Slow Time Machine by Watson (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket (paperback). First Time in Paperback. This paperback edition shows signs of wear typical for a book of its age. The cover has minor edge wear and creases, with the spine intact. The pages are clean, with no inscriptions or library markings. Overall, the book is in good reading condition, offering a genuine vintage feel.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION.New fine softcover book in excellent condition.Appears unread. Ace #86190-3No creases.Bright clean tight square. Shelf 605. We ship within one business day of receiving your order. Boards and spine are straight // Binding is tight.//Pages are clean, legible, and bright // No previous owner name//No writing in the book margins or blank spaces // No highlighting// No foxing// Not remainder marked // Not Ex Library.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Thus. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Paul Alexander. This story collection contains: The Very Slow Time Machine; Thy Blood Like Milk; Sitting on a Starwood Stool; Agoraphobia, A.D. 2000; Programmed Love Story; The Girl Who Was Art; Our Loves So Truly Meridional; Immune Dreams; My Soul Swims in a Goldfish Bowl; The Roentgen Refugees; A Time Span to Conjure With; On Cooking the First Hero in Spring; and The Event Horizon. Paul Alexander; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Thus. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Trevor Webb. This story collection contains: The Very Slow Time Machine; Thy Blood Like Milk; Sitting on a Starwood Stool; Agoraphobia, A.D. 2000; Programmed Love Story; The Girl Who Was Art; Our Loves So Truly Meridional; Immune Dreams; My Soul Swims in a Goldfish Bowl; The Roentgen Refugees; A Time Span to Conjure With; On Cooking the First Hero in Spring; and The Event Horizon. Trevor Webb; (illustrator). Book.…

mass_market. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition with minor edge wear. Content clean and unmarked, binding strong. Pocket book. First ACE printing.

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

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

softcover. Condition: Very good. first Ace printing. ACE 86190-3. Pocketbook-sized softcover. 244 pages plus 4 pages of publisher's ads. Cover art by Paul Alexander. No names or marks in book. No creases in spine or bent corners. A couple of small spots near spine, else very good. 091625A.

Condition: vg++. vg++ Ace Books 1979 edition paperback remainder cut on bottom of pages In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Condition: Good. Pocket 1981 met fris en schoon binnenwerk, nog slechts bescheiden leeftijdseigen donkering. Recht boekblok. Geen leelsintjes in de rug en ook overigens gaaf omslag.

Paperback. First Edition. Very good+.; Small octavo.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Thus. Short stories . Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 222 pages. Item Type: Book. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature, pencil. Illustrator: Trevor Webb (cover art). Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0586050647. ISBN/EAN: 9780586050644. Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 032742. Trevor Webb (cover art) (illustrator). …

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Near Fine. 1981 Edition. © 1979: A collection of 13 short stories by Ian Watson. 1st printing of 1981 paperback edition> Small, neat owner's stamp to inside front page:- Contents: The Very Slow Time Machine / Thy Blood Like Milk / Sitting On A Starwood Stool / Agoraphobia, AD 2000 / Programmed Love Story / The Girl Who Was Art / Our Loves So Truly Meridional / Immune Dreams / My Soul Swims In A Goldfish Bowl / The Roentgen Refugees / A Time-Span To Conjure With / On Cooking The First Hero In Spring / The Event Horizon:- Synopsis: The Very Slow Time Machine arrives on earth in 1985. Its sole inhabitant is old and mad. Soon it becomes apparent that for him, time is going slowly backward. With every day, he is getting younger and saner. The world, and its whole concept of time, science and philosophy, must wait for him to speak. But while the world waits, it changes:- Review(s): 'The Very Slow Time Machine' appears here along with a dozen more dazzling stories from one of the foremost pioneers on the boundaries of science fiction. / "Finely written, intelligent and humane - Ian Watson is among the very few writers of any sort of fiction who can genuinely handle the front line of contemporary intellectual work" - The Observer / "Never failing pyrotechnics" - The Oxford Times / "Hard, original, shrewd. They tell you all the time 'you should have seen this coming.' But you never do. That's proper science fiction" - The Guardian:- (original cost £1.25). Cover Art: Trevor Webb (illustrator). …

Paperback. First US Edition. Ace 86190-3. First US edition and first paperback publication. A fine copy. ; Small octavo.

Condition: gut. Sprache: English Taschenbuch .

Hardcover. 8vo. Pp: 189. First Edition, First Printing. Yellow dust jacket with maroon and orange lettering. Publisher's red boards lettered in gilt at spine. Signed and inscribed by the author at the title page: "For Carole Rein who discovered 'The Embedding'! Best Wishes Brighton 79".ISBN: 0575025824 Very good in very good dust jacket. Small mark/stain (1.5cm x 1cm) to front free end paper. Bump to top of spine. Faded spine to jacket. Small stain (0.4cm) to back flap of dust jacket. Some toning at top and along spine at back cover dust jacket. …

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth and gilt fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the original dustwrapper that is faded to the spine but otherwise bright and without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£4.95 net to the front flap). Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the title page "To Les / cheers / Ian Watson / Brighton / 23.4.1984". The science-fiction author's first short story collection. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…