Science by Gray George (61 results)

Digest-size Magazine. Condition: Good+. Jack Gaughan; John Schoenherr; Kelly Freas; Leo Summers; Gray Morrow (illustrator). Condé Nast Publications, May 1973. Digest-size Magazine. Good. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover by Jack Gaughan for "Sword and Scepter" [Falkenberg's Legion] (serial, part 1 of 2) by Jerry Pournelle. Includes "Naked to the Invisible Eye" (novelette) by George Alec Effinger; "Survivability" (novelette; 1st story) by William Tuning; "How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion" (short story, Nebula Award nominee) by Gene Wolfe; "With Morning Comes Mistfall" (short story) (Hugo Award runner-up, Locus Award nominee, Nebula Award nominee) by George R. R. Martin; "An Agent in Place" (short story) by Laurence M. Janifer; "The Great American Economy" (short story) by L. E. Modesitt; "Minicomputers" (science fact) by Staphen A. Kallis, Jr.; "Who's in Charge Here?" (editorial) by Ben Bova. Illustrated by Jack Gaughan, John Schoenherr, Kelly Freas, Leo Summers, and Gray Morrow. "With Morning Comes Mistfall" was the first story by George R. R. Martin to be nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. It was one of two stories, along with "The Second Kind of Loneliness" that Martin believed would make or break his career as a writer. In "With Morning Comes Mistfall" Martin presents a thematic conundrum: Is a mystery sometimes more useful than the truth? The story takes place on Wraithworld, a barely habitable planet with unusual weather conditions. Each morning in a wonderful phenomenon, the mist comes down from the mountains, revealing the beauty of the planet. This phenomenon is called Mistfall. The planet is home to only a few people, primarily because it is believed that its mist-covered valleys are occupied by "wraiths", creatures that are claimed to have killed a number of humans. The mystery of the wraiths is also the main thing that attract visitors to the place. The only establishment on the planet is Castle Cloud, a hotel mounted on top of one of the mountains. The hotel is visited by wraith hunters, people looking for a thrill. The story tells of an expedition which sets out to find proof of the wraiths' existence, or establish that they are nothing more than a myth. The owner of Castle Cloud fears either answer, as he does not want the mystery of the wraiths to be uncovered. The main theme of the story is a clash between two views of the world, one very logical, pragmatic, physical, and the other one romantic and spiritual. It shows that not all mysteries need to be uncovered, not all secrets revealed, that unknown is not always bad, that it keeps people searching, asking questions, coming back. What is known for certain, is often taken for granted and then loses attraction.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. #L-22. Rpt. PB. G-VG. Spine edge light-mod. browned throughout from water? damage wi/resulting pp. edge brittleness/a few small/open edge tears on back/head of spine else a nice solid & bright copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Pages tanned otherwise Good. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Hardcover. g/fair, rubbed, chipped and faded dj. WWII; 15792.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Doomsday Army" by Jack Sharkey; "Deadly Moon" by Fritz Leiber; "Red Moon Rising" by Robert Bloch; "There's Always a Way" by Rosel George Brown; "The Summer Visitors" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Forgetful Celibate" by E. K. Jarvis; "When He Awakens" by Steven S. Gray. Illustrated by Summers, Llewellyn, and Mel Varga. Creasing; tanning; smeared date-stamp on front. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Condition: minor wear to binding; creasing to lower corner, pp. 15-38; else good condition. 296 pages.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. L-22 in this important series, a "clarifying interpretation of the role of science in civilization," condensed for wartime reading, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Account of scientific development between the wars. Large hardcover, full black cloth, gilt titling. Light wear, tiny tears to head of spine. No jacket. Elegant bookplate of Yale & UW psychologist & behaviorist Clark Leonard Hull inside front cover. Text clean; xiii, blank, 364 pages; index, a few figures. Size: Large Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stated First Edition. Chipping, small tears and wear to dust jacket at head and tail of spine. Original price of $3.00 still present, now in protective mylar. 296pp.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Advancing Front Of Science. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; fading, scuffing, and edge wear to exterior; fading to pages; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. L-22 very good -fine, reading crease paperback,

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Book.

very good new series,

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: like new. book and dust jacket in fine condition.

gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 296 Seiten; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); leichte altersbedingte Anbräunung des Papiers; der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. Buchschnitt leicht ausgefranst. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450.

West, Wallace; Abernathy, Robert; del Rey, Lester; Smith, George O.: No War Tomorrow; Righteous Plague; Absolutely No Paradox; Atomic Bonanza, Good sci-fi magazine also including Daniel R. Gilgannon, William Gray Beyer, Walter Kubilius, William Tenn and Bryce Walton.

very good + new series,

Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 1, No. 1. Revival issue. Pulp magazine. Edited by Robert W. Lowndes. Cover art by Luros for "No War Tomorrow" (novel) by Wallace West. Includes "Stopwatch on the World" (novel) by Daniel R. Gilgannon; "The Deadly Thinkers" (novel) by William Gray Beyer; "Righteous Plague" (novelet) by Robert Abernathy; "Absolutely No Paradox" by Lester del Rey; "Atomic Bonanza" by George O. Smith; "Turn Backward, O Time!" by Walter Kubilius; "A Matter of Frequency" by William Tenn; "Star Bright" by Bryce Walton. Feature article: "Science in Science Fiction" by James Blish. Illustrated by Luros and Peter Poulton. Dealer's mark; quarter-sized piece out at front mid-foredge. Magazine.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Advancing Front Of Science. Book.

almost near fine new series, small edge chip.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. (3d) Black textured cloth, 296 pages, some pages uncut. Chapters include: The Physicist's War, Electrical Warfare, Out of the Crucible (chemical weapons), The New Materials, War Medicine and Surgery, Aeromedics. DJ colorfully illustrated, badly faded spine, badly soiled back. Fair DJ/Very Fine book.

near fine new series,

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 296 pages. Book near fine, clean, unmarked. Dust jacket has rubbing, light soil, general wear and tear. Small tears along edges, spine ends chipped. (C8).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Edition. This is a fine, as new, hardcoveer in blue pictorial binding, no DJ. With the conference CD-ROM in a sealed pouch (ISBN 044451841X). MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Minor library marks remain. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xv, 146 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, 15 plates (including map), table, diagrams ; 26 cm. Subjects; Junks. Junks China Models. Junks History. 3 Kg.