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THIRD FROM THE SUN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1955]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam Books 1294. Thirteen stories of fantasy and science fiction, selected from Matheson's first story collection, BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN (1954). Includes "Blood Son" ("Drink My Red Blood," IMAGINATION, April 1951), a vampire tale.
THE SHRINKING MAN.
New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1956]. Small octavo, cover art by Mitchell Hooks, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett Gold Medal S577. Paperback original. Filmed in 1957 from a screenplay by the author. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-121. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-219. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 18. King list, p. 390. Winter list, p. 270.
ROGUE MOON.
Greenwich, Conn. Gold Medal Books Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1960]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett Gold Medal S1057. Paperback original. "A matter transmitter is used to send men to the Moon. There they encounter a terrifying alien 'maze.' This powerful psychological thriller deals with the human urge to transcend death. A minor SF classic." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, p. 310. " ... now widely regarded as an SF classic. A good deal has been written about the highly integrated symbolic structure of this story, whose perfectly competent surface narration deals with a hard-SF solution to the problem of an alien labyrinth, discovered on the Moon, which kills anyone who tries to pass through it without obeying various arbitrary and incomprehensible rules. At one level, the novel's description of attempts to thread the labyrinth from Earth via matter transmission (which is also matter duplication) makes for excellent traditional SF; at another, it is a sustained rite de passage, a doppelganger conundrum about the mind-body split, a death-paean. There is no doubt that Budrys intends that both levels of reading should register, however any interpretation might run; in this novel the two levels interact fruitfully." - SFE (online). 1961 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-181. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 32. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1821-26.
ISLE OF THE DEAD.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1969]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books 37465. Paperback original. "Ornate sf/fantasy novel adventure novel involving a super-rich, near-immortal 'worldscaper' who is threatened by various aliens and alien gods." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 192. 1970 Nebula Award nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1309.
I HAVE NO MOUTH & I MUST SCREAM.
New York: Pyramid Books, [1967]. Small octavo, cover art by the Dillons, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pyramid Books X1611. Paperback original. Collects the Hugo winning title story and six others. "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" presents the interior monologue of the "last man," trapped inside AM, a malevolent computer. "The most demonic vision of man's future in all cybernetic SF is surely Harlan Ellison's 'I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream'" - Warrick, p. 153. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-304.
MOONSTONE AND TIGER-EYE.
Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, Inc., [1992]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies in cloth signed by Charnas. Collects two stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-nine.
WONG'S LOST AND FOUND EMPORIUM AND OTHER ODDITIES.
Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, Inc., [1992]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies in cloth signed by Wu. Collects nine stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-eight.
GONE TO EARTH.
Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, Inc., [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies in cloth signed by Zelazny. Collects four stories and an introduction by Zelazny. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-seven.
MYTHS, LEGENDS AND TRUE HISTORIES.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Landis. Collects eight stories and two poems, none previously collected. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-six.
THE ALIEN HEART.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Resnick. Collects eight stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-five.
THE NAKED FLESH OF FEELING.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Williamson. Collects eight stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-four.
IT'S BEEN FUN.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Friesner. Collects six stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-three.
HEDGEWORK AND GUESSERY.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by De Lint. Collects seven stories and eight poems. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-two.
GOD'S NOSE.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Knight. Collects six stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-one.
A SENSITIVE DEPENDENCE ON INITIAL CONDITIONS.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Robinson. Collects three stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty.
TWO THAT CAME TRUE.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Moffett. Collects two stories, "Surviving"- which won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and was a Nebula nominee, and "Not Without Honor." Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Nineteen.
STORIES BY MAMA LANSDALE'S YOUNGEST BOY.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Lansdale. Collects fifteen stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Eighteen.
MA QUI AND OTHER PHANTOMS.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Brennert. Collects four stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Seventeen.
STATE OF GRACE.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Wilhelm. Collects six stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Sixteen.
EMPHATICALLY NOT SF, ALMOST.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1990]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies copies signed by Bishop. Collects nine stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Fifteen.
LEGACY OF FIRE.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1990]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Hoffman. Collects nine stories, two original to this collection. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Fourteen. The author's first SF book and first story collection.
AD STATUM PERSPICUUM.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1990]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Wilson. Collects three stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Thirteen.
TRUE MINDS.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1990]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Robinson. Collects five stories, five poems and an essay. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twelve.
SKYROCKET STEELE CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE AND OTHER MEDIA STORIES.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1990]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Goulart. Collects five stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Eleven.
TALES FROM A VANISHED COUNTRY.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1990]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Lynn. Collects three stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Ten.