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Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1966
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Dennis Jackson (illustrator). 1966 Edition. © 1963: 1st in the 'Jan Darzek ' series of books. 1st printing of 1966 edition:- Synopsis: It is 1986, and man - in the form of the Universal Transmitting Company - has discovered the matter-transmitter, a means of ferrying people to and from all parts of the globe in a split second. But on the second day of commercial operations two women mysteriously fail to reach their destinations. Their identification is checked and found to be false, and no relatives or friends come forward to complain. Detective Jan Darzek is hired to investigate, and is landed in a precarious, out-of-this-world adventure on the outcome of which depends the future of the human race:- (original cost 4').
Paperback: 7¼" x 4½". Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. Cover Art: Franco Grignani (illustrator). 1969 Edition. © 1965: A stand-alone novel by Avram Davidson. 1st printing of 1969 edition:- Synopsis: The Rorks were giant, nightmare spider beasts that talked - and they lived right in the middle of the redwing, which were the source of a medicine that mankind desperately needed. Which was why the alcoholic Guildsmen on Pia 2 - home of the rorks and the redwing - always drank 'to dead rorks':- (original cost £0.20 (4')).
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1986
ISBN 10: 0140082409ISBN 13: 9780140082401
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Terry Oakes (illustrator). 1986 Edition. © 1984: A stand-alone novel by John Brunner. 1st printing of 1986 edition:- Synopsis: From the future to the past - faster than the speed of light, further than the furthest universe. Stranded on a Greek island, a man and a woman travel backwards in time. As they move from their (future) time to a dark and distant past, they relive and re-experience the past life of the island. But who is monitoring their journey, and why? Just as the woman prepares to give birth, the answer is revealed, and in the most startling and violent manner:- Review(s): "John Brunner brings to his theme a talent for story-telling and a unique style which place 'The Tides Of Time' in the highest league of science fiction - splendidly compelling, uncannily thought provoking":- (original cost £2.50).
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1967 Edition. © 1957: A stand-alone novel by Frederik Pohl & C M Kornbluth. 1st printing of 1967 edition:- Synopsis: The Earth itself is a prisoner in the cold dungeons of deepest space. The human race barely survives beneath the pale artificial sun that is now its only source of heat and light and life. One man still fights the awful domination of the Pyramids - a fugitive escaped from execution, a dead man with a living super-brain. A wolf in sheep's clothing:- (original cost 3'6).
Paperback: 7¼" x 4¼". Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Cover Art: Raoul Hynckes (illustrator). 1964 Edition. © 1958: A stand-alone novel by Algis Budrys. 1st printing of 1964 edition:- Synopsis: Who was he? This man with a metal head and servo-mechanisms for jaws, eyes, ears? A Soviet plant? Martino - all that was left of him - brainwashed? Or simply Lucas Martino himself, the top allied scientist, reconstructed by Russian doctors from the unrecognizable dying fragments that had fallen into their hands when K-Eighty-eight went through the roof? Had they got the secret of K-Eighty-eight, so oddly sited right on the Soviet border? Who was fooling whom? From the frantic efforts of Shawn rogers, allied security chief, to prise the truth - the true truth - from a man in an iron mask, Algis Budrys, the brilliant American SF writer, has built a story that, for gnawing tension, rivals John le Carre or Graham Greene:- Review(s): "Constructs his book expertly, building up to the chilling irony of his solution" - Kingsley Amis, Observer:- (original cost 3'6).
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1968
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1968 Edition. © 1965: A stand-alone novel by John Brunner. 1st printing of 1968 edition. Penguin Science Fiction #2804:- Synopsis: It sounds ideal. Americans, Eskimos, Rumanians and Spaniards working side by side. Sharing a common language and a common purpose - cosmic civilization. But there's still room for racists. Even if it means killing, The Stars Are For Man League is determined to keep mankind supreme among the alien life-forms. This is a new departure in SF - galactic politics. And all forms of life have a stake in the outcome:- (original cost 4').
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1965
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Albert Gleizes (illustrator). 1965 Edition. © 1964: A stand-alone novel by Eric Frank Russell. 1st printing of 1965 edition:- Synopsis: The keep-walls of a modern nation are manned by scientists. And if they desert their posts? In this uncanny 'reconstruction' of the all-too-possible, Eric Frank Russell, one of the leading SF writers, follows the fortunes of a metallurgist working on defence. Richard Bransome suddenly learns that a vicious crime he committed twenty years ago has come to light. He must get at the truth. What do the police know? Is he a suspect? Or. Could some pervasive, hostile force gain control of rational minds?:- (original cost 3'6).
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1965
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Snark International (illustrator). 1965 Edition. © 1953: A stand-alone novel by Theodore Sturgeon. 1st printing of 1965 edition. Penguin Science Fiction # 2309:- Synopsis: 'We're not a group of freaks. We're Homo Gestalt, you understand? We're a single entity, a new kind of human being. We weren't invented. We evolved. We're the next step up. We're alone; there are no more like us'. 'More Than Human', a vision of man's future evolution, intriguingly echoes current research into human relationships. It is also an outstanding novel in its own right - compelling and acute:- Review(s): The only brilliant newcomer lately. Sturgeon is a talented writer. And the book is alive with pathos and exhilaration' - Time And Tide:- (original cost 3'6).
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1968
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7¼" x 4½". Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. Cover Art: Richard Hollis (illustrator). 1968 Edition. © 1965: A stand-alone novel by J G Ballard. 1st printing of 1968 edition. Penguin Books #2753:- Rain is a thing of the past. Radio-active waste has stopped the sea evaporating. The sun beats down on the parching earth, and on the parching spirit of man. A warped new humankind is bred out of the dead land - bitter, murderous, its values turned upside down. Idiots reign. Water replaces currency and becomes the source of a bleak new evil. If it ever happened, it could be very like this:- (original cost 3'6).
Published by Penguin Books / Peacock Science Fiction, 1963
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Yves Tanguy (illustrator). 1963 Edition. © 1954: 1st in the 'Mesklin' series of books. 1st printing of 1963 edition. Penguin Books #1978:- Synopsis: The planet Mesklin was in effect an enormous discus and the variations in gravity on its surface were colossal. At the centre the force was 600 times that on Earth and it was impossible for human beings to live at either of the two poles. In order to recover the scientific instruments from an Earth rocket which had gone astray on Mesklin, Charles Lackland, from his space ship, strikes a bargain with one Barlennan, a Mesklinite merchant skipper who is ready to collaborate in return for scientific knowledge. He and his crew of tiny insect-like creatures go to work. But Barlennan has little hope of becoming Mesklin's Prometheus: the gap between human and Mesklinite culture is too vast:- Review(s): "Hal Clement's science-fiction stories are models of scientific ingenuity, excellent examples of the kind of 'pure' science fiction that delights critics and readers. 'Mission Of Gravity' is his best" / "Intelligently and imaginatively conceived" - Sydney Morning Herald:- (original cost 3'6).
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1970
ISBN 10: 0140031413ISBN 13: 9780140031416
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Cover Art: Franco Grignani (illustrator). 1970 Edition. © 1967: A stand-alone novel by John Brunner. 1st printing of 1970 edition:- Synopsis: Until he became an alcoholic, Murray Douglas was one of Britain's leading actors. Now, after treatment, he's ready to resume his career. But his first come-back part wasn't exactly what he thought it would be. The idea was to create an avant-garde play where the actors made up the script as they rehearsed. Unusual but hardly frightening. What was frightening was the rest of the cast. Like Murray, they all had some kind of problem. One was a lesbian, another was a drug addict, another a sadist. And each of them was given access to whatever had twisted them. It was doubtful if the play would ever entertain the public. But it seemed to entertain the director:- (original cost £0.25 (5')).
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1979
ISBN 10: 0140025618ISBN 13: 9780140025613
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Adrian Chesterman (illustrator). 1967 Edition. © 1957: A stand-alone novel by Frederik Pohl & C M Kornbluth. 2nd printing of 1967 edition:- Synopsis: The Earth itself is a prisoner in the cold dungeons of deepest space. The human race barely survives beneath the pale artificial sun that is now its only source of heat and light and life. One man still fights the awful domination of the Pyramids - a fugitive escaped from execution, a dead man with a living super-brain. A wolf in sheep's clothing:- (original cost £0.75).
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1969
ISBN 10: 0140028471ISBN 13: 9780140028478
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. Cover Art: Franco Grignani (illustrator). 1969 Edition. © 1959: A stand-alone novel by Philip K Dick. 1st printing of 1969 edition:- Synopsis: Ragel Gumm described himself as a bum. He spent all day doing puzzles in the newspaper and fooling about with his neighbour's wife. He was also aware of another world and another time that seemed to be conspiring against him. But it wasn't a simple case of being a paranoiac drop-out. Ragel Gumm was the centre of the Universe - the Universe of 1969 - or was it 1959?:- (original cost £0.25 (5')).
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1979
ISBN 10: 0140025367ISBN 13: 9780140025361
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. Cover Art: Adrian Chesterman (illustrator). 1966 Edition. © 1952: A stand-alone novel by Alfred Bester. 3rd printing of 1966 edition:- Originally serialised in Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine January 1952 / February 1952 / March 1952. First ever winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1953):- Synopsis: 'It's lucky for the world I'm willing to stop at one murder. Together we could rape the universe.' One man sets himself against the whole sophisticated paraphernalia of twenty-fourth century crime fighting, conducted by the peepers - trained telepathists with a strict code of ethics. And even if he can find a bent peeper, there's still the ultimate penalty if he fails - Demolition:- (original cost £0.85).
Published by Harmondsworth: Penguin Books (Penguin Science Fiction 2600) 1969 First Penguin Paperback Printing ISBN 0-14-00260-2, 1969
ISBN 10: 0140026002ISBN 13: 9780140026009
Seller: N & A Smiles, Kellerberrin, WA, Australia
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Franco Grignani (illustrator). VG. Light edgewear, clear tape to corners of rear cover, store-stamp to front fly page and inside rear cover, mild age-toning to pages, otherwise an attractive copy, clean throughout. Cover art by Franco Grignani.