Science Fiction Awards (All SF, Fantasy, Horror).
THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1986]. Octavo, frontispiece by Frank Mayo, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by George Zebrowski. "A computer named PHAEDRA orchestrates the bizarre happenings in this fantasy patterned after the myth of Orpheus." - Mowshowitz, p. 304. Winner of the 1967 Nebula award for best novel (tied with FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON). 1968 Hugo nominee. Collector's notes laid in. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-316. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 703-7.
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.
TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1986]. Octavo, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by Roger Zelazny. First book of the "Riverworld" series. Winner of the 1972 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165. Collector's notes laid in. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1809-16.
AMERICAN GODS [with] AMERICAN GODS READER'S COPY.
[Ossining, NY]: Hill House Publishers, 2003. Octavo, two volumes, cloth. Limited and expanded edition. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Gaiman with a separate reader's copy has matching number but not signed. This edition adds 12,000 words cut from the original publication. "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.
AMERICAN GODS.
[London: Headline Book Publishing, 2001]. Octavo, boards. First British 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. "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.
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.
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.
SLOW RIVER.
New York: A Del Rey Book, Ballantine Books, [1995]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. trade paperback 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.
REPLAY.
New York: Arbor House, [1986, i.e. January 1987]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Winner of the 1988 World Fantasy Award for best novel. One of the best novels of the 1980s. Comparable with Jack Finney's TIME AND AGAIN and Matheson's BID TIME RETURN. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-125. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 97.
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.
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.
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.
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. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-518. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2195-2200.
THE DISPOSSESSED: AN AMBIGUOUS UTOPIA.
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "The novel reveals the author's understanding of anarchist theories with the idea that the personal and political growth of the individual are complementary ... [With her] complex literary, philosophical, and political construction, Le Guin challenges the idea of utopia itself and sets the basis for what has been called the 'critical utopia' -- an imperfect utopia in progress that, by questioning the very notion and convention of the genre, revitalizes it." - R. Baccolini, Fortunati and Trousson (eds), Dictionary of Literary Utopias, pp. 174-6. Winner of the 1974 Nebula and 1975 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-640. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 74. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 548-53.
THE DISPOSSESSED: AN AMBIGUOUS UTOPIA.
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "The novel reveals the author's understanding of anarchist theories with the idea that the personal and political growth of the individual are complementary ... [With her] complex literary, philosophical, and political construction, Le Guin challenges the idea of utopia itself and sets the basis for what has been called the 'critical utopia' -- an imperfect utopia in progress that, by questioning the very notion and convention of the genre, revitalizes it." - R. Baccolini, Fortunati and Trousson (eds), Dictionary of Literary Utopias, pp. 174-6. Winner of the 1974 Nebula and 1975 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-640. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 74. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 548-53.
THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS.
New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, [1969]. Small octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Ace 47800. Paperback original. Winner of the 1969 Nebula and 1970 Hugo awards. Part of the prestigious ACE "Science Fiction Special" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-643. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 60. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 319. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1171-77.
ANCILLARY JUSTICE.
[New York]: Orbit, [2013]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition, first printing. Trade paperback original. The author's first book and first in the "Imperial Radch" series, a vast and complex interstellar adventure. This book is a multiple award winner; the 2014 Arthur C. Clarke Award, tied for the BSFA Award for best novel, both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel and the Locus Award for best first novel.