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  • CATALYST: A Novel of Alien Contact. by Hoffman, Nina Kiriki.
    Hoffman, Nina Kiriki.
    CATALYST: A Novel of Alien Contact.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, (2006.). SIGNED first edition - A boy, fleeing a bullying classmate, inadvertently makes first contact with a race of aliens who live beneath the surface of his planet. SIGNED on the title page. 171 pp. ISBN: 1892391384.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 53948
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  • TOMORROW'S KIN: Book 1 of the Yesterday's Kin Trilogy by Kress, Nancy.
    Kress, Nancy.
    TOMORROW'S KIN: Book 1 of the Yesterday's Kin Trilogy

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - An obscure scientist working at a small college, is invited by aliens to visit their embassy space ship - and a deadly threat to humanity is revealed with little time to prepare. 349 pp. ISBN: 978-0765390295.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88277
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  • THE GRIPPING HAND. by Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle.
    Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle.
    THE GRIPPING HAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sequel to their classic novel of alien contact, THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE. SIGNED on the title page by Niven. 401 pp. Illustrated endpapers with a map of the 'Mote System.'. ISBN: 0-671-79573-2.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64093
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  • THE GRIPPING HAND. by Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle.
    Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle.
    THE GRIPPING HAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sequel to their classic novel of alien contact, THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE. 401 pp. Illustrated endpapers with a map of the 'Mote System.'. ISBN: 0-671-79573-2.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79847
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  • UNEARTHLY NEIGHBORS. by Oliver, Chad (foreword by Isaac Asimov.)
    Oliver, Chad (foreword by Isaac Asimov.)
    UNEARTHLY NEIGHBORS.

    Edition: First hardcover edition and first printing of the revised edition.

    New York: Crown, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel (fifth book), a story of first contact with an alien civilization, originally published only in paperback in 1960. Volume 8 in the Crown Classics of Modern Science Fiction Series with a foreword by Asimov, an introduction by George Zebrowski and a new afterword by the author, in which he explains his revisions and why he made them. Small format. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-517-552949.

    Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket. (prev owner's name, corner of a few pages bumped.)

    Book ID: 36666
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  • SHORES OF ANOTHER SEA. by Oliver, Chad (foreword by Isaac Asimov.)
    Oliver, Chad (foreword by Isaac Asimov.)
    SHORES OF ANOTHER SEA.

    Edition: First thus.

    New York: Crown, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's sixth novel originally published only in paperback in 1971. Volume 3 in the Crown Classics of Modern Science Fiction Series with a foreword by Asimov, an introduction by George Zebrowski. . Small format. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-517-551862.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 73053
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  • ALIEN MORNING. by Wilber, Rick.
    Wilber, Rick.
    ALIEN MORNING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - A very highly praised "first contact" novel, one Ben Bova called the best he has seen in decades, while Robert Sawyer commented that Wilber is "one of the most thoughtful and literate science fiction writers working today." From the dust jacket: "Peter Holman is a freelance sweeper. The year 2030 sees a new era in social media with sweepcasting, a multi-sensory interface that can convey every thought, touch, smell, sight, and sound, immersing the audience in another person's experience. He is perfectly positioned to be the one human to document the arrival of the aliens, the S'hudonni. The S'hudonni offer advanced science in exchange for various…

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    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - A very highly praised "first contact" novel, one Ben Bova called the best he has seen in decades, while Robert Sawyer commented that Wilber is "one of the most thoughtful and literate science fiction writers working today." From the dust jacket: "Peter Holman is a freelance sweeper. The year 2030 sees a new era in social media with sweepcasting, a multi-sensory interface that can convey every thought, touch, smell, sight, and sound, immersing the audience in another person's experience. He is perfectly positioned to be the one human to document the arrival of the aliens, the S'hudonni. The S'hudonni offer advanced science in exchange for various trade goods from Earth, but nothing is as simple as it seems." 300 pp. ISBN: 978-0765332905.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 88099
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