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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

mass_market. Condition: Good. softcover book light wear to cover and book edges, has some light reader wear.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Welcome to Old North Australia, or Norstrilia, the only planet that has stroon, a substance that indefinitely delays aging in humans. Stroon is cultivated from huge, deformed sheep farmed by the wealthiest estate owners to ever exist in all of humanity's existence. *** Rod McBan is the last of one of the oldest and most honorable families on Norstrilia. But he himself has shortcomings that would normally have led to his death under the strict laws governing population control on a planet where immortality is cheap and imperfect citizens are ruthlessly culled to make way for more productive members of society. *** But even McBan's vaunted stature in the society is not enough to save him from the basest of human emotions-jealousy- as the enmity of a former friend forces him to escape to Earth, where McBan's unprecedented fortune quickly makes him a magnet for all manner of crooks and revolutionaries.***.…

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Welcome to the strangest, most distinctive future ever imagined by a science fiction writer. An interstellar empire ruled by the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, whose access to the drug stroon from the planet Norstrilia confers on them virtual immortality. A world in which wealthy and leisured humanity is served by the underpeople, genetically engineered animals turned into the semblance of people. A world in which the great ships which sail between the stars are eventually supplanted by the mysterious, instantaneous technique of planoforming. A world of wonder and myth, and extraordinary imagination. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Welcome to Old North Australia, or Norstrilia, the only planet that has stroon, a substance that indefinitely delays aging in humans. Stroon is cultivated from huge, deformed sheep farmed by the wealthiest estate owners to ever exist in all of humanity's existence. *** Rod McBan is the last of one of the oldest and most honorable families on Norstrilia. But he himself has shortcomings that would normally have led to his death under the strict laws governing population control on a planet where immortality is cheap and imperfect citizens are ruthlessly culled to make way for more productive members of society. *** But even McBan's vaunted stature in the society is not enough to save him from the basest of human emotions-jealousy- as the enmity of a former friend forces him to escape to Earth, where McBan's unprecedented fortune quickly makes him a magnet for all manner of crooks and revolutionaries.***.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition By This Publisher. 206 pages. "Their power reached across space and time - to delay them was death - or worse." >>This is a reading copy. Cover creasing & scuffing; 1 1/2" tape to lower front cover & paper spine. chipping to top paper spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover! (illustrator). Book. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Del Rey 1978 Very Good/ Light wear to bright glossy cover, Spine reinforce with clear library tape, tight tanned pages.

mass_market. Condition: Very Good. Very mild shelfwear. Name in cover. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Condition: Near Fine. First printing. Asimov's selections for the best science fiction stories of 1959. Light cover crease and edgewear. ru2.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. BCE. DJ: edge wear, chipped, missing portion of spine Black boards with light blue spine text. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. Volume One. SCIFI/FANTASY/SHORTSTORIES/SERIES. Karel Thole [DJ] (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Scanners and Others: Three Science Fiction Stories. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paper Cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 156pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Almost no wear. Cover Art: Virgil Finlay (illustrator). 1962 Edition. © 1962: An anthology of science fiction short stories & articles (variant of October 1962 US edition):- Contents: Serial - Plague Of Pythons by Frederik Pohl (First of Two Parts). Novella(s) - The Earthman's Burden by Donald E Westlake. Novelette(s) - The Ballad Of Lost C'Mell by Cordwainer Smith / Who Dares A Bulbur Eat? by Gordon R Dickson. Short Stories - Come Into My Cellar by Ray Bradbury / A City Near Centaurus by Bill Doede / How To Make Friends by Jim Harmon / Roberta by Margaret St Clair / Bimmie Says by Sydney Van Scyoc. Science Feature - For Your Information by Willy Ley.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Welcome to the strangest, most distinctive future ever imagined by a science fiction writer. An interstellar empire ruled by the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, whose access to the drug stroon from the planet Norstrilia confers on them virtual immortality. A world in which wealthy and leisured humanity is served by the underpeople, genetically engineered animals turned into the semblance of people. A world in which the great ships which sail between the stars are eventually supplanted by the mysterious, instantaneous technique of planoforming. A world of wonder and myth, and extraordinary imagination.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Ballantine/Del Rey edition, first printing of this collection of "Casher O'Neill" stories. Reprint of Ace F-402. Four short stories intertwined to make a novel. Light edgewear. In near fine condition.