Editore: Collins / Grafton / Panther, 1986
ISBN 10: 0586054456 ISBN 13: 9780586054451
Da: bbs, Lincolnshire, Regno Unito
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condizione: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Tim White (illustratore). 1983 Edition. © 1981: 2nd in the 'Apprentice Adept' series of books. 4th printing of 1983 edition:- Synopsis: In the verdant, magical world called Phaze, the little jockey Stile has stepped into the shoes of the powerful and fearsome Blue Adept. There he must contend with Unicorns, slay a huge and ancient dragon and win the love of a fair lady. Back in the parallel technopolis on desolate Proton, Stile remains a lowly serf, fighting for citizenship in the complex, computer-run game - and evading a series of explosively murderous attacks from an unseen enemy:- (original cost £2.50).
Editore: Collins / Grafton / Panther, 1988
ISBN 10: 0586063870 ISBN 13: 9780586063873
Da: bbs, Lincolnshire, Regno Unito
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condizione: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Mike Van Houten (illustratore). 1985 Edition. © 1984: 1st in the 'Black Current' series of books. 2nd printing of 1985 edition:- 1st serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in four individually titled novelettes:- The Black Current (November 1983) / New Year's Eve at Tambimatu (December 1983) / A Walk to Manhome, And Away (January 1984) / The Worm's Head (February 1984):- Synopsis: The river cuts right across the known world, from the impassable Far Precipices to the sea. The people on one bank are cut off from those on the other, for the black current has the power to stop them crossing. Only women can travel repeatedly up and down the river, but when Yaleen joins the boating guild and becomes a riverwoman, she is singled out to follow an even more extraordinary path:- Review(s): "For sheer inventiveness and intellectual brilliance Ian Watson has already established himself in the front rank of contemporary writers" - Sunday Times / "Exotic, exciting and intelligent" - Time Out:- (original cost £2.99).
Editore: Collins / Grafton / Panther, 1986
ISBN 10: 0586069739 ISBN 13: 9780586069738
Da: bbs, Lincolnshire, Regno Unito
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condizione: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Tim White (illustratore). 1986 Edition. © 1985: A collection of 21 short stories by Piers Anthony. 1st printing of 1986 edition:- Contents: Possible To Rue / The Toaster / Quinquepedalian / Encounter / Phog / The Ghost Galaxies / Within The Cloud / The Life Of The Stripe / In The Jaws Of Danger / Beak By Beak / Getting Through University / In The Barn / Up Schist Crick / The Whole Truth / The Bridge / On The Uses Of Torture / Small Mouth, Bad Taste / Wood You? / Hard Sell / Hurdle / Gone To The Dogs:- Synopsis: Anthony's most 'piersing' tales. In this personal selection of Piers Anthony's best stories you will encounter clouds and con-artists, a lady and a toaster, dogs, dentists, a vengeful ghost, a wise monster, a tiger, a pair of lovebirds, and a most intriguing encyclopaedia. Enlivened by Anthony's pungent editorial comments, these stories take you into the many worlds of an SF master - wacky, wise, wonderful and always fantastic:- (original cost £2.95).
Editore: Panther Books / Grafton Books, Collins
ISBN 10: 0586058214 ISBN 13: 9780586058213
Da: Librería Ofisierra, Galapagar, MAD, Spagna
Paperback. Good condition. Pages yellowed. Libro.
Editore: Collins / Grafton / Panther, 1986
ISBN 10: 0586062009 ISBN 13: 9780586062005
Da: bbs, Lincolnshire, Regno Unito
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condizione: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Chris Foss (illustratore). 1986 Edition. © 1985: 4th in the 'Elijah Baley & R Daneel Olivaw' series of books. 2nd printing of 1986 edition:- Synopsis: Daneel has the finest mind in history. Giskard can adjust human emotions. Can two conscience-stricken robots save the galaxy? Madam Gladia Solaria glanced disdainfully at the barbarous settler from Baleyworld who had disturbed her long middle-age on Aurora. Yet something about him intrigued her. Perhaps because both he and his planet were named after Elijah Baley, the short-lived Earthman who had been her lover two centuries before. Those memories plagued her. She knew she must return with the Settler to the deserted planet of her birth, Solaria. But the robots Daneel and Giskard knew more. They too remembered Elijah Baley. Now they must prevent his old enemies from plunging the galaxy into war - if the First Law of Robotics will let them:- Review(s): "Scintillating and stimulating" - Kirkus Reviews:- (original cost £2.95).
Editore: Collins / Grafton / Panther, 1987
ISBN 10: 0586071628 ISBN 13: 9780586071625
Da: bbs, Lincolnshire, Regno Unito
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condizione: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Chris Foss (illustratore). 1987 Edition. © 1986: The original unpublished versions of 'Pebble In The Sky', 'The End Of Eternity' and 'Belief'. 1st printing of 1987 edition:- Contents: 'Grow Old Along With Me' (the original version of the novel 'Pebble In The Sky') / 'The End Of Eternity' (original version) / 'Belief' (first version) / 'Belief' (published version):- Synopsis: The stories that were too astounding for Astounding. 'Pebble In The Sky' and 'The End Of Eternity' are among the best known of Isaac Asimov's early novels. But what most readers won't know is that both were originally written for - and rejected by - the famous pulp SF magazines of the 1940s and 1950s. Along with Dr Asimov's fascinating commentary on the revisions and on his working relationships with legendary SF editors John Campbell and Horace Gold, 'The Alternate Asimovs' offers the rare and delightful treat of watching a master of imagination in his workshop:- (original cost £3.50).