Avon T-146, 190 pp. Spine a bit rolled, some creasing, cracked at pp 52-53. A little edge wear and rubbing, pages tanned but text is clean and unmarked. "It is the 21st century. Fighting a desperate war against the Eastern Powers, the Western alliance is critically short of oil. Twenty consecutive subs have been lost attempting to pirate EP oil from a field off Novaya Zemlya. Ens. John Ramsey is reassigned from the Psychology Bureau to monitor the next attempt -- with the added pressure of trying to unearth the EP saboteurs suspected to be already on board the Fenian Ram. "; 5¾" ... View More...
Spine somewhat creased, light reading crease, minor edge wear, minor cover creasing and soiling, store sticker on back cover. Interior a bit tanned but clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 408 pages; Third in the original Dune trilogy, following "Dune" (Nebula and Hugo Awards) and "Dune Messiah". The desert planet Arrakis has begun to grow green and lush. The life giving spice is abundant. The nine year old royal twins, possessed of their father's supernormal powers are being groomed as Messiahs. But there are those who think the Imperium does not need M... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, some chipping along top edge of back cover. A nice copy. ; Illustrated by Garcia. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 186 pages; "The greatest power in the universe. "Earth was the archive planet for the far-flung universe, its tiny remaining population dedicated to the task of finding and preserving the wisdom of all the worlds. An isolated, peaceful haven, Earth freely shared its treasures with all who came. " Then the warships landed, seeking to pervert knowledge into a weapon once again. Unless the peaceful archivists could find a way to stop them ... "... View More...
"Send me your tired, your poor, your hopeless, yearning to be free. To them I raise the lamp beside the brazen door. . ." So reads the inscrip tion over the portal to the euthanasia center. From a common beginning -- William Bailey's death there -- five of today's top writers of science fiction create their separate visions of Bailey's fate. No two are even remotely alike."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
"Strange aliens had invaded Earth thousands of years ago. They were eternal beings who made full sensory movies of wars, of natural disasters -- and of the most macabre human horrors -- to relieve their endless boredom. And then, when they finally became jaded by ordinary, run-of-the-mill tragedies, they found new ways of creating their own . . . disasters . . .just for kicks." Spine and covers show a little creasing, some ordinary shelf wear.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Spine slanted, creased, reading crease, some edge wear, a little creasing and scuffing to covers. A good reading copy. ; Revised by the author for the 1977 edition. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 183 pages; "Strange aliens had invaded Earth thousands of years ago. They were eternal beings who made full sensory movies of wars, of natural disasters -- and of the most macabre human horrors -- to relieve their endless boredom. "And then, when they finally became jaded by ordinary, run-of-the-mill tragedies, they found new ways of creating their own disasters . . . Just for kicks. "But interfering with Earth's na... View More...
Reading crease, some edge wear, a little cover creasing and scuffing. A nice copy. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 501 pages;
"A car bomb explodes on a crowded Dublin street ... And an American scientist whose wife and children are killed plots a revenge so total that it staggers the imagination. Molecular biologist John Roe O'Neill unleashes a synthesized plague that kills only women. Unstoppable, selective and invariably fatal, it spells the doom of all humankind ... " View More...
Spine and covers show a little creasing, some dents, a little yellowing.
"It is the 21st century. Fighting a desperate war against the Eastern Powers, the Western alliance is critically short of oil. Twenty consecutive subs have been lost attempting to pirate EP oil from a field off Novaya Zemlya. Ens. John Ramsey is reassigned from the Psychology Bureau to monitor the next attempt -- with the added pressure of trying to unearth the EP saboteurs suspected to be already on board the Fenian Ram. "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...