Category: Other

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 2002.

Seller ID: 09619

ISBN: 0575071109

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

SF novel. Expanded contents: adds six extra stories not present in the original US paperback (1999) edition. Issued simultaneous with the hardcover edition.

''third in the Beerlight series: Beerlight is nightmare city of the future (albeit a future that may be only a week away) where violence is the new art form and artists are the only people with regular jobs. In a cartoon landscape, larger-than-life characters act out plots that would be rejected by Hollywood for being too over the top, yet which still carry a serious message about violence in society. This is satire at its most vi...
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Toxicology (+ publicity colour postcard).

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 2002.

Seller ID: 09978

ISBN: 0575071095

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

SF short stories. Expanded contents: adds an extra six stories not present in the original US Four Walls, Eight Windows paperback edition (1999). Laid in is a publicity/publisher's colour postcard.
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The Inflatable Volunteer.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Phoenix House Ltd: London.: 1999.

Seller ID: 10275

ISBN: 1861591233

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

SF novel.

''welcome to Eddie's world, where grave fillers throng the pavements, where ants are plotting to slash and burn us before we do it to them, and where it doesn't pay to have too many dealings with John Satan''.
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Toxicology.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 2002.

Seller ID: 12459

ISBN: 0575071095

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

SF short stories. Expanded contents: adds an extra six stories not present in the original US Four Walls, Eight Windows paperback edition (1999).

''third in the Beerlight series: Beerlight is nightmare city of the future (albeit a future that may be only a week away) where violence is the new art form and artists are the only people with regular jobs. In a cartoon landscape, larger-than-life characters act out plots that would be rejected by Hollywood for being too over the top, yet which still carry a serious message about violence in society. This is satire at its most vicious and mo...
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Slaughtermatic.

By: Bacon, Jonathan (& Steve Troyanovich, eds.)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Phoenix House Ltd: London.: 1998.

Seller ID: 16153

Binding: Trade paperback.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

SF novel.

''UK writer who very quickly developed a reputation for his tone of voice, which could be described as gonzo, surreal, metacyberpunkish, riff-driven, surfer-noir; it is a voice which sometimes obscures the objects of his tales, which attack the objects of their satire through vignettes, quotes and characters from the pulp magazines and comics of the previous century. He began publishing work of interest to the field of the fantastic with The Crime Studio ( 1994), a set of fragmented shorts set in the vaguely Gotham-like crime-ridden Dystopian city of Beerlight, where Jorge Lu...
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Nicolo's Gifts.

By: Ayres, Neil

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Bluechrome Publishing: Bristol.: 2003.

Seller ID: 47750

ISBN: 0954379667

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: fine (as new) copy with publicity material laid in.

Novel, with weird elements.
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The Olive Readers.

By: Aziz, Christine

Price: £8.00

Publisher: MacMillan: London.: 2005.

Seller ID: 24467

ISBN: 1405054743

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

The first novel from the winner of the Richard & Judy competition to find a ''bright new author''. Dystopian sf novel.
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Pump Six And Other Stories.

By: Bacigalupi, Paolo

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Night Shade Books: CA.: 2008.

Seller ID: 46124

ISBN: 159780133X

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

240 pages: collects ten sf stories, five of which were first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, two from Asimov's Science Fiction and two from elsewhere: the title story is orginal to this collection. ''First Edition'' stated on the copyright page.
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Omniumgathum: An Anthology Of Verse By Top Authors In The Field Of Fantasy.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Stygian Isle Press: USA.: 1976.

Seller ID: 03455

Binding: Oversize pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

64 pages: illustrated throughout in b/w by various artists. 1000 copies printed.
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The Last Experiment.

By: Bacon, Walter

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Robert Hale: London.: 1974.

Seller ID: 42620

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Spotting along top page edges, small light stain to front free endpaper, else a fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

SF novel, the author's first and only book Robert Hale produced books primarily for the library market (still flourishing in the 1970s) and so most titles are very uncommon. The only edition of this title.

''author known only for his single sf novel for Robert Hale, THE LAST EXPERIMENT (1974). Robert Hale was a UK publishing firm which from 1936 - 1984, though mainly in the 1970s, published more than 450 sf novels, in hardbound editions, primarily for the library market. A large majority of titles originating with the firm were uniform in length (192 pages) and routine in substanc...
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Lucifer Rising: Sin, Devil Worship & Rock 'n' roll.

By: Baddeley, Gavin

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Plexus Publishing Ltd: London.: 1999.

Seller ID: 44644

ISBN: 0859652807

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Near fine (NF) copy.

256 pages: ''a popular history of Satanism''.
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Tin Woodman.

By: Bailey, Dennis R. (& David F. Bischoff)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson: London.: 1980.

Seller ID: 07985

ISBN: 0283986026

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

SF novel.

''the most memorable of his collaborations is TIN WOODMAN (1979) with Dennis R. Bailey - a complex adventure involving a telepathic human, a living alien starship, a convincingly psychopathic villain, and a galactic chase'' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF).
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Frankenstein's Bride.

By: Bailey, Hilary

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: London.: 1995.

Seller ID: 04436

ISBN: 0671719173

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Sequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

''the original novel saw Frankenstein begin to make a woman, a bride for his creation, but then destroy her. In this novel Hilary Bailey imagines that he pursued the plan''.
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Adam's Ladder: An Anthology of Dark Science Fiction.

By: Bailey, Michael (& Darren Speegle, eds.)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Written Backwards/Dark Regions Press: USA.: 2017.

Seller ID: 45704

ISBN: 1626412677

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

New stories by Ramsey Campbell, Mark Samuels, Tim Lebbon, Brian Everson, Laird Barron, Mark Morris and others. Issued simultaneous with the limited/hardcover.
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Qualia Nous.

By: Bailey, Michael (ed.)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Written Backwards/Dark Regions Press: USA.: 2014.

Seller ID: 44367

ISBN: 0578146460

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

446 pages. Mostly original horror anthology with a few reprints.
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Winters Tales: New Series Two.

By: Baird-Smith, Robin (ed)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Constable: London.: 1986.

Seller ID: 19377

ISBN: 0094673209

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket but for slight wear along top of spine panel.

Great Ghost Stories Of The Old West.

By: Baker, Betty (ed.)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Scholastic Book Services: NY.: 1973.

Seller ID: 36770

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Page edges a little browned, a near fine (NF) copy.

Starline Edition TX 1102. First published in hardcover in 1968.
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Mayhem And Magick.

By: Baker, Bruce B. (& Isabel Freeman & Sean R. Friend)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Overspace Books: UK.: 1991.

Seller ID: 32669

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Short sf novel.
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Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press: USA.: 2002.

Seller ID: 12439

ISBN: 1930846118

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Collection of fourteen sf stories, all part of the author's Company series.
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The Children Of The Company.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Tor: NY.: 2005.

Seller ID: 17922

ISBN: 076531455X

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Fantasy novel, sixth in the Company series.
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At The Edge Of The West.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: London.: 2000.

Seller ID: 18400

ISBN: 0340708271

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Supernatural historical fantasy: the third book in The Company series. Published in the US as ''Mendoza in Hollywood'': Amazon.com list the British publication date as being April 6th, which if so preceded the US (Harcourt) release (April 29th) by over three weeks.
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The Machine's Child.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Tor: NY.: 2006.

Seller ID: 24465

ISBN: 0765315513

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for just a touch of spotting to the front free endpaper.

The seventh book in the Company series, a direct sequel to The Life of the World to Come (2004).

''Mendoza was banished long ago, to a prison lost in time where rebellious immortals are ''dealt with.'' Now her past lovers: Alec, Nicholas, and Bell-Fairfax, are determined to rescue her, but first they must learn how to live together, because all three happen to be sharing Alec's body. What they find when they discover Mendoza is even worse than what they could imagined, and enough for them to decide to finally fight back against the Company.''
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The Hotel Under The Sand.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Tachyon Publications: San Francisco.: 2009.

Seller ID: 32741

ISBN: 1892391899

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy but for the bookplate of sf author John Clute affixed to inside front cover.

Fantasy.
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Mendoza In Hollywood: A Novel Of The Company.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Harcourt Inc.: NY.: 2000.

Seller ID: 38504

ISBN: 015100448X

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Third novel in The Company sf series, following IN THE GARDEN OF IDEN and SKY COYOTE.
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The Graveyard Game.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Harcourt Inc.: NY.: 2001.

Seller ID: 38748

ISBN: 0151004498

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

SF novel.
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The Dedalus Book Of Absinthe.

By: Baker, Phil

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Dedalus: Cambridgeshire.: 2001.

Seller ID: 42014

ISBN: 1873982941

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

296 pages.
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The Boy Who Kicked Pigs.

By: Baker, Tom

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Faber & Faber: London.: 1999.

Seller ID: 15258

ISBN: 057119771X

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy as issued without dustjacket (as new).

Children's short novel by ex-Doctor Who actor, with b/w drawings by David Roberts: 'a grotesque masterpiece'.
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The Magefire: First Book Of The Amulets Of Darkness Cycle.

By: Baliol, Alexander

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Headline: London.: 1990.

Seller ID: 32855

ISBN: 0747202419

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Fantasy novel, first in a series.

''UK writer whose Amulets of Darkness cycle - The Magefire (1990) and The Tears of Ginara (1992) - follows the quest of a persecuted healer who must recover manuscripts which will prevent the election of a false High King. As he travels, he gathers around him a seven samurai-style cadre of Companions with various skills'' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of Fantasy).
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Capacity (inscribed by the author)..

By: Ballantyne, Tony

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Tor, an imprint of Pan MacMillan: London.: 2005.

Seller ID: 31628

ISBN: 1405041404

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

The second book in the AI sf trilogy, following RECURSION (2004) and followed by DIVERGENCE (2007). Issued only as a trade paperback (no hardcover). INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR.

''society in the twenty-third century runs smoothly and peacefully with the aid of Social Care operatives such as Judy 3. Meanwhile benevolent AIs, under the control of the near mythical Watcher, seem to have solved all mankind's problems, and with their aid humans have begun to explore the surrounding universe''.
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The Day Of Forever

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 1986.

Seller ID: 03386

ISBN: 0575037709

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Short story collection: originally published as a Panther paperback in 1967.
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The Day Of Creation.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 1987.

Seller ID: 00177

ISBN: 0575041528

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

In Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, no 99.
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War Fever.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Collins: London.: 1990.

Seller ID: 06733

ISBN: 0002237709

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

Collects fourteen stories.
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The Day Of Creation (early uncorrected proof)

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 1987.

Seller ID: 19869

Binding: Uncorrected book proof (trade paperback).

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

This is the earliest uncorrected proof (384 pages) in plain light blue covers, and is taken from the author's own typescript. It states:''IMPORTANT NOTE. This early proof is reproduced from the author's uncorrected and unedited typescript. Nothing should be quoted from this version without being checked against the final copy''. Note: Gollancz issued a later proof (254 pages) completely re-set from this earlier version with white covers and a b/w image of a steamboat on the front (and some early quotes on the back) cover, and states: ''This is an advanced reading copy from uncorrected proo...
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The Crystal World.

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape: London.: 1966.

Seller ID: 10037

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Bottom edges of front board lightly stained, previous owner's name neatly stamped in top corner of front free endpaper, a VG+ copy in a G/VG dustjacket with 4cm closed tear along the bottom of the rear spine fold

SF novel, expanded from the two-part serial ''Equinox'' in New Worlds in 1964. In Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books no 82. In Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books no 63. In Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels no 49.

''..however, the self-immolating tendency of his characters drew adverse criticism; some readers, particularly devotees of genre SF, wrote Ballard off, defensively, as a pessimist and a life-hater. His next two novels, The Burning World (1964; rev vt The Drought 1965) and THE CRYSTAL WORLD (fixup 1966), served further to polarize opini...
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News From The Sun (limited/numbered).

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Interzone: London.: 1982.

Seller ID: 11350

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Short story (first published in Ambit in 1981) printed as a chapbook given free to all charter subscribers of the sf magazine Interzone. Limited to 750 numbered copies of which the first one hundred copies were signed by the author. This copy is no 519 (unsigned).
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Miracles Of Life: Shanghai To Shepperton, An Autobiography.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Fourth Estate: London.: 2007.

Seller ID: 22918

ISBN: 0007270720

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

278 pages.
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The Voices Of Time And Other Stories.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Berkley Medallion: NY.: 1962.

Seller ID: 00658

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy

Berkley F-607. ''Berkley Edition, February 1962'' on the copyright page.
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Super-Cannes.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Flamingo: London.: 2000.

Seller ID: 04033

ISBN: 0002258471

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Sequel to COCAINE NIGHTS (1996).

''the utopian community of Eden-Olympia, an isolated and secure multi-national business park, features the lastest services and facilities for elite high-tech industries, until a doctor at its clinic goes on a suicidal shooting spree, revealing the dangerous psychological vents behind the park's placid surface''.
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Bananas: The Literary Magazine no 18.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Bananas Publishing: London.: 1979.

Seller ID: 46480

Binding: Magazine.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

No 18 (December 1979). First in the new (''upmarket'' format, and first with a new editor). The first sixteen issues of this magazine were edited by Emma Tennant and issued in oversize newspaper format, and although could by no means be considered a science ficton magazine, did regularly publish stories by Thomas Disch, John Sladek, Angela Carter, J. G. Ballard and other sf writers. Sadly (for sf) this revamped version (which ran for another nine issues, finishing at no 25) might have published quality fiction and poetry, but little of it was sf and there were no more appearances by the ...
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Bananas: The Literary Magazine no 17.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Bananas Publishing: London.: 1979.

Seller ID: 46483

Binding: Magazine.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

No 17 (Autumn 1979). First in the new (''upmarket'' format, and first with a new editor). The first sixteen issues of this magazine were edited by Emma Tennant and issued in oversize newspaper format, and although could by no means be considered a science ficton magazine, did regularly publish stories by Thomas Disch, John Sladek, Angela Carter, J. G. Ballard and other sf writers. Sadly (for sf) this revamped version (which ran for another nine issues, finishing at no 25) might have published quality fiction and poetry, but little of it was sf and there were no more appearances by the au...
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Bananas: The Literary Magazine no 19.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Bananas Publishing: London.: 1980.

Seller ID: 46484

Binding: Magazine.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

No 19 (February 1980). First in the new (''upmarket'' format, and first with a new editor). The first sixteen issues of this magazine were edited by Emma Tennant and issued in oversize newspaper format, and although could by no means be considered a science ficton magazine, did regularly publish stories by Thomas Disch, John Sladek, Angela Carter, J. G. Ballard and other sf writers. Sadly (for sf) this revamped version (which ran for another nine issues, finishing at no 25) might have published quality fiction and poetry, but little of it was sf and there were no more appearances by the ...
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Bananas: The Literary Magazine no 20.