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GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE, June 1975, Volume 30, Number 6.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Universal Publishing & Distributing Corporation, 1975. SIGNED first edition - Includes novelettes by Jack Williamson and Greg Bear, a short story by John Sladek, and more. SIGNED by TWO authors: Bear on the table of contents and Pournelle at his essay. Illustrations, ads. 160 pp.
Condition: Near fine (usual toning to the pages, but otherwise tight and clean, no label.)
Book ID: 69012More details Price: $24.50 -
GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION: September 1975, Volume 36, Number 8.
Edition: First printing. DIgest magazine.
New York: UPD Publishing, 1975. SIGNED first edition - Includes novelettes and stories by Jeffrey Carver, Patrick Henry Prentice, Christopher Irwin, Gail Kimberly, Spider Robinson and Stephen Utley; SIGNED by BOTH Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle at "Inferno" (Part II of 3) Illustrated. Cover art by Stephen Fabian. 160 pp.
Condition: Good overall - some wear to covers, toning to pages, remnants of address label on back cover, but uncommon signed.
Book ID: 78425More details Price: $21.50 -
"Came the Revolution" by L. E. Modesitt, Jr in GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. 38 #7 September 1977.
Edition: First printing, a digest magazine.
New York: UPD Publishing, 1977. SIGNED first edition - A special all Fabian artwork issue with the cover, and all of the interior illustrations by Stephen Fabian, including 'The Black Flame' from Fantastic Nudes inside the front cover. SIGNED by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. at his story "Came the Revolution," a tale of government over-regulation as relevant now as when it was written 50 years ago. Also includes works by Jerry Pournelle, Thomas Wylde, Joseph Flower, "Gently Rapping" by Charles L. Grant and more. 160 pp.
Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 86816More details Price: $18.00 -
ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1987 (Jan), Volume 11, Number 1.
Edition: First appearance in print of these works.
New York: Davis Publications, Inc., 1987. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by both Rucker ("Bringing in the Sheaves") and Barnes ("Digressions from the Second Person Future") at their stories. A digest magazine - in addition to the 2 signed stories, this includes a serial: Part Two (of 3) of "Vacuum Flowers" by Michael Swanwick, novelettes: "America" by Orson Scott Card and "Wolf Time" by Walter Jon Williams and the short Stories: "The Peace Spy" by Gene Wolfe as well as editorial: "New Writers" by Isaac Asimov, Letters, Gaming by Matthew J. Costello, On Books by Baird Searles, Index, Poem by Bruce Boston and more. 190 pp. Cover by Bob Eggleton for "Vacuum Flowers".
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 35096More details Price: $15.00 -
THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: Vol. 70 No. 6, June 1986.
Edition: First appearance in print of these works.
Cornwall, CT: Mercury Press, 1986. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by John Barnes at his novelet 'How Cold She Is, and Dumb.' Also includes 'Potato Tree' by James Sallis; 'Rat' by James Patrick Kelly and storie by Judith Moffett, Robert F. Young, John Brunner and Michael Bishop. Cover art by Michael Garland. Index to Volume 70 (Jan to Jun 1986.) 160 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (mailing label, small chip to upper corner of front cover.)
Book ID: 39122More details Price: $15.00 -
ANALOG: Science Fiction/ Science Fact: March, 1990. Vol. CX (110), No. 4.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Davis Publications, 1990. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by John Barnes at his article 'How to Build a Future;' Also includes 'Backlash' by W. R. Thompson; 'Passages' by Joe Haldeman; 'Expression of the Past' by Deborah D. Ross;'The Solomon Solution' by Paula May; 'Side Effect' by Roger McBride Allen and more. Cover art by Robert Murray. 192 pp.
Condition: Good only (some crinkling to the pages, light crease on front cover.)
Book ID: 39123More details Price: $12.00 -
"Eucharist" in THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. 60 No.6 June 1981.
Edition: First printing.
Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Inc. 1988. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Greg Bear at his story 'Eucharist.' Also includes fiction by Robert Silverberg, Pat Cadigan, Reg Bretnor, Gordon Eklund and others. Non fiction by Asimov. Illustrated. Cartoons by Gahan Wilson. Cover by Barclay Shaw. Index to volume 60. 162 pp
Condition: Very good (some wear to covers, usual toning to pages.)
Book ID: 55158More details Price: $11.50 -
ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE February 1983. Volume 7, Number 2.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Davis Publications, 1983. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Greg Bear at his story "Hardfought." Also includes contributions from Stephen Kimmel, Mary Gentle, Daniel Keys Moran and more. Book reviews, advertisements. Illustrated. 178 pp.
Condition: Very good (remants of mailing label, usual toning to the pages,)
Book ID: 55157More details Price: $13.50 -
"JUPITER PROJECT" in AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION Stories: September and November 1972, Volume 46, No 3 & 4 (2 digest magazines)
Edition: First printing. .
New York: Ultimate Publishing, 1972. SIGNED first edition - Both digests have cover art and illustration by Don Davis for the "Jupiter Project" and both issues are SIGNED by Gregory Benford at the story. Serial novel complete in two issues. The first appearance of this novel set in what was then the near future, aboard an aging space station "the Can'.Also includes stories by James Tiptree, Jr, F. M. Busby, William C. Johnstone and more. Illustrated, ads. 130 pp each.
Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 78747More details Price: $28.50 -
'The Screaming People' in FANTASTIC, January 1959, Volume 8, Number 1.
Edition: First appearance in print of these works.
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1959. First edition - Digest sized magazine publishing 'unique and dramatic tales of the weird, the supernatural, and the macabre. Also includes Wyndham's 'The Troons of Space: Mars AD 2094' and Robert Young's 'Passage to Gomorrah' and other stories. Cover by Rick Berry, interior illustration by Virgil Finlay. 130 pp.
Condition: Very good condition (usual toning to pages.)
Book ID: 29783More details Price: $9.00 -
"The Great American Economy" by L. E. Modesitt, Jr in ANALOG SCIENCE FACT & FICTION May 1973, Vol. 93, No. 3.
Edition: First appearance in print of these works. A digest magazine.
New York: Conde Nast 1973. SIGNED first edition - Includes Part 1 of "Sword and Scepter" by Jerry Pournelle. Novelettes by George Alec Effinger and William Tuning. Short Stories by Gene Wolfe and George R. R. Martin and more. SIGNED by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. at his story "The Great American Economy." Cover art by Jack Gaughan. 178 pp.
Condition: Very good (light edgewear to covers, usual toning to pages.).
Book ID: 86817More details Price: $17.50 -
"Viewpoint Critical" by L. E. Modesitt, Jr in ANALOG SCIENCE FACT & FICTION July 1978, Vol. 98, No. 7.
Edition: First appearance in print of these works. A digest magazine.
New York: Conde Nast 1978. SIGNED first edition - Includes novelettes by Donald Kingsbury and Jack Williamson, short stories by Jack Chalker, Charles Sheffield and more. SIGNED by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. at his story "Viewpoint Critical" Illustrated. Cover art by Vincent di Fate. 178 pp.
Condition: Very good (light edgewear to covers, usual toning to pages.).
Book ID: 86818More details Price: $17.50 -
ANALOG Science Fiction / Science Fact, August 1975, Volume XCV, number 8.
Edition: First printing, a digest magazine.
New York: Conde Nast. 1975. First edition - Features 'Consortt' by Jerry Pournelle and the novelette 'The Peddler's Apprentice by Joan and Vernor Vinge. Also includes contributions from Roger Zelazny, Robert Foward and more. Illustrated. 178 pp. Cover art by Andrei Sokolov.
Condition: Very good (usual toning to pages)
Book ID: 91323More details Price: $11.50 -
ANALOG Science Fiction/ Science Fact: Vol. XCII, No. 5, January 1974.
Edition: First printing, a digest magazine.
New York: Conde Nast Publications, 1974. SIGNED first edition - Cover by Freas for the novelette "The Horus Errand" by William E. Cochrane. SIGNED by Larry Niven at his Hugo award winning short story "The Hole Man." Features a guest editorial by Robert A. Heinlein. Also includes "The Amazing Dr. Amizov" by R. F. DeBaun; ; and the conclusion of "The Sins of the Fathers" by Stanley Schmidt. Illustrated, ads. 178 pp
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 71455More details Price: $25.00 -
ANALOG Science Fiction/ Science Fact: Vol. XCII, No. 5, January 1974.
Edition: First printing, a digest magazine.
New York: Conde Nast Publications, 1974. SIGNED first edition - Cover by Freas for the novelette "The Horus Errand" by William E. Cochrane. SIGNED by Larry Niven at his Hugo award winning short story "The Hole Man." Features a guest editorial by Robert A. Heinlein. Also includes "The Amazing Dr. Amizov" by R. F. DeBaun; ; and the conclusion of "The Sins of the Fathers" by Stanley Schmidt. Illustrated, ads. 178 pp
Condition: Fair condition only (tear to front cover near spine, rubbing and wear to covers, etc).
Book ID: 91387More details Price: $19.50 -
ANALOG Science Fiction/ Science Fact: Vol. XCII, No. 5, January 1974.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Conde Nast Publications, 1974. First edition - Cover by Freas for the novelette "The Horus Errand" by William E. Cochrane. Features a guest editorial by Robert A. Heinlein. Also includes "The Amazing Dr. Amizov" by R. F. DeBaun; the Hugo award winning short story "The Hole Man" by Larry Niven; and the conclusion of "The Sins of the Fathers" by Stanley Schmidt. Illustrated, ads. 178 pp
Condition: Fair condition only (tear to front cover near spine, rubbing and wear to covers, etc).
Book ID: 71454More details Price: $10.00 -
LOCUS: The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field, Issue 552, Vol. 58, No. 1. January 2007.
Edition: First printing.
Oakland CA: Locus Publications, 2007. SIGNED first edition - Features an interview with Naomi Novik and a report of the World Fantasy Convention. SIGNED by Jeff VanderMeer at his article "My European Summer." Book reviews, photographs, many ads. 78 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 86255More details Price: $21.50 -
LOCUS: The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field, Issue 549, Vol. 57, No. 4. October 2006.
Edition: First printing.
Oakland CA: Locus Publications, 2006. SIGNED first edition - Features a full-color Hugo report and an article on the 40th anniversary of Star Trek. SIGNED by Paul Park at his interview "The Magic of Doubt." Book reviews, photographs, many ads. 84 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 86254More details Price: $21.50 -
DETECTIVE TALES, Volume XXII, May 1943, Number 4.
Toronto: Popular Publications, 1943. First edition - A lovely copy of this uncommon 10c pulp magazine, featuring a novelette by Fredric Brown ('A Fine Night for Murder'), novel by Day Keene ('Blaze of Glory') and more.
Condition: Slight chipping to the edges of the covers, where they extend beyond the edges of the textblock, small tear at the base of the spine, and the usual toning to the pages, but otherwise in near fine condition.
Book ID: 18846More details Price: $35.00 -
AMAZING STORIES, SEPTEMBER 1954, Vol. 28 No. 4.
Edition: Digest magazine, first printing.
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1954. First edition - Cover features the story "No Star is Safe" by PF Costello. Also includes stories by Milton Lesser, Winston Marks and others. Illustrated. Cover art by Ralph Castenir. 130 pp.
Condition: Near fine (usual toning to pages, bright covers)
Book ID: 87329More details Price: $15.00 -
AMAZING STORIES, MARCH 1954, Vol. 28 No. 1.
Edition: Digest magazine, first printing.
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1954. First edition - Cover features the story "Call Him Savage" by John Pollard. Also includes stories by Frederic Brown, Walter M. Miller, Jr, Eric Frank Russell and others. Illustrated. Robot cover art by Clarence Doore. 130 pp. From the collection of Ken Krueger (1926-2009), publisher and founder of San Diego's comic con, among other things.
Condition: Very good (usual toning to pages, prev owner's name, light crease to corner of front cover)
Book ID: 87331More details Price: $15.00 -
AMAZING STORIES, DECEMBER 1955, Vol 29, No 7.
Edition: Digest magazine, first printing.
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1955. First edition - "New science fiction by leading writers!!" Cover art by Edward Valigursky for 'Professor Mainbocher's Planet' by Ivar Jorgensen (pseudonym of Randall Garrett). Also includes 'stories by Milton Lesser (The Poison Pen), Howard Rush and more. Reviews, letters from readers. Illustrated. 130 pp.
Condition: Near fine (usual toning to pages, bright covers)
Book ID: 87333More details Price: $17.50 -
AMAZING STORIES, JANUARY 1955, Vol 29, No 1.
Edition: Digest magazine, first printing.
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1955. First edition - "Startling new science fiction!" Cover art by William Rembach for 'Plague Planet' by Ivar Jorgensen (pseudonym of Randall Garrett). Also includes 'No Way Out' by Christopher Thames (pseudonym of Milton Lesser), 'Face to Face" by Albert Moore; 'The Universal Solvent' by Lysander Kemp and more. Illustrated. 130 pp.
Condition: Near fine (usual toning to pages, bright covers)
Book ID: 87332More details Price: $15.00 -
ANALOG Science Fiction / Science Fact, February 1969, Volume LXXXII, number 6.
Edition: First printing, a digest magazine.
New York: Conde Nast. 1969. First edition - Features 'A Womanly Talent' by Anne McCaffrey. Also includes contributions from J. R. Pierce; Mack Reynolds; Robin Scott; Gordon R. Dickson and more. Illustrated. 178 pp. Cover art by Kelly Freas.
Condition: Very good.
Book ID: 83628More details Price: $11.50 -
"In Our Hands, the Stars" in ANALOG Science Fiction / Science Fact - December 1969, January and February 1970, Volume LXXXIV, number 4, 5, and 6. (set of 3 issues.)
Edition: First appearance in print of these works.
New York: Conde Nast. 1969-1970. SIGNED first edition - Set of 3 digest magazines, SIGNED by Harry Harrison in the April 1972 issue at the first installment of his serial novel "In Our Hands, the Stars." Also includes stories by Poul Anderson, Robert Chilson, Hayden Howard, Jack Wodhams, Tak Hallus, Steve Chapman, Thomas M Scortia, Richard Lippa, A Bertram Chandler and more. Cover art by Kelly Freas and J. Russell Seitz. 178 pp. each issue.
Condition: Near fine (Dec and Jan) to very good condition - usual toning to the pages, some minor rubbing to covers, no address labels. Uncommon signed.
Book ID: 76721More details Price: $50.00 -
ENDER'S GAME in ANALOG: Science Fiction, Science Fact. August 1977.
Edition: First appearance in print of these works. A digest magazine.
New York: Conde Nast 1977. First edition - The very first appearance of Card in his first published story, the1977 Hugo and 1978 Locus nominated best novelette, 'Ender's Game.' This was later expanded into a novel which won the 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award, and the 1986 Science Fiction Chronicle Award and which has been called the most popular science fiction novel written. Other stories by Robert Lyn Asprin, W. Macfarlane, Kevin O'Donnell Jr., Larry Niven, Alison J. Tellure, Sam Nicholson. Non fiction by Arthur M. Dula and Lester del Rey.
Condition: Good overall in wrappers - usual toning to the pages, creases and wear to covers, lower corner of front cover torn.
Book ID: 77623More details Price: $75.00 -
'Eye for Eye' and 'Images' in ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION, March 1987 (vol 11, no 3.)
Edition: First printing.
New York: Davis Publications, 1987. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Card at his novella 'Eye for Eye' and also SIGNED and dated by Turtledove at his story 'Images'. Digest magazine. In addition to stories by the authors shown above this also includes an editorial 'Intimations of Mortality' by Isaac Asimov. Cover by J. K. Potter. 192 pp.
Condition: Very good+ (light crease on cover, usual toning of pages, no subscription label.)
Book ID: 90006More details Price: $30.00 -
'A Plague of Butterflies' in AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION STORIES, November 1981 (vol 28, no 3.)
Edition: First appearance in print of these works.
New York: Ultimate Publishing Co., 1981. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Orson Scott Card at his short story, A Plague of Butterflies. Digest magazine. Also includes an interview with Algis Budrys, book reviews and more . Cover by Rowena Morrill. 130 pp.
Condition: Very near fine - some light rubbing to cover, usual toning of pages,but no subscription label.
Book ID: 73752More details Price: $21.50 -
HAPPY HEAD in ANALOG Science Fiction - Science Fact Magazine, April 1978. VOL XCVIII, No 4.
Edition: First printing, a digest magazine.
New York: Conde Nast 1978. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Card at his novelette "Happy Head." Also includes contributions by Donald Kingsbury (the novelette 'Shipwright'), Russell Adams, and Bob Buckley . Cover by Rick Sternbach. 178 pp.
Condition: Near Fine - some light rubbing to cover, usual toning of pages, no subscription label.
Book ID: 90009More details Price: $21.50 -
SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST VOL. 1, NO. 2.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Specific Fiction Corp, 1954. First edition - The second and final issue in this very short lived digest magazine. While most of the stories published in these issues - including two by Robert Sheckley - several of the articles (which leaned towards the occult) were first published here, including My Experience with the Supernatural by Eartha Kitt and Has Hollywood Gone Science Fiction Mad? By George Pal. Color illustration from Creature of the Black Lagoon illustration on front cover, several small black and white photographs from the film inside the cover. Illustrated. This second issue seems to be harder to find than the first issue. 160 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only (rubbing and creasing to the covers, covers beginning to separate along the side of the spine, usual toning to the pages, no label).
Book ID: 76106More details Price: $50.00