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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of a novella, four novelets and one short story. Featured are Planet of Mystery, Part 2 by Terry Bisson (novella), The Cathedral of Universal Biodiversity by Gary W Shockley (novelet), The Long and the Short and the Tall by John Morressy (novelet), Thirteen O'Clock by David Gerrold (novelet), Boon by Madeleine E Robins (novelet) and Parsifal (Prix Fixe) by James L Cambias (short story). Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of a novella, four novelets and four short stories. Featured are The Bear's Baby by Judith Moffett (novella), The Artificer's Tale by John Morressy (novelet), The Census Taker by Dale Bailey (novelet), Like Minds by Robert Reed (novelet), Almost Home by Terry Bisson (novelet), Four Short Novels by Joe Haldeman (short story), Hooyoo Love by Fred Chappell (short story), Hunter Lake by Gene Wolfe (short story) and Navatar by Jerry Oltion (short story). Light wrinkling to base of spine. Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of four novelets and four short stories. Featured are One Last Game by Robert Reed (novelet), The Two Dicks by Paul McAuley (novelet), Concerning My Third Encounter With Heather Moon by Ron Goulart (novelet), On Skua Island by John Langan (novelet), The Amazing Grandy by Alan Arkin (short story), Footnotes by Charles Coleman Finlay (short story), The Project by Carol Emshwiller (short story) and A View From The Bridge by Terry Bisson (short story). Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of a novel, two novelets and ten short stories. Featured are Hard Landing by Algis Budrys (novel), Bridges by Charles de Lint (novelet), A Dying Breed by Carrie Richerson (novelet), Graves by Joe Haldeman (short story). The Legend of Xi Cygnus by Gene Wolfe (short story), The Dead Man by John Brunner (short story), Looking Down on You by Ian Watson (short story), The Hall of New Faces by Kit Reed (short story), Barriers by G David Nordley (short story), Spirit Dump by Lawrence Watt-Evans (short story), Don't Look Back by Nancy Springer (short story), Cancion Autentica De Old Earth by Terry Bisson (short story) and The Birds' Turn by Jack Williamson (short story). In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of eight pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are Get Me to the Church on Time by Terry Bisson (novella), Lemuria Will Rise! by Kage Baker (novelette), The Shortest Night by Ian Watson (novelette), Crucifixion Variations by Lawrence Person (novelette), Wading River Dogs and More by Michael Kandel (novelette), Wild Minds by Michael Swanwick (novelette), Waiting for the Grief Fairy by W Gregory Stewart (poetry) and Colonists by William John Watkins (poetry). Slight sticker scar where address label was removed. Light edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.…

Condition: As New. 1991. hardcover. . Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st printing (1995). Trade-sized. Cover art by Steven Cooley. Includes "Introduction"; "The Year in Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Symposium" by Michael Swanwick, Maureen F. McHugh, Rebecca Ore, Robert J. Sawyer, Paul Di Filippo, Norman Spinrad, Eleanor Arnason, & gregorty Benford; "The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus to Shore" by Harlan Ellison; "Graves" by Joe Haldeman; "Festival Night" from "Red Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson; "Alfred" by Lisa Goldstein; "In Memoriam: Avram Davidson, Lester del Rey, Chad Oliver" by Lucius Shepard, Robert Silverberg, Howard Waldrop; "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield; "Rhysling Award Winners: William J. Daciuk, Jane Yolen"; "Death on the Nile" by Connie Willis; "Big Teeth and Small Magic: SF and Fantasy Films of 1993" by Kathi Maio; "England Underway" by Terry Bisson; "The Franchise" by John Kessel; "The Night We Buried Road Dog" by Jack Cady; "Appendices: About the Nebula Awards; Selected Titles from the 1993 Preliminary Nebula Ballot; Past Nebula Award Winners". Minor wear and tanning. Book. …

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st printing (1993). Trade-sized. Cover art by Craig Rosenberg. Includes "Introduction"; "Science Ficion for What? Remarks on the Year 1991" by Kathryn Cramer; "Guide Dog" by Mike Conner; "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert; "Three Scenes from "Stations of the Tide" by Michael Swanwick; "In Memoriam: Isaac Asimov" by Athhur C. Clarke, George Zebrowski, Harlan Ellison, and Isaac Asimov; "Standing in Line with Mister Jimmy" by James Patrick Kelly; "The Dark" by Karen Joy Fowler; "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson; "Processing the Simulacra for Fun and Profit" by Bruce Sterling; "Auteurs at Work? The Fantastic Films of 1991" by Bill Warren; "Buffalo" by John Kessel; "Getting Real" by Susan Schwartz; "The Button, and What You Know" by W. Gregory Stewart; "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress; "Rhysling Poetry Award Winners": Joe Haldeman & David McDermott; "Appendices: About the Nebula Award; Selected Titles from the 1991 Preliminary Nebula Ballot; Past Nebula Award Winners". Minor wear and tanning. Book.…

Condition: As New. 1991. hardcover. . Not a first edition copy. . . .

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Shows minor wear, mailing label, lightly tanned pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. First Printing - First Thus. (xl) 663 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and some rippling along the lower edges of the first few pages; not store stamped. Cover art by Stephen Martiniere. This anthology contains: Introduction; Inappropriate Behavior - a novelette by Pat Murphy; Start the Clock by Benjamin Rosenbaum; The Third Party - a novelette by David Moles; The Voluntary State - a novelette by Christopher Rowe; Shiva in Shadow - a novella by Nancy Kress; The People of Sand and Slag - a novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi; The Clapping Hands of God - a novelette by Michael F. Flynn; Tourism by M. John Harrison; Scout's Honor by Terry Bisson; Men Are Trouble - a novelette by James Patrick Kelly; Mother Aegypt - a novella by Kage Baker; Synthetic Serendipity by Vernor Vinge; Skin Deep by Mary Rosenblum; Delhi by Vandana Singh; The Tribes of Bela - a novella by Albert E. Cowdery; Sitka by Williams Saunders; Leviathan Wept by Daniel Abraham; The Defenders by Colin P. Davies; Mayflower II - a novella by Stephen Baxter; Riding the White Bull - a novelette by Caitlin R. Kiernan; Falling Star by Brendan DuBois; The Dragons of Summer Gulch - a novelette by Robert Reed; The Ocean of the Blind by James L. Cambias; The Garden: A Hwarhath Science Fictional Romance - a novelette by Eleanor Arnason; Footvote by Peter F. Hamilton; Sisyphus and the Stranger by Paul Di Filippo; Ten Sigmas by Paul Melko; and Investments - a novella by Walter Jon Williams. Size: 8vo. Stephen Martiniere; (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: New.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 83, No. 4-5 (Whole No. 497-98). Edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Cover art by Ron Walotsky for "Bridges" (novelet) by Charles de Lint. Includes "Hard Landing" (novel) by Algis Budrys; "A Dying Breed" (novelet) by Carrie Richerson; "Graves" by Joe Haldeman; "The Legend of Xi Cygnus" by Gene Wolfe; "The Dead Man" by John Brunner; "Looking Down of You" by Ian Watson; "The Hall of New Faces" by Kit Reed; "Barriers" by G. David Nordley; "Spirit Dump" by Lawrence Watt-Evans; "Don't Look Back" by Nancy Springer; "Cancion Autentica De Old Earth" by Terry Bisson; "The Birds' Turn" by Jack Williamson. Departments: "Books to Look For" by Orson Scott Card; "A Scientist's Notebook: Salvaging the Library of life" by Gregory benford. Label pulls from front; tanned; lower rear foredge corner has been wet with waviness and mild discoloration, several pages deep; foxing; tanning. Reading copy. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 105, No. 4 & 5 (whole #622). Edited by Gordon Van Gelder. Cover art by Bryn Barnard for "Almost Home" (novelet) by Terry Bisson. Includes "The Bear's Baby" (novella) by Judith Moffett; "The Artificer's tale" (novelet) by John Morressy; "The Census Taker" (novelet) by Dale Bailey; "Like Minds" (novelet) by Robert Reed; "Four Short Novels" by Joe Haldeman; "Hooyoo Love" by Fred Chappell; "Hunter Lake" by Gene Wolfe; "The Navatar" by Jerry Oltion. Departments: "Books to Look For" by Charles de Lint; "Books" by Elizabeth Hand; "Films" by Lucius Shepard; "Coming Attractions"; "Curiosities" by Henry Wessells. Most of label remains on front; a little corner wear; slight tanning; 9 in pen on ends. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (xiii) 514 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Michael Whelan. This anthology contains: Introduction; The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin; Even the Queen by Connie Willis; Jeffty Is Five by Harlan Ellison; Souls - a novella by Joanna Russ; The Death of Doctor Island - a novella by Gene Wolfe; The Persistence of Vision - a novella by John Varley; The Way of Cross and Dragon - a novelette by George R. R. Martin; Bloodchild - a novelette by Octavia E. Butler; The Only Neat Thing to Do - a novella by James Tiptree Jr; Rachel in Love - a novelette by Pat Murphy; The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter - a novella by Lucius Shepard; Bear Discovers Fire by Terry Bisson; Buffalo by John Kessel; Gone by John Crowley; Maneki Neko by Bruce Sterling; Border Guards - a novelette by Greg Egan; Hell Is the Absence of God - a novelette by Ted Chiang; and October in the Chair by Neil Gaiman; followed by Previous Winners. Size: 8vo. Michael Whelan; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 192 pp. Digest format. Volume 14, number 8. Light wear. Cover art by Wayne Barlowe; interiors by: Laurie Harden; Anthony Bari; M. C. Valada; John Johnson; Pat Morrissey; Janet Aulisio; and Terry Lee. This issue contains: Xenogenesis - a novella-length essay by Harlan Ellison; The Death Artist - a novelette by Alexander Jablokov; Mrs Byres and the Dragon - a novelette by Keith Roberts; The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks - a Squeezed Novel by Mr Skunk - a novelette by Dafydd ab Hugh; Toward Kilimanjaro - a novelette by Ian McDonald; Stealing for the Record - a short story by Robert Frazier; Dry Niger - a short story by M. Shayne Bell; Bears Discover Fire - a short story by Terry Bisson; and Editorial: Sharing Universes by Isaac Asimov; along with the usual features. Size: 12mo. Wayne Barlowe; Laurie Harden; Anthony Bari; M. C. Valada; John Johnson; Pat Morrissey; Janet Aulisio; Terry Lee; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 160 pp. Digest format. Light wear. Cover art by Fred Gambino; interiors by: John Stevens; Dell Harris; and Darryl Elliott. This issue contains: Mountain Ways - a novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin; The Robot's Twilight Companion - a novella by Tony Daniel; The Edge of the Universe - a novelette by Terry Bisson; Earth: Your Toxic Dream Vacation - a short story by David Hast; and Counting Cats in Zanzibar - a short story Gene Wolfe; along with the usual features, including poetry by Mary A. Turzillo and W. Gregory Stewart. Size: 12mo. Fred Gambino; John Stevens; Dell Harris; Darryl Elliott; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Blue boards. 24 x 16 cms. 519 pages. Fine copy in complete near-fine dustwrapper (slight fading to dw spine). 0.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 318 pp. Digest format. Volume 14, numbers 11 and 12. Light wear. Cover art by Bob Walters; interiors by: Bob Walters; Hank Jankus; Gary Freeman; George Thompson; Janet Aulisio; N. Taylor Blanchard; A. C. Farley; Laura Lakey; Linda Burr; and Laurie Harden. This issue contains: The Time Traveler - a short story by Isaac Asimov;Trembling Earth - a novella by Allen Steele; A Short Sharp Shock - a novella by Kim Stanley Robinson; Getting the Bugs Out - a novelette by Janet Kagan; Liz and Diego - a novelette by Richard Paul Russo; The Place of No Shadows - a novelette by Alexander Jablokov; Reunion - a novelette by Melanie Tem; Eternity Baby - a novelette by Andrew Weiner; Box of Light - a short story by John Griesemer; The Utility Man - a short story by Robert Reed; and The Two Janets - a short story by Terry Bisson; along with an assortment of poetry and all the usual columns and features. Size: 12mo. Bob Walters; Hank Jankus; Gary Freeman; George Thompson; Janet Aulisio; N. Taylor Blanchard; A. C. Farley; Laura Lakey; Linda Burr; Laurie Harden; (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: Good. Good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 32 pages. Slim booklet with paper covers. The covers have slightly creased corners etc but all sound. (Wax Eloquent. A Handbook on Debating. Compiled by Tony Bisson , John Sealey, Gilbert Shepherd).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cloth, dj. Minor rubbing to dj.; dj. spine rather sunned. Otherwise a nice, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "FIRST EDITION: 2005" on its copyright page. Signed on its title page, with no personalization or inscriptions, by BOTH its author, Terry Bisson, AND its jacket artist, John Picacio (who added "2012", the year he signed.) This book is in near fine condition, marred only by a light bump on the top of its spine. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn, with bright silver titles on its spine. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Not a remainder. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is in very good condition: whole, bright and unworn, marred only by some light soiling on its back. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. John Picacio (jacket artist) (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Tight unmarked book in clean blue cloth; in dust jacket faintly sunned on spine.; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.8 inches; 544 pages.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw. , very slightly sun-toned. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 519 pages; Description: 519 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Latin literature, Medieval and modern--France--History and criticism. France--Civilization--1000-1328. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An edited collection of Benton's essays on the subject published posthumously. xx+519pp. DJ spine sunned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in a very good (four inch closed edge tear from a lower corner of the rear panel, rubbing) dust jacket. Illustrated by John A. Bisson (illustrator).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw. , very slightly sun-toned. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 519 pages; Description: 519 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Latin literature, Medieval and modern--France--History and criticism. France--Civilization--1000-1328. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardback; very good in faded dustjacket.; Collection of John F. Benton's articles and essays. +xxpp.; 519 pages.

Fine paperback, ring bound, b/w illus. 206 Pages.