Science Fiction Awards (All SF, Fantasy, Horror).
DRAGONFLIGHT.
New York: Walker and Company, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. First book in the "Pern" series. Combines the novellas "Weyr Search", Hugo winner (1968) and "Dragonrider", Nebula award winner 1968. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-289. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-179.
DRAGONFLIGHT.
New York: Walker and Company, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. First book in the "Pern" series. Combines the novellas "Weyr Search," Hugo winner (1968) and "Dragonrider," Nebula award winner 1968. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-289. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-179.
DRAGONFLIGHT.
New York: Walker and Company, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Inscribed and signed by McCaffrey on the title page. First book in the "Pern" series. Combines the novellas "Weyr Search," Hugo winner (1968) and "Dragonrider," Nebula award winner 1968. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-289. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-179.
DARK FORCES: NEW STORIES OF SUSPENSE AND THE SUPERNATURAL.
London: Macdonald, 1980. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Original anthology collecting short novel, "The Mist," by Stephen King (Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1040-43) and twenty-two short stories by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Robert Aickman, Gene Wolfe, Joyce Carol Oates, Edward Gorey, Theodore Sturgeon, and others. "A landmark volume..." - Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-346. Winner of the 1981 World Fantasy award for best anthology.
THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD.
New York: Atheneum, 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Winner of the 1975 World Fantasy Award. "...a deceptively simple novel, stylistically lyrical, often surprising, and wonderfully consistent. Presented as a fairy tale, thought with great and involving emotion, it shows absolute power, the bitterness of revenge, great love and the search for a heart's desire." - Pringle (ed.), St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 398-399. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 7-257. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 54. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 566-70. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 136-7.
THE CITY & THE CITY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [2009]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Co-winner of the 2010 Hugo award for best novel (tied with Paolo Bacigalupi’s THE WINDUP GIRL). It has also won the British Science Fiction Association's award (2010) for best novel, the Arthur C. Clarke award (2010) and the World Fantasy award (2010). A science fiction / noir mystery novel.
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ ...
Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. 1961 Hugo award winner. "600 years after an atomic deluge the Age of Simplification reigns supreme, but a development to new civilization follows." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 160. "Named by many as best SF novel of the modern period." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-287. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-125 and (2004) II-766. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 30. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 288-93.
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ ...
Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. 1961 Hugo award winner. "600 years after an atomic deluge the Age of Simplification reigns supreme, but a development to new civilization follows." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 160. "Named by many as best SF novel of the modern period." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-287. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-125 and (2004) II-766. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 30. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 288-93.
CONDITIONALLY HUMAN.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects three short novels including the Hugo winner "The Darfsteller." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-126.
CITY OF TRUTH ...
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. Satiric dystopian novella. "In the city of Veritas, every person is brutally conditioned to be not just unable to tell lies but obliged always to tell the whole truth, no matter how stark or droll..." - Kirkus review, 15 March, 1992. Nebula Award winner for best novella, 1993. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009.
TOWING JEHOVAH.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1994. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. World Fantasy Award for best novel, 1995, Nebula nominee 1995.
THE FALLING WOMAN.
[New York]: Tor, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, [1986]. Octavo, boards. First edition. 1987 Nebula award winner. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-192. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #7.
THE FALLING WOMAN.
[New York]: Tor, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, [1986]. Octavo, boards. First edition. 1987 Nebula award winner. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-192. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #7.
RINGWORLD.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, [1972]. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. Winner of the 1970 Nebula and 1971 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-316.
RINGWORLD.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, [1977]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Niven on the title page. "An exploration team consisting of an exotic mix of humans and aliens investigates a huge artifact occupying a planetary orbit around a sun." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-807. Hugo Award winner, 1971; Nebula Award winner, 1970.
A MIRROR FOR OBSERVERS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of 1955 International Fantasy Award. "Martians in underground cities for thousands of years have manipulated Earth's historical development." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-141. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, #16.
A MIRROR FOR OBSERVERS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of 1955 International Fantasy Award. "Martians in underground cities for thousands of years have manipulated Earth's historical development." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-141. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, #16.
A MIRROR FOR OBSERVERS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of 1955 International Fantasy Award. "Martians in underground cities for thousands of years have manipulated Earth's historical development." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-141. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, #16.
RITE OF PASSAGE.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. The author's first book. Winner of the 1968 Nebula award for best novel. 1969 Hugo nominee. "...a complex and expertly told novel, making adroit use of the basic right-of-passage structure that underlies almost all tales set in generational starships..." - Clute and Nichols: the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction pp. 906-907. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-844. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1805-08.
RITE OF PASSAGE.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Signed inscription by Panshin. The author's first book. Winner of the 1968 Nebula award for best novel. 1969 Hugo nominee. "...a complex and expertly told novel, making adroit use of the basic right-of-passage structure that underlies almost all tales set in generational starships..."- Clute and Nichols: the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction pp. 906-907. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-844. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1805-08.
RITE OF PASSAGE.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Nebula award winner for best novel. "...a complex and expertly told novel, making adroit use of the basic right-of-passage structure that underlies almost all tales set in generational starships..."- Clute and Nichols: the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction pp. 906-907. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-844. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1805-08.
RITE OF PASSAGE.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Nebula award winner for best novel. "...a complex and expertly told novel, making adroit use of the basic right-of-passage structure that underlies almost all tales set in generational starships..."- Clute and Nichols: the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction pp. 906-907. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-844. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1805-08.
GATEWAY.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by the Pohl on the title page. "This is a fine contemporary space opera, with some neatly ironic characterization."- Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-333. Hugo Award winner 1978, Nebula Award winner 1977, John W. Campbell award 1978.
GATEWAY.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by the Pohl on the title page. First book of the Heechee series. "This is a fine contemporary space opera, with some neatly ironic characterization."- Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-333. Hugo Award winner 1978, Nebula Award winner 1977, John W. Campbell award 1978. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-860. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 858-64.
GATEWAY.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Pohl to "Von" on the title page. First book of the Heechee series. Winner of the 1977 Nebula and 1978 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-860. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 858-64.