Science Fiction Awards (All SF, Fantasy, Horror).
SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK.
New York: An Onyx Book, New American Library, [1989]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Onyx JE 147. Paperback original. The author's first book and first Sonja Blue vampire novel. Winner 1990 Bram Stoker award for best first novel. "Sonja Blue is one of the more interesting series of characters in modern horror fiction: a strong female whose cool and compassionate human side is in perpetual conflict with the brutal vampire nature..." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-97.
SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK.
London: Kinnell, 1990. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed and dated by Collins on the title page. The author's first book and first Sonja Blue vampire novel. Winner 1990 Bram Stoker award for best first novel. "Sonja Blue is one of the more interesting series of characters in modern horror fiction: a strong female whose cool and compassionate human side is in perpetual conflict with the brutal vampire nature..." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-97.
LITTLE, BIG.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-85. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
NOVELTY.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1989]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collection of four short novels, "Great Work of Time" won the 1990 World Fantasy Award for best novella. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-292.
NOVELTY.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1989]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. This copy signed by Crowley. Collection of four short novels, "Great Work of Time" won the 1990 World Fantasy Award for best novella. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-292.
BABEL-17.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. Co-winner of the 1966 Nebula award for best novel. "Clever, colorful, and highly original..." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-126.
BABEL-17.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. Octavo, boards. First edition. Co-winner of the 1966 Nebula award for best novel. "Clever, colorful, and highly original..." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-126.
TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First book of the "Riverworld" series. Winner of the 1972 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165.
TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First book of the "Riverworld" series. Winner of the 1972 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165.
TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First book of the "Riverworld" series. Winner of the 1972 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1809-16.
AMERICAN GODS.
[New York]: William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2001]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Gaiman on the title page. "The central premise of the novel is that gods and mythological creatures exist because people believe in them (a type of thoughtform). Immigrants to the United States brought with them spirits and gods. The power of these mythological beings has diminished as people's beliefs wane. New gods have arisen, reflecting America's obsessions with media, celebrity, technology, and drugs, among other things." - Wikipedia. Nominated for virtually all the major genre awards it won the 2002 Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Bram Stoker awards. Now a major cable television serial.
ANANSI BOYS.
New York: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2005]. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. Part of a publisher's limited edition (quantity not specified) signed by Gaiman on a tipped in limitation leaf. Not a direct sequel to AMERICAN GODS this novel does feature the character of Mr. Nancy who appeared in it. Winner of the 2006 British Fantasy Society August Derleth Award for best novel, winner of the Locus Award, 2006. The U.S. and British editions were simultaneous.
ANANSI BOYS.
[Ossining, NY: Hill House Publishers, [2007]. Large octavo, quarter leather and cloth. Limited edition. 750 numbered copies signed by Gaiman and artist Dagmara this copy is marked "PC." Not a direct sequel to AMERICAN GODS this novel does feature the character of Mr. Nancy who appeared in it. Winner of the 2006 British Fantasy Society August Derleth Award for best novel, winner of the Locus Award, 2006.
NEUROMANCER.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) 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.
SLOW RIVER.
New York: Del Rey/Ballantine, 1995. Wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof. Nebula Award winner for best novel, 1997 ('96).
SLOW RIVER.
New York: A Del Rey Book, Ballantine Books, [1995]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. "In this intense, near-future novel, heiress Lore Van de Oest is kidnapped and left for dead when her family refuses to pay her ransom. Taken in by a woman named Spanner, who makes her living as a thief on the Net, Lore abandons her well-to-do lifestyle, becomes Spanner's lover, and finds a job in a high-tech sewage disposal plant. Transformed by her experiences, she eventually returns to her family in order to uncover some of their more unsavory secrets." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-469. Winner of the 1996 Nebula award for best novel.
ALTERNATE WORLDS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1975]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Large oversize (coffee-table book) volume, profusely illustrated history of science fiction from the earliest days. Gunn, award-winning SF author and respected literary scholar, devoted many years to collecting the often rare photographs that compliment the highly readable text. "A readable and concise popular history..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-62. Winner of a special Hugo Award in 1976.
FOREVER PEACE.
New York: Ace Books, [1997]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Novel of war in which the soldiers are linked by virtual presence to soldier robots. "Like Haldeman's earlier novel, THE FOREVER WAR, this well-written book serves as a powerful indictment of both humanity's greed and its proclivity for fouling its own nest. - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-479. Hugo Award for best novel, 1998. Nebula Award for best novel, 1999.
FOREVER PEACE.
New York: Ace Books, [1997]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Novel of war in which the soldiers are linked by virtual presence to soldier robots. "Like Haldeman's earlier novel, THE FOREVER WAR, this well-written book serves as a powerful indictment of both humanity's greed and its proclivity for fouling its own nest. - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-479. Hugo Award for best novel, 1998. Nebula Award for best novel, 1999.
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.
DOUBLE STAR.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1956. Octavo, illustration by Mel Hunter, boards. First edition. Winner of the 1956 Hugo award for best novel. The first of his novels to win the Hugo. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-86.
THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1966]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Winner of the 1967 Hugo Award for best novel. 1966 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-512.
STARSHIP TROOPERS.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1959]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1960 Hugo award winning novel, made into an interesting feature film. "Vintage Heinlein storytelling." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-206. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-90.
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1961]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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.
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
New York: An Ace/Putnam Book Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1991]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of the 1962 Hugo award for best novel. This edition restores the full text of the 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.