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UNIVERSE 5.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Random House, (1974) dj. Hardcover - An anthology containing 12 original short stories, by Hilary Bailey, George Alec Effinger, Stephen Goldin, Kris Neville, Ursula Le Guin, Gene Wolfe and more. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-394-485629.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (previous owner's name, minor edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 73935More details Price: $12.50 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Sixteenth (16th) Annual Collection
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, (1999.). First edition - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. Included in this volume are stories by Greg Egan, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Reed, William Browing Spencer, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1998 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. lix 609 pp. ISBN: 0-312204450.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 88982More details Price: $21.50 -
TERRY'S UNIVERSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A benefit anthology of original short stories compiled in memory of Terry Carr. Includes contributions by Robert Silverberg, Gregory Benford, Ursula Le Guin, Harlan Ellison, Kate Wilhelm, Gene Wolfe. R. A. Lafferty, Fritz Leiber, Carter Scholz, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Swanwick and Roger Zelazny as well as a story by Carr himself. Introduction by the editor and 'last words about Terry' by Harlan Ellison. SIGNED by TWO authors: Terry Meacham on the title page and Gregory Benford at his story "At the Double Solstice." 234 pp. ISBN: 0-312-930585.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 53409More details Price: $40.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Thirteenth (13th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by SIX authors: by Dozois on the title page and by Joe Haldeman, Allen Steele, Robert Reed, Pat Cadigan and Michael Swanwick. Also included in this volume are stories by Dan Simmons, Ian R. MacLeod, Terry Bisson, John Kessel, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Ursula LeGuin and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1995 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. 704 pp. Dust jacket art by Bob Eggleton. ISBN: 0-312-144512.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 48572More details Price: $45.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Thirteenth (13th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by SEVEN authors: by Dozois on the title page and by Joe Haldeman, Allen Steele, Robert Reed, Pat Cadigan, James Patrick Kelly and Michael Swanwick. Also included in this volume are stories by Dan Simmons, Ian R. MacLeod, Terry Bisson, John Kessel, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Ursula LeGuin and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1995 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. 704 pp. Dust jacket art by Bob Eggleton. ISBN: 0-312-144512.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (nick to bottom edge of dj.)
Book ID: 51459More details Price: $55.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Eighth (8th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories - James Patrick Kelly, John Kress, Connie Willis and Terry Bisson at the wonderful "Bears Discover Fire" and also INSCRIBED by Joe Haldeman at his novella "The Hemingway Hoax." Also included in this volume are stories by Greg Egan, Molly Gloss, Michael Moorcock, Jonathan Lethem, Lucius Shepard, John Brunner, Pat McCarthy and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1990 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. xxxii, 624 pp. ISBN: 0-312060084.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (table of contents is missing page numbers, tear to dj at top of spine.)
Book ID: 49170More details Price: $40.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Eighteenth (18th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Large trade paperback.
New York: St Martin's, (2001.). SIGNED - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by Nancy Kress at her story "Savior." Included in this volume are stories by Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan, Peter F. Hamilton, Paul J. McAuley, Nancy Kress, Ursula Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, Charles Stross, John Kessel, Brian Stableford, Michael Swanwick, Steven Utley, Tananarrive Due, and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 2000 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. xlvii, 607 pp. ISBN: 0-312274785.
Condition: Good only in glossy illustrated wrappers (corners curled, bookstore stamp on first page, other signs of having been read.)
Book ID: 54883More details Price: $21.50 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Eighteenth (18th) Annual Collection.
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by SEVEN authors at their stories: Charles Stross (signed twice - at each story). Ian McDonald, Stephen Baxter, Nancy Kress, Susan Palwick, Michael Swanwick and John Kessel. Also included in this volume are stories by Greg Egan, Peter F. Hamilton, Paul J. McAuley, Ursula Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, Brian Stableford, , Steven Utley, Tananarrive Due, and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 2000 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. xlvii, 607 pp. ISBN: 0-312274785.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (appears unread, but crease to lower corner of back cover).
Book ID: 41605More details Price: $60.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Sixteenth (16th) Annual Collection
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Michael Swanwick, Steven Baxter and Ian McDonald. Also included in this volume are stories by Greg Egan, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Reed, William Browing Spencer, Bruce Sterling, and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1998 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. lix 609 pp. ISBN: 0-312209630.
Condition: Good in a very good dustjacket (tight, straight copy, but some crinkling from dampness to lower corner of most pages, no staining, text not affected.)
Book ID: 40642More details Price: $30.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Sixteenth (16th) Annual Collection
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - SIGNED by Michael Swanwick at his story 'The Very Pulse of the Machine.' One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. Also included in this volume are stories by Greg Egan, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Reed, William Browing Spencer, Bruce Sterling, and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1998 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. lix 609 pp. ISBN: 0-312209630.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 42332More details Price: $28.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Sixteenth (16th) Annual Collection
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - SIGNED by three authors: by Dozois on the title page, by Robert Charles Wilson at his story 'Divided by Infinity' and by Michael Swanwick at his story 'The Very Pulse of the Machine.' One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. Also included in this volume are stories by Greg Egan, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Reed, William Browing Spencer, Bruce Sterling, and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1998 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. lix 609 pp. ISBN: 0-312209630.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 45622More details Price: $40.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Sixteenth (16th) Annual Collection
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by FIVE authors: by Dozois on the title page and by Cory Doctorow, Robert Reed, Michael Swanwick and Ian MacDonald at their stories. Included in this volume are stories by Steven Baxter, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Charles Wilson, Greg Egan, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Browing Spencer, Bruce Sterling, and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1998 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. lix 609 pp. ISBN: 0-312209630.
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (light overall edgewear to the dj).
Book ID: 46120More details Price: $40.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Twelfth (12th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: Nancy Kress, Joe Haldeman, Pat Cadigan and Mike Resnick Includes stories by Robert Reed, Lisa Goldstein, Michael Flynn, Katherine Kerr. Walter Jon Williams, Terry Bisson, Greg Egan, Pat Cadigan, Nancy Kress, Joe Haldeman, Ursula LeGuin and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1994 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Dustjacket advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. 697 pp. ISBN: 0-312-132220.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56030More details Price: $45.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Twelfth (12th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED on the title page by Dozois, and also SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Robert Reed, Lisa Goldstein and Nancy Kress. Included in this volume are stories by Walter Jon Williams, Mike Resnick, Greg Egan, Pat Cadigan, Nancy Kress, Joe Haldeman, Ursula LeGuin and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1994 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Dustjacket advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. 697 pp. ISBN: 0-312-132220.
Condition: Good only in a very good dust jacket (dampness and crinkling to lower corner of textblock.).
Book ID: 42005More details Price: $28.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Fifth (5th) Annual Collection.
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, 1988. SIGNED first edition - Massive book - on the cover it says more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Pat Cadigan, Kim Stanley Robinson and James Patrick Kelly at their stories. Also includes stories by Michael Bishop, Orson Scott Card, Ursula Le Guin, Pat Murphy, Kim Stanley Robinson, Lucius Shepard, Robert Silverberg, Kate Wilhelm, Gene Wolfe, Octavia Butler, Bruce Sterling, Karen Joy Fowler, Walter Jon Williams and more. xxv, 678 pp. Surprisingly uncommon in any format. ISBN: 0-312-018541.
Condition: Very good condition (minor creasing to spine and light soiling to edge of textblock, but overall a tight copy.)
Book ID: 40654More details Price: $75.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Sixteenth (16th) Annual Collection
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Steven Baxter and Ian McDonald. Also included in this volume are stories by Greg Egan, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Reed, William Browing Spencer, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1998 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. lix 609 pp. ISBN: 0-312204450.
Condition: Very good condition (some crinkling to the lower edges of the first quarter of the textblock.)
Book ID: 38908More details Price: $29.50 -
FAR HORIZONS: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Avon, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original anthology in which 11 science fiction writers revisit the universes they created. SIGNED by FOUR authors: by Robert Silverberg on the title page, by David Brin at his story from The Uplift Universe - 'Temptation'; by Gregory Benford at the Galactic Center Series and by Joe Haldeman at 'A Separate War.' Also includes stories by Greg Bear, Ursula Le Guin, Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg, Dan Simmons, Frederick Pohl and Nancy Kress. 482 pp. ISBN: 0-380-976307.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 54842More details Price: $55.00 -
EPOCH
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Putnam, (1975.) dj. Hardcover - A collection of the most exciting and entertaining fiction of the 1970s. Includes stories by authors such as Lou Fisher, Gordon Ecklund, Brian W. Aldiss, Ward Moore, R.A. Lafferty, George R. R. Martin, A. A. Attanasio, Kate Wilhelm, a complete novel by Jack Vance and more. ISBN: 0-399114602.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (fading to the spine of dj, rubbing and wear.)
Book ID: 36526More details Price: $12.50 -
VOICES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book of the Annals of the Western Shores, a coming-of-age novel set against a backdrop of violence and intolerance. The peaceful city of Ansul, a city of scholars and traders, has been conquered by the men of the desert who believed reading and writing to be evil acts. 341 pp. ISBN: 978-0152056780.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64706More details Price: $18.50 -
UNLOCKING THE AIR and Other Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of mainstream short stories written over a period of more than 10 years by this writer best known for her science fiction. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172606.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 65505More details Price: $25.00 -
VOICES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book of the Annals of the Western Shores, a coming-of-age novel set against a backdrop of violence and intolerance. The peaceful city of Ansul, a city of scholars and traders, has been conquered by the men of the desert who believed reading and writing to be evil acts. 341 pp. ISBN: 978-0152056780.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69008More details Price: $16.50 -
NO TIME TO SPARE: Thinking About What Matters.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2017) dj. Hardcover - But take the time to dip into this wonderful book - both funny (on the absurdity of denying your age: 'If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.') and serious. Introduction by Karen Joy Fowler. 215 pp. ISBN: 978-1328661593.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 84989More details Price: $18.50 -
THE TELLING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2000. A novel in the Hainish cycle, winner of the Locus award for best novel.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 19319More details Price: $16.00 -
A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA.
Edition: First edition, second or third printings per Currey.
Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press (1966). Hardcover first edition - A very early novel by Le Guin, a coming of age story which is both a fantasy classic and a classic of young adult literature, illustrated with maps and drawings by Ruth Robbins. A later printing per Currey without the smudge on the title page and with a printed illustration on the front cove, plain rear cover. However, although Currey specifically states no linen hinges for these printings, this copy does have the white linen hinges used in the library binding on the first printing. 205 pp,
Condition: Near fine in light turquoise cloth (a bit of fraying to the front edges of the boards near the corners, but overall tight and clean) .
Book ID: 83543More details Price: $100.00 -
MILLENNIAL WOMEN.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1978. dj. SIGNED hardcover - A collection of new short stories - about women who must fight to maintain their identity - edited by Virginia Kidd. SIGNED by Vinge at her novelette 'Phoenix in the Ashes.' Also includes a poem by Marilyn Hacker, , and the first appearance of the novel "The Eye of the Heron" by Le Guin. Biographical notes. 211 pp. Dust jacket art by Enrich. ISBN: 0-440-055997.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 29341More details Price: $21.50 -
THE FARTHEST SHORES OF URSULA K. LE GUIN
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
San Bernadino, CA: Borgo Press, 1976. First edition - An early monograph on Le Guin. Volume 3 in the Milford Series on Popular Writers of Today. Brief bibliography. 60 pgs in stapled wrappers. ISBN: 0-893702056.
Condition: Near fine (a bit of sunning to the covers)
Book ID: 73007More details Price: $16.50 -
SCIENCE FICTION AT LARGE: A Collection of Essays, by Various Hands, about the Interface between Science Fiction and Reality.
Edition: First printing.
London: Victor Gollancz, (1976). Hardcover first edition - Eleven papers delivered (with one exception - that of P.K. Dick) at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in 1975. Contributors include Ursula K. Le Guin, John Brunner, Thomas M. Disch, Robert Sheckley, Alvin Toffler, Alan Garner and others. Notable as the first publication of P. K. Dick's paper on 'Man, Android and Machine.' 224 pp. ISBN: 0-575021780.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88081More details Price: $30.00 -
EPOCH
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Putnam, (1975.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A collection of the most exciting and entertaining fiction of the 1970s. Includes stories by authors such as Lou Fisher, Gordon Ecklund, Brian W. Aldiss, Ward Moore, R.A. Lafferty, a complete novel by Jack Vance and more. 593 pp. ISBN: 0-399114602.
Condition: SIGNED by both Larry Niven and Gregory Benford at their stories. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (lower corner of front flap clipped, slight edge wear) Uncommon signed.
Book ID: 13158More details Price: $25.00 -
THE BLIND GEOMETER / THE NEW ATLANTIS (Tor Double Novel)
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1989.). SIGNED first edition - Includes Robinson's Nebula award winning novel, originally published in a limited edition and Le Guin's novella set in the near future, printed back to back. SIGNED by Robinson on the title page of his novel. 142 pp and 42 pp. ISBN: 0-812500105.
Condition: Very near fine (as new, but with the usual light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 57237More details Price: $24.50 -
THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1983.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - 20 short stories selected from US and Canadian magazines. Includes stories by established authors like Raymond Carver, Ursula Le Guin, and John Updike, as well as younger authors including Carolyn Chute, Marian Thurm, Louise Erdrich and more. List of magazines. xx, 332 pp. ISBN: 0-395-34428x.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some light foxing to edges of textblock, usual sunning to spine of dj)
Book ID: 78685More details Price: $25.00