Science Fiction
SOUL OF THE ROBOT.
London: Allison & Busby, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. "Jasperodus is a robot, brought up by a loving human couple, who makes a vow to 'experience everything a man can experience' -- and does. Excellent fun, and widely regarded as Bayley's best." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 336. This edition has minor textual revisions. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-46.
EARLY HARVEST.
Cambridge, MA: The NESFA Press, 1988. Octavo, boards. First edition. Of a limitation of 800 copies this is one of 225 numbered copies signed by Bear and artist David Mattingly. Anthology of work, fiction and non-fiction, specially prepared for the Boston science fiction convention (Boskone 25).
KEEPING TIME.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1979]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Private eye sf novel set in the near future with a dystopian setting. "Shamus Jack Hughes, ex-lawyer and gloomy widower, is hired to find out who stole five time-storage cassettes from a new experimental ""time deposit bank"" (posh clients can put away bits of their own time and draw on it later)." - Kirkus review 1 November, 1979.
NEW LEGENDS.
New York: Tor, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Original anthology with sixteen stories by Ursula K. Le Guin, Gregory Benford, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Poul Anderson, Greg Egan, and others.
ANVIL OF STARS ...
New York: Warner Books, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Sequel to THE FORGE OF GOD (1987).
ANVIL OF STARS.
London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Century A Legend Book, [1992]. Octavo, "This special limited edition of two hundred / copies first published in Great Britain / on 13 February 1992 ..." on copyright page. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Bear. Sequel to THE FORGE OF GOD (1987).
ANVIL OF STARS.
New York: Warner Books, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Sequel to THE FORGE OF GOD (1987).
BEYOND HEAVEN'S RIVER.
[Wallington, Surrey]: Severn House, [1989]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Metaphysical SF in which aliens conduct an experiment to determine whether or not humans might be one of the few species to survive the end of this universe and seed the next. "A tale which carries a Japanese fighter pilot from World War Two into a morally complex galactic venue 400 years hence [that] manages both to create a plausible protagonist and to match his understanding of the larger picture with ours." - SFE (online). "Unusual and thoughtful." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-49. "Competent, fascinating, but a little hard to follow at the end." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 39.
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF GREG BEAR.
New York: Tor, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-four stories, each with an introduction by Bear, including "Blood Music," "Sleepside Story," "Hardfought" and others. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-91.
DARWIN'S RADIO.
New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, [1999]. Octavo, First edition. Biological suspense. Winner of the 2000 Nebula Award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-92.
EARLY HARVEST.
Cambridge: The NESFA Press, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Of 800 numbered copies this is one of 575 unsigned. Anthology of work, fiction and non-fiction, specially prepared for the Boston science fiction convention (Boskone 25).
EON.
[New York]: A Bluejay International Edition, [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Hollowed out asteroid from an alternate future comes into Earth orbit. "Eon itself is perhaps the best-constructed epic of Cosmology yet written in the field, set in one of the best Space Opera arenas yet conceived..." - Clute (ed), SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-93.
EON.
[New York]: A Bluejay International Edition, [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Hollowed out asteroid from an alternate future comes into Earth orbit. "Eon itself is perhaps the best-constructed epic of Cosmology yet written in the field, set in one of the best Space Opera arenas yet conceived..." - Clute (ed), SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-93.
EON.
[New York]: A Bluejay International Edition, [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Hollowed out asteroid from an alternate future comes into Earth orbit. "Eon itself is perhaps the best-constructed epic of Cosmology yet written in the field, set in one of the best Space Opera arenas yet conceived..." - Clute (ed), SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-93.
THE FORGE OF GOD.
[New York]: Tor, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Novel of the destruction of the Earth. Hugo nominee 1988. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-40.
THE FORGE OF GOD.
[New York]: Tor, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Novel of the destruction of the Earth. Hugo nominee 1988. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-94.
THE FORGE OF GOD.
[New York]: Tor, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Novel of the destruction of the Earth. Hugo nominee 1988. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-94.
HEADS ...
London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Century A Legend Novella, [1990]. Octavo, boards. First trade edition. A novella in the same universe as Queen of Angels.
HEADS.
London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Century A Legend Novella, [1990]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A novella in the same universe as Queen of Angels.
HEADS.
London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Century A Legend Novella, [1990]. Octavo, cloth, a.e.g., ribbon book mark. First edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Bear. A novella set in the same universe as QUEEN OF ANGELS.
HEADS.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1991]. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. A novella set in the same universe as QUEEN OF ANGELS.
HEADS.
London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Century A Legend Novella, [1990]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A novella in the same universe as Queen of Angels.
HEGIRA.
[London]: Severn House, [1988]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Signed by Bear on the title page. The author's first book. Revised text following that of the 1987 Gollancz paperback.
HEGIRA.
[London]: Severn House, [1988]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. The author's first book. Revised text following that of the 1987 Gollancz paperback.
MOVING MARS.
New York: Tor, 1993. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Set in the same universe as QUEEN OF ANGELS. Winner of the 1994 Nebula award for best novel.