Tom Purdom (320 results)

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

Paperback. Condition: Good. Very simply, Tom Purdom IS science fiction. His ever-inventive stories are cut from the cloth of it and sewn with the skill of a master. --Gregory Frost Tom Purdom made his first professional sale all the way back in 1957. It's hard to think of any other member of his generation whose current work is frequently mentioned in the same breath with that of writers such as Charles Stross, Greg Egan, and Alastair Reynolds, many of whom were not even born when Tom started his professional career, but Tom's is. In fact, for sweep and audacity of imagination and a wealth of new ideas and dazzling conceptualization, Tom Purdom not only holds his own with the New Young Turks of the '90s and the Oughts, he sometimes surpasses them. And unlike some of today's Hot New Writers, Tom's work never fails to ALSO feature fascinating and psychologically complex characters, and intrepid investigation into the human heart. --Gardner Dozois Tom Purdom is the most underrated science fiction writer I know of. His short fiction delivers again and again with great plots, characters, and an imagination both cosmic and delicately complex. --Jeffrey Ford Purdom has created a major body of work. Thoughtful, humane, intelligent, extrapolative, involving, his stories are exactly the sort of thing our genre exists to make possible. If you don't like Tom Purdom, you don't like science fiction. Period. --Michael Swanwick.…

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.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.

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.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear. Some loss to bottom of cover as pictured. Edited by Avram Davidson & Ted White. Cover by Emsh for "The Third Coordinate" by Adam Smith. Includes "Greenplace" by Tom Purdom; "After Everything, What?" by Dick Moore; "Treat" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Breakthrough" by Jack Sharkey; "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Dark Conception" by Louis J. A. Adams; "One Man's Dream" by Sydney Van Scyoc; "The New Encyclopaedist - III" by Stephen Becker; "Where Do You Live, Queen Esther?" by Avram Davidson; "Science: The Black of Night" by Isaac Asimov; "On the House" by R. C. FitzPatrick; "Portrait of the Artist" by Harry Harrison; "Hag" (verse) by Russell F. Letson, Jr.; "Oversight" by Richard Olin. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear as pictured. Cover by Emsh ("Madman in the Wreckage"). Includes "Mind Partner" (novelet) by Christopher Anvil; "Sordman the Protector" (novelet) by Tom Purdom; "A Husband for My Wife" by William W. Stuart; "The Business, As Usual" by Jack Sharkey; "To Tell the Truth" by Neal Barrett, Jr.; "An Elephant for the Prinkip" by L. J. Stecher, Jr.; "Drunkard's Walk" (conclusion) by Frederik Pohl. Article: "For Your Information: How to Slay Dragons" by Willy Ley. Illustrated by Carter, Burns, Trattner, Wood, Dick Francis, and Emsh.…

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Mass Market 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.

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

Digest-size Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Binding is square and tight. Check marks by titles on contents page, otherwise interior is unmarked. Lightly tanned. Spine faded. Reading and shelf-wear. No mailing label. 132 pages. CONTENTS: Thirteen to Centaurus (1962) by J. G. Ballard; Requiem (1962) by Edmond Hamilton; Tyrants' Territory (1962) by Brian W. Aldiss; Moonless in Byzantium (1962) by Roger Zelazny; The Warriors (1962) by Tom Purdom; The Dead Companions (1957) by Stanley Mullen; Danger, Red! (1958) by Henry Slesar [as by O. H. Leslie]; The Only One That Lived (1959) by Rog Phillips. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay; Leo Summers; Dan Adkins. Virgil Finlay; Leo Summers; Dan Adkins (illustrator). …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good mass market paperback with some light creasing.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Ace Double H-22. Illustrated covers; wear and chips on spine edges, corners, top corner of one side has crease. Petaja book has 118 pp.; Purdom book has 136 pp.; clean, browning. Kelly Freas and Jack Gaughan (cover illustrators) (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Two stories. Pages are clean. Book is tight. Slight edge wear.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 1st Thus. A crisp clean mass market paperback, appearing as new without creasing of any kind but presenting light shelf and edge wear, minor chipping to edges of card covers - a common condition of any mass market. From a meticulous collector who never read the books he collected!Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own. they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. ----------paperback. A 192-page first edition paperback original science fiction anthology. All stories were written new for this collection on the topic "teenagers whose initiative and daring saves lives, or brings them to startling new discoveries". Modest shelfwear only, a fine unread copy.…

Wraps. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 33, No. 10. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Leo Summers. Includes "Sound of the Scythe" (novel) by Harlan Ellison; "Triple-Time Try" by Les Collins; "The Most Important Man in the World" by Darius John Granger [Milton Lesser]; "Unauthorized" by Harold Calin; "Excellence" by Tom Purdom; "They Like Us" by John Brudy. Features: "Editorial"; "The Spectroscope"; ". . .Or So You Say"; "Coming Next Month". Illustrated by Summers and Finlay. No back cover; tears; small spine losses; tanning; front scuffed; edge and corner wear. Reading copy. Magazine.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The book appears unread with no reading lines to the spine. The wraps have light shelf rubbing with a small bend to the upper corner. There is scuffing to the front wrap from address label removal. Any questions, please email. If you would like more images of this book, I can send via email.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Paper Back. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Wear, creases and chips to the wraps. Reading creases to the spine. Mild page toning. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy.

Condition: Very Good. . From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. Mass Market Paperback edition. (Vintage paperbacks, science fiction, fantasy, short story collection).

Condition: Good. . 2 novels in 1! Mass Market Paperback edition. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Science Fiction, Fantasy).

Condition: GOOD. Paperback original - first printing. An anthology of original stories - including Dull Drums by Anne McCaffrey; Second Nature by Chad Oliver; Tapping Out by Barry N. Malzberg; How to be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson by Poul Anderson; Weep No More Old Lady by Charles L. Grant; City's End by Mack Reynolds; Moonchild by Tom Purdom; and Pet by Raymond F. Jones - each of which is told from the viewpoint of young heroes of the future. Avon #16808. 192 pp. Good+ overall - some minor creasing and wear to the covers, spine straight.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 33, No. 6 (whole no. 401). Edited by Shiela Williams. Cover by Catmando/Shutterstock. Includes "Going Deep" (novelette) by James Patrick Kelly; "Controlled Experiment" (novelette) by Tom Purdom; "Sails the Morne" (novelette) by Chris Willrich; "Bare, Forked Animal" by John Alfred Taylor; "Cold Testing" by Eric Brown; "The Monsters of Morgan Island" by Sandra McDonald. Poetry: "And Drunk the Milk of Paradise" by Robert Frazier; "Within Your Shoes" by Mark Rich; "Split Decisions" by Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel. Departments: "Editorial: James Patrick Kelly"; "Reflections: In the Bush of Ghosts" by Robert Silverberg; "On the Net: Mind the Gap" by James Patrick Kelly; "Thought Experiments: On James Patrick Kelly" by Divers Hands; "Next issue"; "On Books" by Peter Heck; 'The SF Conventional Calendar" by Edwin S. Strauss. Label bits and minor pulls; light wear; minor edge nicks. Magazine. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shows minor wear, mailing label.