Time Space Ferdinand Feghoot by Bretnor Reginald (17 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Between 1956 and 1992, under the name Grendel Briarton (an anagram of his real name), Reginald Bretnor wrote 122 very short sci-fi stories about Ferdinand Feghoot, a time-traveling, galaxy-hopping emissary from the Society for the Aesthetic Rearrangement of History. Using a device known only as )(, Feghoot visits and solves the problems of historical figures and intelligent beings on other worlds. Each story is an elaborate setup for an awesome/awful pun. They became an art form: "A feghoot . . . is a humorous short story or vignette ending in a pun (typically a play on a well-known phrase), where the story contains sufficient context to recognize the punning humor" (Wikipedia). They've been out of print for 30 years. This new edition contains all of Bretnor's original Feghoots plus his essay "On the Proper Perpetration of Feghoots"; a foreword by Dean Smith, who worked with Bretnor in the last year of his life; and a bevy of illustrations old and new. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Between 1956 and 1992, under the name Grendel Briarton (an anagram of his real name), Reginald Bretnor wrote 122 very short sci-fi stories about Ferdinand Feghoot, a time-traveling, galaxy-hopping emissary from the Society for the Aesthetic Rearrangement of History. Using a device known only as )(, Feghoot visits and solves the problems of historical figures and intelligent beings on other worlds. Each story is an elaborate setup for an awesome/awful pun. They became an art form: "A feghoot . . . is a humorous short story or vignette ending in a pun (typically a play on a well-known phrase), where the story contains sufficient context to recognize the punning humor" (Wikipedia). They've been out of print for 30 years. This new edition contains all of Bretnor's original Feghoots plus his essay "On the Proper Perpetration of Feghoots"; a foreword by Dean Smith, who worked with Bretnor in the last year of his life; and a bevy of illustrations old and new. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Between 1956 and 1992, under the name Grendel Briarton (an anagram of his real name), Reginald Bretnor wrote 122 very short sci-fi stories about Ferdinand Feghoot, a time-traveling, galaxy-hopping emissary from the Society for the Aesthetic Rearrangement of History. Using a device known only as )(, Feghoot visits and solves the problems of historical figures and intelligent beings on other worlds. Each story is an elaborate setup for an awesome/awful pun. They became an art form: "A feghoot . . . is a humorous short story or vignette ending in a pun (typically a play on a well-known phrase), where the story contains sufficient context to recognize the punning humor" (Wikipedia). They've been out of print for 30 years. This new edition contains all of Bretnor's original Feghoots plus his essay "On the Proper Perpetration of Feghoots"; a foreword by Dean Smith, who worked with Bretnor in the last year of his life; and a bevy of illustrations old and new. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Between 1956 and 1992, under the name Grendel Briarton (an anagram of his real name), Reginald Bretnor wrote 122 very short sci-fi stories about Ferdinand Feghoot, a time-traveling, galaxy-hopping emissary from the Society for the Aesthetic Rearrangement of History. Using a device known only as )(, Feghoot visits and solves the problems of historical figures and intelligent beings on other worlds. Each story is an elaborate setup for an awesome/awful pun. They became an art form: 'A feghoot¿.¿.¿.¿is a humorous short story or vignette ending in a pun (typically a play on a well-known phrase), where the story contains sufficient context to recognize the punning humor' (Wikipedia). They've been out of print for 30 years. This new edition contains all of Bretnor's original Feghoots plus his essay 'On the Proper Perpetration of Feghoots'; a foreword by Dean Smith, who worked with Bretnor in the last year of his life; and a bevy of illustrations old and new.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Bruce Wallace Ariss, Jr. (illustrator). First Edition. Trade paperback. (69) pages. First publication in book form of a series of humorous science fiction (time travel) stories, most of which had been published previously in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Grendel Briarton is the pseudonym of Reginald Bretnor--note that the introduction to the book was written by Breton! Both the wraparound cover illustration and the internal illustrations are by noted American artist Bruce Ariss. The book is clean and tight, with some edgewear and very minor chipping at spine extremities; previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Bruce Ariss (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Cover Art; This is a smaller than trade sized paperback book. This Tis a first edition of these stories in book form (the individual stories were all previously issued in magazine format) . The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are mostly clean and bright, with some very light toning to the white portions of the spine. The text pages are clean and bright. "Under the pseudonym Grendel Briarton (an anagram of Reginald Bretnor) , he published a series of over eighty science-fiction themed shaggy-dog vignettes featuring the time-traveling hero Ferdinand Feghoot. Known as "Feghoots", the stories involved Feghoot resolving a situation encountered while traveling through time and space (à la Doctor Who) with a bad pun. In one example, he explained his inability to pay his dues for a Sherlock Holmes fan society by turning out his empty pockets and declaring "share lack". In his adventures, Feghoot worked for the Society for the Aesthetic Re-Arrangement of History and traveled via a device that had no name but was typographically represented as the ") ("." (from Wikipedia).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade PB. 8vo. Paradox Press, Tokyo ; Berkeley, CA, 1962. Unpaginated (69 pgs). First Edition/First Printing. Issued in black and white illustrated wrappers. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Through time and space with Ferdinand Feghoot: the first forty-five Feghoot adventures with five more never previously heard from, Paradox Press Science fiction, American. American wit and humor. Time travel. E-019.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Paradox Press, 1962, First Printing, 8vo, illustrations. Softcover edition, inscribed and signed by author on front endpage. Scarce signed edition in very good+ condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: very good. First ed. Octavo in b&w illus wraps; [69] pages: illustrations; 19 cm. Scarce. Science fiction, American. American wit and humor. Time travel. Near fine(-) to very good(++) with small, light damp string to front wrap center. Price neatly rubbed out to front wrap.