Science Fiction
STAR OF DANGER.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition, first printing. Text offset from that of the the 1965 Ace edition. New introduction by Marion Zimmer Bradley. A Darkover novel. See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-77. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-47. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 488-92. Pringle (ed.) - St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 68-71.
STORM QUEEN!
Boston: Gregg Press, [1979]. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition, first printing. Text offset from that of the the 1978 DAW Books edition. New introduction by Marion Zimmer Bradley. A Darkover novel. See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-77. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-47. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 488-92. Pringle (ed.) - St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 68-71.
THE SWORD OF ALDONES.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition, first printing. Text offset from that of the the 1962 Ace edition. New introduction by Richard A. Lupoff. A Darkover novel. This is the first Darkover novel that Bradley wrote, it was first published as an Ace double with THE PLANET SAVERS which was her first published Darkover work in Amazing Stories (1958). "The Darkover series has a science-fictional rationale, but much of it has a fantasy feel." Pringle (ed.) - St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 68-71. See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-77. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-47. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 488-92.
THE WINDS OF DARKOVER.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition, first printing. Text offset from that of the the 1970 Ace edition. New introduction by Marion Zimmer Bradley. A Darkover novel. See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-77. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-47. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 488-92. Pringle (ed.) - St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 68-71.
THE WORLD WRECKERS.
Boston: Gregg Press, [1979]. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition, first printing. Text offset from that of the the 1971 Ace edition. New introduction by Marion Zimmer Bradley. A Darkover novel. See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-77. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-47. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 488-92. Pringle (ed.) - St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 68-71.
THE GODDESS OF ATVATABAR: BEING THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE INTERIOR WORLD AND CONQUEST OF ATVATABAR ...
New York: J. F. Douthitt, 1892. Large octavo, pp. [1-5] 6 [7] 8 [9] 10-318 [319: blank] [320: ad], flyleaves at front and rear, frontispiece, 45 illustrations by C. Durand Chapman and others, original bevel-edged green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in green. First edition, first binding. "A bizarre, often grotesque, fairy tale of science ..." - Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, p. 66. An ambitious lost race novel based on Symmes' theory of concentric spheres. Among the more lavish nineteenth century American SF novels, but perhaps of most interest for its introduction by Julian Hawthorne that "denounces Zola and the literary naturalists, predicting that the future of literature lies with such romances as Bradshaw's." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 1-14. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 3-15. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-21. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 270. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 255. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 091. Howgego, Encyclopedia of Exploration: Invented and Apocryphal Narratives of Travel B44. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 39. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p. 192. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 93. Teitler and Locke, By the World Forgot (2013) 147. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 29. Reginald 01810. Wright (III) 648.
THE SMOKING LAND.
Santa Barbara, Capra Press, [1980]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback format. First published in Argosy magazine in six parts starting May 29, 1937 using the pseudonym George Challis. A science fiction-romantic adventure novel involving a lost race.
THE AARDVARK AFFAIR.
New York: Zebra Books, [1975]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The Big Brain No. 1. Planned before birth, Colin Garrett is an off the charts genius, working for a secret government organization.
THE KNIGHT OF THE SILVER STAR: OR THE FORTRESS OF YADASARA. A NARRATIVE PREPARED FROM THE MANUSCRIPT OF CLINTON VERRALL, ESQ.
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [n.d.]. Octavo, [i-vi] vii [viii] 9-342 [last leaf blank]. cloth. Later edition. Inserted frontispiece and 7 illustrations. Lost race, adventure novel. First published under the pseudonym Christian Lys.
SISTER EARTH.
London: Scion Limited, [1951]. Octavo, cover by George Ratcliffe, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Space explorers discover Earth's twin in an identical orbit hidden by the Sun. "Pedantic, puerile narrative." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A22.
MA QUI AND OTHER PHANTOMS.
Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Brennert. Collects four stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Seventeen.
BRIGHTNESS REEF.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1995]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Book One of a new "Uplift Trilogy." 1996 Hugo nominee.
BRIGHTNESS REEF.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1995]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Book One of a new "Uplift Trilogy." 1996 Hugo nominee.
BRIGHTNESS REEF.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Book Two of a new "Uplift Trilogy."
EARTH.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1990]. Octavo, full black leather, spine panel stamped in gold, a.e.g. First edition. Limited to 342 (unnumbered) copies signed by Brin. "...it's fifty years from tomorrow. A microscopic black hole has accidentally fallen into the Earth's core and the entire planet is in danger of being destroyed within two years. A team of scientists frantically searches for a way to prevent the ultimate disaster." - from the David Brin website. Hugo award nominee for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-158.
EARTH.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1990]. Octavo, full black leather, spine panel stamped in gold, a.e.g. First edition. Limited to 342 (unnumbered) copies signed by Brin. "...it's fifty years from tomorrow. A microscopic black hole has accidentally fallen into the Earth's core and the entire planet is in danger of being destroyed within two years. A team of scientists frantically searches for a way to prevent the ultimate disaster." - from the David Brin website. Hugo award nominee for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-158.
GLORY SEASON.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1993]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U.S. edition. Novel set on another planet in which the feminist colonists establish a matriarchal society. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-159.
GLORY SEASON.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1993]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Novel set on another planet in which the feminist colonists establish a matriarchal society. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-159.
GLORY SEASON.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, [1993]. Octavo, frontispiece by Jill Bauman, full leather, a.e.g. First limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Brin. Novel set on another planet in which the feminist colonists establish a matriarchal society. 1994 Hugo nominee. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-159.
HEAVEN'S REACH.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The final volume of a new "Uplift Trilogy."
INFINITY'S SHORE.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Brin on the title page. Book two of a new "Uplift Trilogy."
INFINITY'S SHORE.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Brin on the title page. Book three of a new "Uplift Trilogy."
THE RIVER OF TIME.
Niles, IL: Dark Harvest, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Trade edition. The author's first short story collection, eleven stories including "The Crystal Spheres," which was the winner of the 1985 Hugo Award for best short story.
STARTIDE RISING.
West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1985. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 375 numbered copies signed by Brin. Nebula award winner, 1983, Hugo award winner, 1984 for best novel. This book includes textual revisions by the author for this edition. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-162.
STARTIDE RISING.
West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1985. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 375 numbered copies signed by Brin. This edition includes textual revisions by the author. "Superior space opera of a very high order" - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-162. Nebula award winner, 1983, Hugo award winner, 1984 for best novel.