Proofs
INTENSITY.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Advance reader's copy with publisher slip laid in.
WINDHAVEN.
New York: Timescape Books, [1980]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. Planetary romance. "...set on a lost colony planet that has reverted to feudalism." - Clute, SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-713.
DESOLATION ROAD.
New York, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1988, i.e. 1987]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof of the first U.S. edition. The author's first novel. "Vivid imagery gives distinction to this tale, in which a large cast of characters indulges in power struggles on the planet Mars. An unusual and poetic first novel ..." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 96-7. Winner of the 1989 Locus award for best first novel. Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-742.
FOOTFALL.
New York: A Del Rey Book / Ballantine Books, [1985]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-809.
FIREHAND.
New York: TOR, [1994]. Printed wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof of a Time Traders novel.
ATLANTIS ENDGAME: A NEW TIME TRADERS ADVENTURE.
New York: TOR, [2002]. Printed wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof of a Time Traders novel. Publishers letter laid in.
TIME TRADERS [TIME TRADERS with GALACTIC DERELICT] & TIME TRADERS II [THE DEFIANT AGENTS & KEY OUT OF TIME] (2 VOLUMES).
Riverdale, New York: Baen Books, 2000 & 2001. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. New edition. Advance uncorrected proofs of the Baen books editions of the Time Traders series, collects the four novels first published 1959-63. The artwork on volume one was replaced before publication.
TIME TRADERS [TIME TRADERS with GALACTIC DERELICT].
Riverdale, New York: Baen Books, 2000. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. New edition. Advance uncorrected proof of the Baen book edition of the first volume in there new release of the Time Traders series. Letter from the publisher laid in stating that the cover artwork is going to be replace upon release of the book, a color copy of the new art is laid in.
STARDANCE.
New York: The Dial Press / James Wade, [1979]. 5 x 1/4" x 9", printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. Signed by the Robinsons. Part of this novel first appeared as a novella in ANALOG and won the 1977 Nebula and 1978 Hugo awards. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-921.
A DOOR INTO OCEAN.
New York: Arbor House, [1986]. Octavo, wrappers. Proof. Advance uncorrected proof. Press materials laid in. Winner of J.W. Campbell award (1987). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1047. Sargent, British and Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #9.
KOKO.
New York: Dutton, 1988. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance readers copy of the first edition. Thriller involving several Viet-Nam war veterans. Winner of the 1989 World Fantasy Award for best novel. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-355.
KOKO.
New York: E.P. Dutton, [1988]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance readers copy of the first edition. Publishers promotional letter laid in. Thriller involving several Viet-Nam war veterans. Winner of the 1989 World Fantasy Award for best novel. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-355.
MYSTERY.
New York: E.P. Dutton, [1990]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof in blue wrappers. Publishers promotional note laid in.
MYSTERY.
New York: E.P. Dutton, [1990]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof in blue wrappers.
THE THROAT.
[New York: Dutton, 1993]. Pictorial wrappers. Promotional excerpt from the novel. Winner of the Bram Stoker award for best horror novel in 1994. Mystery/Horror thriller, a sequel to KOKO, and it features characters from MYSTERY in the chase for the Blue Rose murderer.
THE GATE TO WOMEN'S COUNTRY.
New York: Doubleday, 1988. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance reading copy. "Boys born in post-holocaust women's towns are delivered to their warrior fathers for military training at the age of five; at 15 they must choose between remaining with the men or returning to the women for a life of supposed servitude. Stavia, the protagonist of the imaginative and moving novel, loses her lover and sone but finds an answer to the perennial problem posed by 80s feminist sf: what must be done to the men in order to create a society in which can live freely?" - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 152-153. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1127. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009.
THE OTHER.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. The author's first book, a significant contribution to the modern revival of supernatural fiction sparked, most notably, by ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968), THE EXORCIST (1971) and CARRIE (1974). Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-306. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1169-72. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-211. King list, p. 391. Winter list, p. 271.
WORLDWAR: TILTING THE BALANCE.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1995]. Octavo, pumpkin wrappers printed in black. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. Second book of the series. Sequel to WORLDWAR: IN THE BALANCE.
TITAN.
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1979]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. Letter from the publisher's senior editor to author Michael Bishop soliciting a favorable comment laid in. First book of the Gaean trilogy. 1979 Nebula and 1980 Hugo nominee. "Huge, enjoyable, detailed and rambling account of a NASA expedition to a newly discovered moon. The moon eats all the crew, who wake up inside and discover it to be a sort of living spaceship which has created various beings derived from Earth myths it's seen on television." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 380. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1173.
WIZARD.
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1980]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. Letter from the publisher's senior editor to author Michael Bishop soliciting a favorable comment laid in. Second book of the Gaean trilogy. 1981 Hugo nominee. "Cirocco Jones, the spaceship captain from Varley's previous novel TITAN is recruited by the living world Gaia as a sort of internal policeman, wandering around her huge body as the representative of the aging mind" - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 424. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1173.
WORLD'S END.
[New York]: Bluejay Books Inc., [1984]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance readers copy of the first edition. Sequel to THE SNOW QUEEN (1980). See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
UNTHREATENED BY THE MORNING LIGHT.
[Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, 1989]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. Collects three stories with an introduction by Wagner. Issued as Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Two, November 1989.
ALL THE RAGE: A REPAIRMAN JACK NOVEL.
New York: Forge, [2000]. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof in red printed wrappers. Promotional letter from the editor laid in. A Repairman Jack novel.
CASTLE OF DAYS.
[New York]: TOR, [1992]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. Signed by Wolfe on the title page. Miscellany of fiction and nonfiction including the contents of two earlier books, GENE WOLFE'S BOOK OF DAYS (1981) and THE CASTLE OF THE OTTER (1983), and other material.
CASTLEVIEW.
New York: TOR, [1990]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. Signed by Wolfe on the title page. Dark fantasy set in present day Castleview, IL, involving a ghostly castle, which once belonged to Morgan le Fay. Good versus evil and the Arthurian legend come into play.