Science Fiction Awards (All SF, Fantasy, Horror).
GATEWAY.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First edition. 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.
GATEWAY.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1986]. Octavo, illustrations by Vincent DiFate, full leather, a.e.g. Limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Pohl. New introduction by Algis Budrys. "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. Collector's notes laid in. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-860. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 858-64.
MAN PLUS.
New York: Random House, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First edition. An astronaut is surgically "rebuilt" to enable him to stay alive, without external artificial aids, on the surface of the planet Mars. Winner of the 1976 Nebula award. 1977 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-862. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 82. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1328-32.
EXPIRATION DATE.
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2008. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. Of 500 numbered copies signed by Powers and illustrator J. K. Potter this copy is marked "PC." Additionally inscribed and signed by Powers to Joe (Stefko) (publisher of Charnel House) on the title page. Winner of the 1996 Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror novel. Part of his "Fault Lines" series.
THE PRESTIGE.
London, Sydney, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Toronto: Touchstone, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Priest. Winner of the 1996 World Fantasy Award for best novel. Filmed in 2006 by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo and Scarlett Johansson.
THE PRESTIGE.
London, Sydney, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Toronto: Touchstone, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of the 1996 World Fantasy Award for best novel. Filmed in 2006 by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo and Scarlett Johansson.
BLUE MARS.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. Final volume in the Mars trilogy. Winner of the 1997 Hugo award for best novel.
THE UNCONQUERED COUNTRY.
London: Allen & Unwin, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. 1985 World Fantasy Award winner as best novella.
THE TERMINAL EXPERIMENT.
[Nashville: SoulWave Publishers, Inc., 1997]. Octavo, cloth. First trade hardcover edition. One of 200 signed and numbered copies. Winner of the Nebula award for best novel, 1995 (first published as a paperback original). The book was also a finalist for the Hugo award. This edition adds a new after word by the author. This copy has both dust jackets that were designed for the book.
THE HEALER'S WAR.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1988]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. "... in her finest single novel to date ... an altogether more complex kind of storytelling unfolds. The protagonist of the book is a nurse in Viet Nam; Scarborough's descriptions of events there are of a piece with those found in the work of Bruce McAllister and Lucius Shepard; and the central premise -- and in this too THE HEALER'S WAR shares preoccupations with those other writers' work -- is that it is possible to access a deeper reality, in this case via an amulet given her by a holy man, and to cure the maimed. Winner of the 1989 Nebula Award for best novel.
CITY.
[New York]: Gnome Press, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by cover artist Kelly Freas. Winner of 1953 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder 3-163.
CITY.
[New York]: Gnome Press, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Simak on the front free end paper, "With all good wishes / Clifford D. Simak." Winner of 1953 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1029. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 369-73.
CARRION COMFORT ...
Arlington Hts., Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1989. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 450 numbered copies signed by Simmons and artist Kathleen McNeil Sherman. The author's second novel. "... one of the more ambitious modern vampire novels and a successful rendering of the vampire theme from a fresh and original perspective." - Barron, Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-335.
HYPERION with FALL OF HYPERION
New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Auckland: Doubleday, A Foundation Book, [1989],[1990]. Octavo, two volumes, cloth backed boards. First edition. Both volumes signed by Simmons on the title page. The first two volumes of the HYPERION Cantos. HYPERION is the 1990 Hugo Award winner for best novel. "...one of the most complex space operas ever written." and "...beautifully written and have few equals for sheer, large scale sense of wonder." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1033. Hugo and Nebula award nominee. Winner of the 1992 British Science Fiction Association Award for best novel. Recently announced to be getting a film treatment by Bradley Cooper (11/2021).
HYPERION.
New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Auckland: Doubleday, A Foundation Book, [1989]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Hardbound issue limited to 2000 copies. 1990 Hugo Award winner for best novel. "...one of the most complex space operas ever written." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1033.
A DOOR INTO OCEAN.
New York: Arbor House, [1986]. Octavo, illustration by Ron Walotsky, cloth backed boards. First edition. 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.
THE DIAMOND AGE.
NY: Bantam, 1995. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Winner of the 1996 Hugo Award for best novel. 1995 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1076. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #43. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009.
MORE THAN HUMAN.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1953. Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. First edition. Winner of the 1954 International Fantasy Award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-172. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 14.
STATIONS OF THE TIDE.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1991. Octavo, leather. First limited edition. Signed by Swanwick on special limitation page. New introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series. 1991 Nebula award winner.
STATIONS OF THE TIDE.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., [1991]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "An envoy visits a watery colonized world which has been quarantined from hi-tech trade because of the killing-off of its alien inhabitants by humans. The fascinating background is well developed, in Swanwick's best novel to date." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 351. "Swanwick presents a marvelously complex world in a very small space, filling it with finely drawn characters, superb stylistic flourishes, tantic sex, literary allusions galore, and fascinating bits of cybernetic technology, including an almost magical artificial intelligence briefcase and a government office complex located exclusively in virtual reality." Winner of the 1991 Nebula award for best novel." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1111. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #24.
DINNER AT DEVIANT'S PALACE.
London: Chatto & Windus, [1986]. Octavo, boards. First British and first trade hardcover edition. "A hard-boiled version of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice set in a post-holocaust California, with a bizarre alien presiding over an exotic hell. A fast-moving adventure with the author's usual gothic touches; a key example of the new post-holocaust romanticism." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-872. Winner of the 1985 John W. Campbell Award and 1986 Philip K. Dick Award for best novel. 1985 Nebula nominee. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 431.
THE DRAGON MASTERS.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. hardcover edition, first printing. 348 copies printed. Signed by Vance on the title page. Text offset from that of the 1962 Ace edition. New introduction by Norman Spinrad. Winner of the 1963 Hugo award for best novella. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1161. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 600-04. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A11i.
THE LAST CASTLE.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1980. Large octavo, illustrated by Alicia Austin, original purple cloth front and spine stamped in silver. First hardcover edition. When first published this won the 1966 Nebula Award for Best Novella and also the 1966 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (both presented in 1967). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A30d.
THE LAST CASTLE.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1980. Large octavo, illustrated by Alicia Austin, original purple cloth front and spine stamped in silver. First hardcover edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance and illustrator Alicia Austin. Winner of the 1966 Nebula Award for Best Novella and also the 1966 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (both presented in 1967). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1165. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1144-50. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A30d.
LYONESSE: MADOUC.
Novato, CA/Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1989. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by Vance. The third and last volume in the Lyonesse series. Winner of the 1990 World Fantasy Award for best novel. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-257.