Ikin Van (103 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 320 pp. 5 x 8. Mostly blue wraps, lightly edge worn. Old bookseller's stamp on flyleaf.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Australian Science Fiction.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. First U.S. paperback printing. Minimal wear to corners, otherwise an excellent copy. 1984 Trade Paperback. xl, 320 pp. This is the first historical anthology of Australian science fiction. It offers a good selection of exciting recent works and also reveals a long history of science fiction in Australia, proving a comprehensive chronological sampling of the various styles, attitudes and ideas of Australian science fiction writers from 1845 to the present. The selection includes excerpts from the utopian and anti-utopoian novels of the 1800s and 1890s, social criticism from a feminist romance of 1901, and social despair from an anti-socialist novel of 1911. "Lost civilization" romances of 1847 and 1898 offer mystery, excitement and high adventure, and an account of a Japanese invasion of Sydney gives a dire warning of racial fear. Major contemporary writers represented are Damen Broderick, Frank Bryning, Peter Carey, A. Bertram Changler, Lee Harding, David J. Lake, Dal Stivens, George Turner, Wynne N. Whiteford, Michael Wilding, and Jack Woodhams.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Academy Chicago Publishers, 1984. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Covers have shelf wear.

Publishers black cloth, gilt title to spine, minor shelf wear, overall excellent. Illustrated dust jacket, some wear at corners, and some rubbing at bottom of spine (see pic). Priced to go. In protective mylar.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Fantastika. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Xeno Fiction: More Best of Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Fiction. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good, trade paperback clean text.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Warriors of the Tao: The Best of Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. An excellent historical anthology of Australian SF with a generous sample of pre-1956 fiction, including selections from utopian and anti-utopian works of 1880s and 1890s. Includes a 32-page introduction, "The History of Australian Science Fiction" and notes by Ikin. Van George Ikin (b. 1951) is an "Australian academic, editor and author who began publishing SF stories with 'The Living Water' for Pocket Man in 1968, and published short work with some frequency for the next two decades. In 1977, he founded SCIENCE FICTION: A REVIEW OF SPECULATIVE LITERATURE, which he edited until 1997" (SFE online). Trade paperback format. A fine copy. (#164774).…

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Part of the "Portable Australian Authors" series. An excellent historical anthology of Australian SF with a generous sample of pre-1956 fiction, including selections from utopian and anti-utopian works of 1880s and 1890s. Includes a 32-page introduction, "The History of Australian Science Fiction" and notes by Ikin. Van George Ikin (b. 1951) is an "Australian academic, editor and author who began publishing SF stories with 'The Living Water' for Pocket Man in 1968, and published short work with some frequency for the next two decades. In 1977, he founded SCIENCE FICTION: A REVIEW OF SPECULATIVE LITERATURE, which he edited until 1997" (SFE online). Small trade paperback format. Bookstore stamp on the recto of the first leaf, several light cover creases, lower front corner and a few early leaves lightly bumped, but a very good, unread copy. An uncommon book. (#164769).…

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. near fine fanzine, 59 pages.

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Paperback. Condition: New.

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