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Science Fiction and Fantasy      

      This page offers titles from our estate sale that fall within the sub-genre of science fiction, future science, fantasy, and similarly related fiction. All books listed here are also listed in the Fiction pages. They are duplicated here for the convenience of visitors interested only in this sub-genre.
      Unless noted otherwise, all volumes are cloth bound (hard back), have dust jackets, and are standard 8vo size (octavo - 7" to 10" in length). All pertinent information is listed using standard IBCA terminology.
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Common Abbreviations
1st ed First edition
1st ed tr First trade edition
1st ed UK First UK edition
1st ed US First US edition
1st pr First printing
8vo Std sized book
BC Book club edition
DJ Dust jacket
Ex-lib Library copy
HB Hard back (cloth)
ND No date
PB Mass paper back
PM Pamphlet
QP Trade paper back
RM Remainder mark
For more detailed information, see book descriptions.

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Related Titles
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A

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0023   Abbott, Edwin A.   Flatland: A Romance
    of Many Dimensions  (Illus.)
Emerson 1982, 123pp, vy fine 6.50  
      Edwin Abbott's fanciful tale of a Square -- a two-dimensional being who is whisked away by a mysterious visitor to The Land of Three Dimensions -- an experience that forever alters his worldview.
      Also, see Sphereland
 
  0159   Adams, Richard   Watership Down Macmillan 1972, BC, 429pp, spine edges bumped, dj price clippd w/2 minor chips rear flap fold, else nr fine 3.50  
 
B

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0510   Barker, Clive   Weaveworld Poseidon 1987, 1st ed, 584pp, vy sl fadg at top/btm spine edges, dj sl wrnkd top spine, else fine+ 7.50  
      Clive Barker's tale of a world woven into a rug, the world of the Seerkind, more ancient than man. As the rug is unwoven we travel deep into the glorious raptures of the Weaveworld before we witness the final cataclysmic struggle for its possession."
 
  0664   Beagle, Peter S.   The Folk of the Air Del Rey/Ballantine 1986, 1st ed, 330pp, dj has knife score along spine w/50mm tear at top, else fine+ 8.50  
      Peter Beagle's fantasy novel involving a League for Archaic Pleasures, a group that play-acted the manners and events of medieval chivalry - sometimes too seriously.
 
  0160   Benford, Gregory   Artifact TOR 1985, 1st ed, 533pp, spine edges & top corners sl bumped, front free endpaper corner clipped, dj sl worn at edges, else vy good+ 5.00  
      Gregory Benford's explosive tale of a near future thriller about a recently unearthed tomb, and strange and weird events that ensue.
 
  0660   Burger, Dionys   Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe   (Illus)
    (Tr by Cornelie J. Rheinboldt)
Harper & Row/Perennial 1983, QP, 4th pr, 5¼ x8", 208pp, natural crease on spine (bindery flaw), else fine 3.50  
      "A delightful fantasy by distinguished Dutch mathematician, Dionys Burger, that both entertains and instructs in the multidimensional geometries of curved space and the expanding universe. Written in 1960 as a sequel to Edwin Abbott's Victorian satire, Flatland." Foreward by Isaac Asimov.
      Also, see Flatland
 
  0265   Burroughs, Edgar Rice   At the Earth's Core Ace n.d., PB, orig F-156 ed, ca.early 1960s (undated), 40c covr price, 4¼ x6½", 147pp, spine not creasd, brwng at pg edges, else nr fine 3.50  
  0266   Burroughs, Edgar Rice   The Lost Continent
    (Orig title: Beyond Thirty)
Ace n.d., PB, orig F-235 ed, ca.early 1960s (undated), 40c covr price, 4¼ x6½", 123pp, spine not creasd, brwng at pg edges, else vy good 3.50  
  0267   Burroughs, Edgar Rice   The Monster Men Ace n.d., PB, orig F-182 ed, ca.early 1960s (undated), 40c covr price, 4¼ x6½", 159pp, spine not creasd, brwng at pg edges, else vy good+ 3.50  
  0268   Burroughs, Edgar Rice   Pellucidar Ace n.d., PB, orig F-158 ed, ca.early 1960s (undated), 40c covr price, 4¼ x6½", 160pp, spine not creasd, brwng at pg edges, else nr fine 3.50  
 
C

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0576   Cabell, James Branch   Jurgen (Illus) Dover 1977, QP, 5½ x8½", 325pp, fine+ 2.50  
      Reprint of James Cabell's work originally published in 1919, a fantasy in which the protagonist is allowed to relive his youth for a year. 13 b&w plates by Frank C. Pape.
 
  0304   Clarke, Arthur C. &     Lee, Gentry   Cradle Warner 1988, 1st ed, 293pp, vy fine 6.50  
  0305   Clarke, Arthur C.   Rendevous With Rama Ballantine 1979, PB, 10th pr, 276pp, prev ownrs named inked inside frnt cvr, else good 1.50  
  0281   Clarke, Arthur C.   The Songs of Distant Earth Del Rey 1987, PB, 1st pr, 319pp, fine 1.50  
  0276   Clarke, Arthur C.   2001: A Space Odyssey
    (Illus w/stills from MGM film; based on the screenplay by Stanley Kubrick & A.C. Clarke)
Signet (NAL) 1968, PB, 12th pr, 221pp, yellowg at pg edges, else vy good 1.50  
  0277   Clarke, Arthur C.   2010: Odyssey Two Del Rey (Ballantine) 1982, 8th pr, 291pp, vy minor wrinkles top/btm dj spine, else vy fine 3.50  
  0278   Clarke, Arthur C.   2061: Odyssey Three Del Rey (Ballantine) 1988, 1st ed, 279pp, vy fine 5.00  
      Additional titles by Arthur C. Clarke
 
D

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0088   Dalos, Gyorgy   1985: What Happens After
    Big Brother Dies
    (Tr. by Stuart Hood, et.al.)
Pantheon 1983, 1st ed US, RM, 120pp, vy fine 5.00  
 
  0292  Donaldson, Stephen R Chronicles of Thomas Covenant 1
    Lord Foul's Bane
Ballantine 1979, PB, 9th pr, 480pp, yellowg at pg edges, else vy good 1.50  
  0293  Donaldson, Stephen R Chronicles of Thomas Covenant 2
    The Illearth War
Ballantine 1979, PB, 6th pr, 527pp, sl yellowg at pg edges, else vy good 1.50  
  0294  Donaldson, Stephen R Chronicles of Thomas Covenant 3
    The Power That Preserves
Ballantine 1980, PB, 6th pr, 489pp, sl yellowg at pg edges, else vy good 1.50  
  0295  Donaldson, Stephen R Chronicles of Thomas Covenant II - 1: The Wounded Land Ballantine 1981, PB, 1st pr, 497pp, sl yellowg at pg edges, else vy good 1.75  
  0296  Donaldson, Stephen R Chronicles of Thomas Covenant II - 2: The One Tree Ballantine 1982, 1st ed, 475pp, price stickr residue front ep, else vy fine 6.50  
  0297  Donaldson, Stephen R Chronicles of Thomas Covenant II - 3: White Gold Wielder Ballantine 1983, 3rd pr, 485pp, vy fine 5.00  
  0552  Donaldson, Stephen R Daughter of Regals & Other Tales Del Rey 1984, 1st ed, 337pp, nr fine 6.50  
      A collection of eight stories by Stephen Donaldson, including "Daughter of Regals," "Gilden-Fire," "Mythological Beast," "The Lady in White," "Animal Lover," "Unworthy of the Angel," "The Conqueror Worm" and "Ser Visal's Tale." From the author of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles.
  0551  Donaldson, Stephen R Mordant's Need:
   The Mirror of Her Dreams  &
    A Man Rides Through
Del Rey 1986, 1st ed, 2 vols, 642pp, 661pp, vy fine 15.00  
      "Somewhere is the realm there are renegade Imagers, Masters of Mirrors..." Stephen Donaldson's two volume, 1300 pg fantasy saga of a young New Yorker plucked form a routine life straight into a strange and magical world. By the author of the award winning, Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever.
 
F

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0253   Farmer, Philip Jose   Gods of Riverworld Putnam 1983, 1st ed tr, 331pp, dj sl frayed top edge, sl dog-ear top frnt flap & btm rear flap, else fine+ 3.50  
  0254   Farmer, Philip Jose   The Magic Labyrinth
   (4th & final vol in Riverworld series)
Berkley 1980, ed not stated, 339pp, vy fine 3.50  
 
  0308   Ford, Richard   Quest for the Faradawn (Illus) Delacorte 1982, 1st ed US, 310pp, dj spine sl faded w/3 5mm edge tears, else fine+ 9.50  
 
  0309   Foster, Alan Dean   Alien Warner 1979, PB, 1st pr, 270pp, vy sl yellowg at pg edges, else good 1.00  
 
H

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0520   Harrison, Harry   West of Eden Bantam 1984, 1st ed, 483pp, bkseller's magnetic security strip inside back cvr, else fine 7.50  
      First book of the West of Eden trilogy; a wonderful tale by sci-fi master Harry Harrison about what would have happened if dinosaurs had not disappeared.
 
  0280   Heinlein, Robert A.   Glory Road Berkley 1970, PB, 26th pr, 288pp, hint of yellowg at pg edges, good 1.50  
  0257   Heinlein, Robert A.   JOB: A Comedy of Justice Del Rey/Ballantine 1984, 1st ed, RM, 376pp, fine+ 6.50  
 
  0258   Herbert, Frank   Dune Putnam 1984, 6th pr, in mylar cvr, 517pp, fine+ 11.50  
 
  0067   Horwood, William   Callanish Franklin Watts 1984, 1st ed, 192pp, fine+ 6.50  
 
  0061   Hubbard, L. Ron   Battlefield Earth St. Martin's 1982, 3rd pr, 819pp, several repaired dj tears, else fine 7.50  
 
K

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0014   Kotzwinkle, William   Great World Circus Putnam 1983, ed not stated, 159pp, vy fine 7.50  
 
L

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0320   LeGuin, Ursula K.   The Left Hand of Darkness Ace 1972, PB, 3rd pr, 286pp, yellowg at pg edges, 15 x20mm chip frm 1 pg, prev ownr's name neatly inked btm frnt free ep, else good 1.75  
      "You can not cast a Gethenian in the role of Man or Woman, nor can you base your expections on "him" interacting as the same or opposite sex. It is an appalling experience for a Terran..."
  0530   Lewis, C. S.   Till We Have Faces:
    A Myth Retold
HBJ 1980, QP, 1st pr, 5¼ x8", 313pp, fine+ 4.50  
      Based on the classical myth of Psyche and Cupid.
 
M

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0625   McCaffrey, Anne   All the Weyrs of Pern Del Rey/Ballantine 1991, 1st ed, 404pp, vy fine 7.50  
      The dragonriders had dedicated themselves for generations to fighting Thread, the hellish spores that rained every so often from the sky to spoil the earth... Now it looked as if that might be possible when the people uncovered the remains of the planet's original settlement. They uncovered the early people's voice-activated artifical intellignece system which still worked! This meant that it could be used to wipe out Thread for all time. From the Dragonriders of Pern series.
  0626   McCaffrey, Anne   Killashandra Del Rey/Ballantine 1985, 1st ed, 303pp, dj spine sl sun faded, else vy fine 8.50  
      Killashandra Ree's life was one of catastrophic changes. She had joined the Heptite Guild to become a Crystal Singer, get rich, and forget her past. But then a devastating storm turned her claim to useless rock. In short order she was broke, she had crystal sickness so bad she thought she'd die, and the only way she could be true to the man she loved was to leave him.
 
N

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0261   Nourse, Alan E.   The Blade Runner Balantine 1975, PB, 1st pr, 213pp, 5mm tear top back covr, yellowg at pg edges, else vy good 4.50  
 
R

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0094   Rushdie, Salman   Grimus
    (Selected as one of the Hundred Best Novels in Modern Fantasy by David Pringle)
Overlook Press 1979, 1st ed, 319pp, author's 1st novel, 4x15mm RM on btm pg edges nr spine, several vy minor scratches on dj, vy sl sun disclration on ½ dj spine, else vy fine 75.00  
 
V

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0199   Verne, Jules   Off on a Comet
  Newly abridged & modernized
Ace 1957, PB, orig D-245 ed w/35c cvr price, 4¼ x6½", 318pp, crease on spine is minimal, 15mm tear top spine on frnt hinge, browng at pg edges, frnt prelim pgs crackd along hinge but nt detached, bindg intact, else good-vy good 6.50  
 
  0057   Voinovich, Vladimir   Moscow 2042 HBJ 1987, 1st ed US, 424pp, vy fine 7.50  
 
W

  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0550   Weston, Susan B.   Children of the Light St Martins 1987, PB, 1st pr, vy sl yellowg at pg edges, 262pp, good 2.00  
      "Accidently marooned in a ravaged future, 19 yr-old Jeremy Towers is almost literally the last man on Earth. He is one of the very last sexually fertile men in a world populated by women, subsistence farmers, wandering mutants and a few sterile males."
 
  0157   Wilhelm, Kate   Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Harper 1976, BC, 213pp, sm initials in ink top LH frnt free endpapr, top edge dj worn esp at spine w/10mm tear top rear & sm moisture stain btm spine, else vy good 4.50  
 
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