Aldiss John (245 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Almost no wear. Edited by Avram Davidson and Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Emsh for "No Truce with Kings" (short novel) by Poul Anderson. Includes "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Pushover Planet" by Con Pederson; "Starlesque" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Green Magic" by Jack Vance; "Science: The Light That Failed!" by Isaac Asimov; "The Weremartini" by Vance Aandahl; "Ferdinand Feghoot: LXII" by Grendel Briarton (Reginald Bretnor); "Bokko-Chan" by Shin'ichi Hoshi; "Tis The Season To Be Jelly" by Richard Matheson; "Another Rib" by John J. Wells & Marion Zimmer Bradley; "There Are No More Good Stories About Mars. . ." (verse) by Brian W. Aldiss; "Index to Volume XXIV".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing # 2189 of this collection of sci-fi short stories. Authors include Arthur C. Clarke, A.E. van Vogt, John Brunner, James Blish and more. Light edgewear. Light corner crease to the front cover. Light rubbing to the cover. Age toning to the pages. In Very Good Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. aFirst Edition First Printing. Shelf 1060 Clean, tight and appears unread; glossy covers; Not a book club copy. No previous owner name, no underlining, not ex library, not price clipped, not a remainder.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Berkley F883. Sound hinges. No spine lean. No spine crease. Tight binding. "March 6, 1984 Sweet Springs" written in small neat handwriting at the top of the first page. All subsequent pages clean, unmarked and undamaged. A little wear around the edges of the spine and covers. Very little wear otherwise. From a large collection. The paperback will be bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit.

First edition, first printing #S345 of this collection of sci-fi short stories. A paperback original. Featured are Danse Macabre by Mervyn Peake, Blood Offering by John Kippax, Same Time, Same Place by Mervyn Peake, Master of Chaos by Michael Moorcock, Wednesday's Child by William Tenn, Dial "O" for Operator by Robert Presslie, The Flowers of the Forest by Brian W Aldiss, Fresh Guy by E.C. Tubb, The Garden of Paris by Eric Williams and The Graveyard Reader by Theodore Sturgeon. Light rubbing and scratches to the black cover. Light reading crease near the spine. Age toning to the pages. Light edgewear. In Very Good Condition.

John Schoenherr (illustrator). Bow Down to Nul by Brian W Aldiss, Ace F-382, 1966, second printing. Cover art by John Schoenherr. Bright and tight; slight spine slant; several light stress creases.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of a novella, a novelet and seven short stories. Featured are Mushroom World by Stephen Tall (novella), A Winter Memory by Alan Brennert (novelet), Space Shoes of the Gods by John Sladek (short story), Three Songs for Enigmatic Lovers to Howard Hughes: A Modest Proposal by Joe Haldeman (short story), The Look Alike Revolution by Larry Eisenberg (short story), A Century Feeling by J Michael Reaves (short story), The What-ever-I-Type-is-True Machine by Harry Harrison and Barry N Malzberg (short story) and Hex Factor by Robert F Young (short story). Light age toning to the cover and pages. Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this all-British collecton of a novella, three novelets, four short stories and an article. Featured are The Watched by Christopher Priest (novella), Ariadne Potts by Keith Roberts (novelet), Three Ways by Brian W Aldiss (novelet), Marriage by Robert Aickman (novelet), The Man Who Understood Carboniferous Flora by John Brunner (short story), My Soul Swims in a Goldfish Bowl by Ian Watson (short story), Drink Me, Francesca by Richard Cowper (short story), Psycho Sis by Kenneth Bulmer (short story) and The Gulf and The Forest - Contemporary SF in Britain by Brian W Aldiss (article). Slight edgewear. Light wear to tips of spine. Crease to date of publication on spine. In Very Good Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 16 pieces of writing including novellas, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are A Man of the People by Ursula K Le Guin (novella), Mortimer Gray's History of Death by Brian Stableford (novella), When The Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick (novelette), George's Shirt by Avram Davidson (novelette), Farthest Man from Earth by John C Wright (novelette), From Who All Blessings Flow by Stephen Dedman (novelette), Casting at Pegasus by Mary Rosenblum (novelette), The Rainses' by Nisi Shawl (short story), Into the Tunnell by Brian W Aldiss, The Bone-Carver's Tale by Jeff VanderMeer (short story), Life on the Moon by Tony Daniel (short story), Noses by Eliot Fintushel (short story), Death's A Face by William John Witkins (poetry), Curse of the Time Traveler's Wife by Bruce Boston (poetry), Curse of the Doppelganger's Wife by Bruce Boston (poetry) and Europa/Sole Inhabitant by Robert Frazier (poetry). Address label affixed to front cover. A 1-inch closed-tear to front cover's bottom right corner. In Near Fine Condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. Richard Powers (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------paperback. A 381-page first edition paperback original science fiction anthology with titles asking questions and with question marks. Back cover corner crease, edgewear, a VG to VG+ copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. LK.

Condition: Very Good. 1758891933. 9/26/2025 1:05:33 PM.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 10, No. 1. Edited by Gardner Dozois. Cover art by Hisaki Yasuda for "Count Zero" (pt. 1 of 3) by William Gibson. Includes "Pretty Boy Crossover" by Pat Cadigan; "Reduction' by Gregory Frost & John Kessel; "Special Education" by Tim Sullivan; "Jeff Beck" by Lewis Shriner; "The Eye of the Beholder" by Isaac Asimov. Departments: "Editorial: Old Hundredth" by Isaac Asimov; "Letters"; "Blues in the Night" by Martin Gardner; "Gaming" by Dana Lombardy; "Viewpoint: Theodore Sturgeon 1918-1985" by Harlan Ellison; Damon Knight, Isaac Asimov, Brian W. Aldiss, Stephen King, and Somtow Sucharitkul; "On Books: Must There Be War?" by Norman Spinrad; "Index to 1985"; "Mooney's Module" by Gerry Mooney; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss. Illustrated by Terry Lee, Arthur George, Hank Jankus, and J. K. Potter. Label pulls and bits remaining on front; tape at lower spine/front hinge; tears; creasing; tears and losses to first few pages (editorial and letters, no losses to stories). Reading copy. Book.

Condition: Near Fine. BU.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good to Very Good-. [1st printing] Aug. 1966; #S1272. Cover art by Schoenherrs. Includes "Preface"; "Unreal Estates" by C. S. Lewis, Brian W. Aldiss, Kingsley Amis; "The Marching Morons" by C. M. Kornbuth; "Gadget vs. Trend" by Christopher Anvil; "Such Stuff" by John Brunner; "The Sellers of the Dream" by John Jakes; "The Large Ant" by Howard Fast; "Barrier" by Anthony Boucher; "The Great Nebraska Sea" by Allan Danzig; "Compassion Circuit" by John Wyndham; "A Planet Named Shayol" by Cordwainer Smith; "Into the Shop" by Ron Goulart; "The Secret Songs" by Fritz Leiber; "Stranger Station" by Damon Knight; "Hot Planet' by Hal Clement; "The Choice" by Wayland Young. Creasing; tanning; razor slices to spine. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 1, No. 1. Edited by Fred Pohl, this was the only issue of this magazine ever to be published. Cover by Richard Powers. Includes "It Walks in Beauty" by Chan Davis; "Mark X" by John A. Sentry (Algis Budrys); "The Apprentice Wobbler" by Poul Anderson; "S as in Zebatinsky" by Isaac Asimov; "Baybroke" by Robert Bloch; "Judas Dancing" by Brian Aldiss; "Nor the Moon by Night" by Gavin Hyde. Illustrated by Powers. Spine covering is gone and covers are loose with edge and corner losses; pages tanning; address stamp on first page. Reading copy. Book.

Karel Thole [DJ] (illustrator). Hardcover. BCE. DJ: Minimal edge wear. Navy boards with silver gilt spine text. Prior owner's Ex-Libros plate obverse upper board. Else tight and square. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. SCIFI/FANTASY/SHORTSTORIES/SERIES.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st printing, Apr. 1967; #50532. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Introduction"; "An Ancient Madness" by Damon Knight; "The King of the Beasts" by Philip Jose Farmer; "The Watchers in the Glade" by Richard Wilson; "Jungle Substitute" by Brian W. Aldiss; "How the Old World Died" by Harry Harrison; "The Children of Night" by Frederik Pohl; "To Avenge Man" by Lester Del Rey; "The Monster and the Maiden" by Roger Zelazny; "A Flask of Fine Arcturan" by C. C. McApp; "Wrong-Way Street" by Larry Niven; "Wasted on the Young" by John Brunner; "Slow Tuesday Night" by R. A. Lafferty. Tanning; creasing; light lean; short tear at lower front cover edge; minor bumps and dings. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. [1st printing] Apr. 1971; #N1982. Cover art by Lehr. Includes 'Introduction"; "The Muse" by Anthony Burgess; "Working in the Spaceship Yards" by Brian W. Aldiss; "The Schematic Man" by Frederik Pohl; "The Snows Are Melted, The Snows Are Gone" by James Tiptree, Jr.; "Hospital of Transplanted Hearts" by D. M. Thomas; "Eco-Catastrophe!" by Dr. Paul Ehrlich; "The Castle on the Crag" by Pg Wyal; "Nine Lives" by Ursula K. Le Guin; "Holding Your Eight Hands" by Edward Lucie-Smith; "Progression of the Species" by Brian W. Aldiss; "Report Back" by John Cotton; "The Killing Ground" by J. G. Ballard; "The Dannold Cheque" by Ken W. Purdy; "Womb to Tomb" by Joseph Wesley; "Like Father" by Jon Hartridge; "The Electric Ant" by Philip K. Dick; "The Man Inside" by Bruce McAllister; "Now Hear the Word of the Lord" by Algis Budrys; "Afterward: An Awful Lot of Copy" by Brian W. Aldiss. Tipped-in bookclub card. Tanning; edge nicks and wear.Edge and corner nicks and wear; tanning; minor creasing; minor internal; ink spot. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. [1st printing] April 1966; #F3245. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Foreward"; "Key to Chaos" by Edward Mackin; "Two's Company" by John Rankine; "Man on Bridge" by Brian W. Aldiss; "Haggard Honeymoon" by Joseph Green & James Webbert; "The Sea's Furthest End" by Damien Broderick. Minor nciks to edges; tanning. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Minor Wear. Reading Cease To The Spine.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First American Edition. [1st printing] April 1966; #F3245. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Foreward"; "Key to Chaos" by Edward Mackin; "Two's Company" by John Rankine; "Man on Bridge" by Brian W. Aldiss; "Haggard Honeymoon" by Joseph Green & James Webbert; "The Sea's Furthest End" by Damien Broderick. Tanning; minor corner creasing. Book.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 47, No. 5. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Mazey & Schell for "Mushroom World" (novella; Stardust series) by Stephen Tall. Includes "A Winter Memory" (novelet) by Alan Brennert; "Space Shoes of the Gods" by John Sladek; "Three Songs for Enigmatic Lovers" by Brian W. Aldiss; "To Howard Hughes: A Modest Proposal" by Joe Haldeman; "The Look Alike Revolution" by Larry Eisenberg; "The Century Feeling" by J. Michael Reaves; "The Whatever-I-Type-Is-True Machine" by Harry Harrison & Barry N. Malzberg; "The Hex Factor" by Robert F. Young. Features: "Books" by Avram Davidson; "Films: Flesh Gordon" by Baird Searles; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Science: Skewered!" by Isaac Asimov. Edgewear; minor creasing; mild tanning. Magazine.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 47, No. 5. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Mazey & Schell for "Mushroom World" (novella; Stardust series) by Stephen Tall. Includes "A Winter Memory" (novelet) by Alan Brennert; "Space Shoes of the Gods" by John Sladek; "Three Songs for Enigmatic Lovers" by Brian W. Aldiss; "To Howard Hughes: A Modest Proposal" by Joe Haldeman; "The Look Alike Revolution" by Larry Eisenberg; "The Century Feeling" by J. Michael Reaves; "The Whatever-I-Type-Is-True Machine" by Harry Harrison & Barry N. Malzberg; "The Hex Factor" by Robert F. Young. Features: "Books" by Avram Davidson; "Films: Flesh Gordon" by Baird Searles; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Science: Skewered!" by Isaac Asimov. Magazine.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Vol. 47, No. 5. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Mazey & Schell for "Mushroom World" (novella; Stardust series) by Stephen Tall. Includes "A Winter Memory" (novelet) by Alan Brennert; "Space Shoes of the Gods" by John Sladek; "Three Songs for Enigmatic Lovers" by Brian W. Aldiss; "To Howard Hughes: A Modest Proposal" by Joe Haldeman; "The Look Alike Revolution" by Larry Eisenberg; "The Century Feeling" by J. Michael Reaves; "The Whatever-I-Type-Is-True Machine" by Harry Harrison & Barry N. Malzberg; "The Hex Factor" by Robert F. Young. Features: "Books" by Avram Davidson; "Films: Flesh Gordon" by Baird Searles; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Science: Skewered!" by Isaac Asimov. Magazine.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 24, No. 6. Edited by Avram Davidson and Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Emsh for "No Truce with Kings" (short novel) by Poul Anderson. Includes "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Pushover Planet" by Con Pederson; "Starlesque" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Green Magic" by Jack Vance; "Science: The Light That Failed!" by Isaac Asimov; "The Weremartini" by Vance Aandahl; "Ferdinand Feghoot: LXII" by Grendel Briarton (Reginald Bretnor); "Bokko-Chan" by Shin'ichi Hoshi; "Tis The Season To Be Jelly" by Richard Matheson; "Another Rib" by John J. Wells & Marion Zimmer Bradley; "There Are No More Good Stories About Mars. . ." (verse) by Brian W. Aldiss; "Index to Volume XXIV". Closed tear at upper front hinge; tiny corner chips. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Painted Cover Art! (illustrator). Second Edition. 227 pages. CONTENTS = "An Ancient Madness" by Damon Knight; "The King of the Beasts" by Philip Jose Farmer; "The Watchers in the Glade" by Richard Wilson; "Jungle Substitute" by Brian W. Aldiss; "How the Old World Died" by Harry Harrison; "The Children of Night" by Frederik Pohl; "To Avenge Man" by Lester Del Rey; "The Monster and the Maiden" by Roger Zelazny; "A Flask of Fine Arcturan" by C. C. McApp; "Wrong-Way Street" by Larry Niven; "Wasted on the Young" by John Brunner; "Slow Tuesday Night" by R. A. Lafferty. >> Cover creasing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. digest size, good, missing top 1/3 of the cover.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 11, No. 33. Cover by Brian Lewis for "Intangibles, Inc." (novelette) by Brian W. Aldiss. Includes "Super City" (short novel) by Richard Wilson; "Sweet Smell of Success" by Clifford C. Reed; "Call of the Wild" by John Kippax; "Utopias - A Few Years Later" (article) by Eugene Lees. Wraps a bit soiled; writing on cover; minor scars. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- Apr, 1983 issue. --- Science Fiction stories including authors: ---- Lewis Shiner / Jack McDevitt / John Morressy / Cherie Wilkerson / Bradley Strickland / Brian Aldiss / Connie Willis. . .See photos for additional content. . .