John Brettoner (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. John Brettoner(Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. Eternal Light by Paul J. McAuley (First UK Edition) File Copy A sharp, tight, copy. A bright dust jacket with light wear along the edges. Not price-clipped. First Edition. File Copy. His fiction has won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the John W. Campbell award, the Sidewise Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the British Fantasy Award for best short story. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. John Brettoner(Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. Wulfsyarn by Phillip Mann (First UK Edition) File Copy A sharp, tight, copy. A bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. States, "First published in Great Britain 1990 by Victor Gollancz Ltd." File copy. BOOK.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Cover Art: John Brettoner (illustrator). © 1990: A stand-alone novel by Phillip Mann. 1st printing of 1991 edition:- Synopsis: "Wilberfoss's only comment when he read my manuscript was that he was surprised how human I sounded. I think that it was intended as a compliment. It is not difficult to sound like a human. But being a human is not easy. I have watched the struggle, and I, Wulf, the autoscribe, do not envy any of you, not a one". On its maiden voyage, the Nightingale, the most advanced craft in the entire fleet of Mercy ships belonging to the Gentle Order of St Francis, vanished into deep space with its life bays packed with refugees. Almost a year to the day later, heralded by a distress signal, the Nightingale reappeared, damaged in ways that meant its very survival in space was a miracle. Only one survivor walked from that partly mineral, partly sentient craft - its Captain, Jon Wilberfoss. This is his story, as told by Wulf, the autoscribe:- Review(s): A tour de force and revelation that haunts the mind long after the book is finished. Here be tygers of the mind. Great" - The Times:- (original cost £3.99).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Cover Art: John Brettoner (illustrator). 1st Edition. © 1990: A stand-alone novel by Phillip Mann. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: The Nightingale was the most advanced craft in the entire fleet of Mercy ships belonging to the Gentle Order of St Francis Dionysos. On its maiden voyage, its life bays packed with refugees, the Nightingale disappeared. Despite strenuous efforts no trace of it could be found. Then, a year later, a distress signal was heard and the Nightingale reappeared. It was damaged in ways that meant its survival in space was a miracle. But of its precious cargo of life-forms there was no sign. Only one creature remained alive within the ship, and that was its captain, Jon Wilberfoss. 'Wulfsyarn' is the story of the Nightingale, and of Jon Wilberfoss. It is told by Wulf, an autoscribe who has the task of observing Wilberfoss in the aftermath of his return. For the captain of the Nightingale is a condemned man: condemned by the Gentle Order, and self-condemned by a burden of guilt so intense that his mind refuses to acknowledge it. Over the long period of Wilberfoss's tortured convalescence in a peaceful monastery garden on the planet Tallin, Wulf watches and waits, recording the mosaic of Wilberfoss's life: his childhood and adolescence, his entry into the Gentle Order, his marriage (to a native Tallin woman), and the great moment when he was chosen as captain of the Nightingale. But can Wulf bring Wilberfoss finally to face the truth of what happened on the Nightingale's fatal first and last journey?:- Review(s): "In 'Wulfsyarn', Philip Mann demonstrates again that he has few equals in the creation of vividly believable aliens and alien cultures. The story is both a gripping mystery set against a superbly imagined future history, and a fascinating examination of guilt, faith and reality. And in Wulf the autoscribe, Phillip Mann has created one of the most extraordinary narrators in science fiction":- (original cost £13.95).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good PC Dw. Jacket John Brettoner (illustrator). First Edition. 384pp. 9.3 inches. Blue cloth, gilt titles, as new, with slight speckle of foxing to tops. No owner's marks. In original dw, wraparound illustration John Brettoner, vg, slight shelfwear, p/c corner. A radical hard science-fiction novel which fuses cutting edge cosmological speculation with a richly atmospheric portrayal of an interstellar society in turmoil. Dorthy Yoshida's extraordinary mental ability to touch the past and the future has made her the pawn of a wealthy immortal's vengeance - rocketing her to the black hole at the core of the galaxy, and into the perilous heart of a fanatical religious sect's relentless search for hidden gods. Weight 800g before packaging. (Science fiction, Fantasy) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: gut. 1993. Contact Illustrators 9 In deutscher Sprache. pages.