1993. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of eighteen stories. "Slickly written, outwardly conventional sf and fantasy stories, but there's a certain slyness of tone which gives an additional value to many of them. - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 8. "As in her novels Kress proves to be a highly subversive writer, a burrower from within" - John Clute.
MEETING IN INFINITY: ALLEGORIES & EXTRAPOLATIONS ...
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House, [1992]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first collection of short fiction. Introduction and fourteen stories including "Another Orphan," winner of the 1983 Nebula award.
OPUS 100.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A collection of fiction and nonfiction selected from previously published books.
ROBOTS AND EMPIRE.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Sequel to ROBOTS OF DAWN and prequel to the Foundation books. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-52.
FOUNDATION.
New York: Gnome Press, Publishers, [1951]. Octavo, jacket painting by David Kyle, cloth. First edition, first binding. The first volume in the Foundation series, awarded a special Hugo award in 1966 for best all-time series. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-12. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 819-31.
THE STARS LIKE DUST.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Asimov's third sf book and second sf novel. Asimov's first three published novels are set earlier in the galactic empire future history of the Foundation stories, but have no direct connection with them. THE STARS, LIKE DUST is a space opera in which rebels fight the powerful war lords of Tyrann whose goal is the domination of the Galaxy. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 239.
THE END OF ETERNITY.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955. Octavo, jacket illustration by Mel Hunter, cloth. First edition. Eternals police human history against disasters, making history safe for mankind. "Time guardians rove through the centuries, keeping all eras in harmony. The hero rebels, preferring the uncertainties of infinity to the carefully controlled boredom of Eternity." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 120. "... a complex, thoughtful story of time travel, time paradoxes and time police, considered by some critics to be his best work." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Perhaps Asimov's best early novel..." Barron (ed.): Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-18.
THE WEAPONS MAKERS.
Providence, RI: Hadley Publishing Co., [1947]. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-224, frontispiece illustration by Allan W. Halladay, cloth. First edition. Author's second book. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1158. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2501-05. In 333.
GATEWAY.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First edition. First book of the Heechee series. Winner of the 1977 Nebula and 1978 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-860. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 858-64.
THE FOREVER WAR.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1974, i.e. 1975]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Haldeman on the title page "Joe W. Haldeman / 6/9/43 was my / birthday / and today is 6/9/79." "Tough, slick narrative of an interstellar war which lasts [over] 1000 years. To the soldier hero, it seems to last about ten years, thanks to the time-dilation effect of faster-than-light travel. Good, realistic, military SF which actually subverts many of the clichés of that category ... ([Haldeman] was a Vietnam veteran, which helped). Initially rejected by 18 publishers, it has since sold over a million copies." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 141-2. Haldeman's first SF novel. Winner of the 1975 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-479. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 360. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 813-8.
NEUROMANCER.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Gibson on the title page. "Flashy first novel which deals in 'cyberspace' -- the realm where computerized information takes on visible, three-dimensional form. A thriller plot is set against a background of sleazy cityscapes littered with electronic gadgetry. Fast, knowledgeable, and poetic in its effects." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 252. "... the pioneering 'cyberpunk' novel and arguably the most influential SF novel of the 1980s." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-439. Winner of the 1984 Nebula, 1985 Hugo and 1985 Philip K. Dick awards for best novel. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 100. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 423.
THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1979. Octavo, boards. First edition. "On an island in the Indian Ocean a twenty second -century engineer builds a colossal 'space elevator' which will connect with a station in geosynchronous orbit. A blend of old-fashioned Brunel-style technological heroics with Sri Lankan myth, effectively done in Clarke's best style." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 143-4. Winner of the 1979 Nebula and 1980 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-250.
IMPERIAL EARTH: A FANTASY OF LOVE AND DISCORD.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. "The cloned hero travels from his home in the outer solar system to Earth in the year 2276. The story is thin, but it's a pleasing utopian travelogue, full of incidental wonders." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, pp. 182-3. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-137. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1019-25.
RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1973. Octavo, boards. First edition. Nebula award 1973 and Hugo award 1974 winner for best novel. John W. Cambell Memorial award 1974. Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award, Novel, 1974. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-253. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1759-63.
TALES FROM THE WHITE HART.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1972. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Collects fifteen fantastic tall tales related by Harry Purvis at the "White Hart," a London pub close to Fleet Street frequented by journals, writers, editors and scientists, all published between 1954 and 1957. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-105.
THE CITY AND THE STARS.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1956]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A completely revised and expanded version of Clarke's first published novel, AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT (1948; 1953). "Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 (1968) is one of the most famous computer stories, but his THE CITY AND THE STARS (1956) may well be the profound artistically successful work of cybernetic fiction ... [It] is one of the most remarkable accomplishments of the imagination in all the literature that I am considering. Beyond imagining how computers might transform a society, Clarke also dramatizes the philosophical implications of life in a totally structured society. The novel is even more deserving of commendation because it is an early cybernetic novel, and computers and information theory were recent developments when it was written." - Warrick, The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction, pp. 166-70. This novel "is perhaps his most characteristic and most enduring." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 374-7. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-245. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 22.
A FALL OF MOONDUST.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961. Octavo, boards. First British edition. The U.S. edition preceded by a few days. "A sightseeing vehicle, packed with tourists, sinks into a sea of dust on the Moon's surface. The subsequent struggle for survival is tensely described, with fascinating scientific details. Not one of Clarke's 'visionary' novels, but probably the best of his works of near-future realism." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 129. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-101.
FROM THE OCEAN, FROM THE STARS.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1962]. Octavo, cloth. First combined edition. Collects THE CITY AND THE STARS (1956), THE DEEP RANGE (1957), and THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY (1958).
THE LATHE OF HEAVEN.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A man's "dreams affect reality in drastic fashion. A psychiatrist attempts to harness his strange ability in order to make the world a better place, with unfortunate results. An effective parable which reads remarkably like a novel by Philip K. Dick (it was almost certainly intended by Le Guin as a tribute to that writer for whom she has expressed intense admiration elsewhere). Filmed as a TV movie in 1980." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 207. 1971 Nebula and 1972 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-642. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1161-64.
NEUTRON STAR.
[London]: Macdonald Science Fiction, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The first collection of Niven's hard science fiction stories, eight early works developing the "Known Space" future history. The title story was a 1967 Hugo Award winner. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-805.
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1961]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First printing with code "C22" on page 408. Winner of the 1962 Hugo award for best novel. "Of all Heinlein's works this is the best known. It reached large audiences farther away from his science fiction roots than anything else he wrote..." "Stranger's cultural impact on an entire generation is, nonetheless, undeniable." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-91. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-518. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2195-2200.
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3.
SECOND VARIETY ...
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1989. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Volume two of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick.
BEYOND LIES THE WUB ...
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1988. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Volume one of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. Later state of the first printing with WUB on the spine printed correctly.