SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS

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ON COMPANY TIME: THE FIRST TWO COMPANY NOVELS

By: Baker, Kage

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club: 1999

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 003870

ISBN: 0739401521

Condition: Near Fine


Book Club Edition, first printing and hardcover edition, with "First SFBC Fantasy Printing: February 1999" stated on copyright page with code 36398 on rear jacket panel. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. Omnibus edition, collects the first two Company novels together for the first and only time: In the Garden of Iden (1997 in the UK, 1998 in the US) and Sky Coyote (1999). Jacket edges moderately torn and frayed at head and heel of spine panel. Closed tear (1 cm in length) with associated crinkling at top edge near tip. Defects aside. a clean, square copy without price-clipping. View more info

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MACHINE'S CHILD: THE NEW COMPANY NOVEL [THE]

By: Baker, Kage

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Tor: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004158

ISBN: 0765315513

Condition: Fine


Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Faint handling-related edge wear, else fine copy in very fine jacket. A clean, square copy. A Company novel and the second to last in the series prior to Ms. Baker's passing in 2010. View more info

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COMPANY THEY KEEP [THE]

By: Baker, Kage

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club: 2007

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004196

ISBN: 0739485989

Condition: Very Fine


Book Club first edition, first printing. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Jacket is wrapped in protective brodart cover. Omnibus collecting The Machine's Child (2006) and The Sons of Heaven (2007), novels seven and eight respectively set in The Company universe. View more info

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GODS AND PAWNS: STORIES OF THE COMPANY

By: Baker, Kage

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Tor: 2007

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003618

ISBN: 0765315521

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A clean, square copy in bright jacket with protective brodart cover. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Collection of seven Company stories, two original to this collection. View more info

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CHILDREN OF THE COMPANY: THE NEW COMPANY NOVEL

By: Baker, Kage

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Tor: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003619

ISBN: 076531455X

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The sixth novel in "The Company" series, Baker's innovative time police novels. View more info

MACHINE'S CHILD: THE NEW COMPANY NOVEL [THE]

By: Baker, Kage

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Tor: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003620

ISBN: 0765315513

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A clean, square copy in bright jacket with protective brodart cover. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The seventh novel in The Company universe, Baker's innovative time police series. View more info

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INVERSIONS

By: Banks, Iain M.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Orbit: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000910

ISBN: 1857236262

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover UK, first printing and the true first edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A "story with two stories" about two protagonists, one a soldier and the other a doctor, in a world where social order is breaking down into chaos. As an added wrinkle, both are agents from the advanced Culture civilization. "This could be SF, of a rather sneaky sort...filled with murders, subtle poisons, and political machinations with a very personal edge." Locus - September 1998. Beautiful full color, wrap-around jacket illustra... View more info

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SURFACE DETAIL

By: Banks, Iain M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Orbit: 2010

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004555

ISBN: 0316123404

Condition: Fine


Hardcover first edition, first printing and first US edition. Stated First U.S. Edition: October 2010 on the copyright page with "1" present in complete number line. (Published simultaneously with the Orbit UK edition on October 7, 2010.) Light jacket crinkling at top edge of spine panel, else the jacket is bright, clean and without tears. Page block is clean, square without marks. A fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Award History: 2011 Locus Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction novel (lost to Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis). View more info

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KALEIDOSCOPE CENTURY

By: Barnes, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Tor: 1995

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000724

ISBN: 0312855613

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover first edition, first printing and true first edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. This copy is one of the rare, surviving first printings of the first edition. (Both "First edition: May 1995" and the number sequence "0987654321" appear on the copyright page.) The first edition was recalled by Tor because of an "unacceptably large numbers of errors in the text." The defective copies were exchanged for copies of the second printing (really the 2nd edition) which corrected all the errors. SF novel se... View more info

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MOTHER OF STORMS

By: Barnes, John

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tor: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000086

ISBN: 0312855605

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover first edition, first printing. Out-of-print on publication. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Stated First Edition with number "1" present in complete number line. Near-future disaster novel, it's Twister" on a planetary scale. This novel, along with Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather, was the precursor to the disaster theme of the '90's, i.e. Mother Nature strikes back. Strong character driven novel with adult themes and relationships. "Barnes allows the better aspects of human character, our humanity, to overcome... View more info

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FINITY

By: Barnes, John

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Gollancz: 2000

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001493

ISBN: 0575068906

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover first edition, first printing and first UK edition. (Preceded by the Tor edition published in 1999.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Virtual-reality mystery wrapped inside an alternate history story where American democracy survives in small expatriate groups in a world dominated by 12 "Reichs" which are the legacy of the Axis victory in WWII. "[A] genuine adventure of ideas." - Locus, February 1999, pg. 19. Excellent cover painting in the classic SF style by John Harris. View more info

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CANDLE

By: Barnes, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Tor: 2000

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003613

ISBN: 031289077X

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. Jacket moderately bumped at tips and more severely at head of spine panel, else fine copy in near fine jacket. Award History: 2001 Locus Poll Award Nominee (lost to The Telling by Ursula Le Guin); 2001 Prometheus Award Nominee (lost to Forge of the Elders by L. Neil Smith). Full color, wrap-around jacket by Stephen Youll. View more info

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LIVING REAL

By: Bassett, James C.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: HarperPrism: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000693

ISBN: 0061057290

Condition: Fine


First printing, trade paperpack. First printing with "1" present in complete number line. Advance Reading Copy (uncorrected proof) which in the publishing industry precedes the publication of the first edition. Very fine (unread) copy in pink wraps. A first novel. Introduction letter signed by Bassett laid in. View more info

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MAMMOTH BOOK III: ICEBONES

By: Baxter, Stephen

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Gollancz: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001905

ISBN: 0575072105

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. transported to Mars as embryos as part of an effort to revive the species, the mammoths were left behind when the failed human colony returns to Earth. With mankind gone, only Icebones, the daughter of Silverhair, has the knowledge to teach her fellow Mammoths how to survive and flourish. Jacket illustration by Peter Barrett. View more info

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ORIGIN: MANIFOLD 3

By: Baxter, Stephen

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Voyager: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002045

ISBN: 000225770X

Condition: As New


Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (The first US edition was published in February 2002 by Ballantine as Manifold: Origin.) The final volume in the Manifold trilogy. "[A] complex and ambitious novel that never forgoes its human scale, and contains some of Baxter's most viscerally powerful writing to date." - Locus, September 2001. "Highly superior SF, guaranteed to jolt one's sense of wonder." - David Langford. View more info

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SPACE: MANIFOLD 2

By: Baxter, Stephen

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Voyager: 2000

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001656

ISBN: 0002257718

Condition: Fine


Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (The first US edition was published in January, 2001.) The second volume in Baxter's Manifold series, preceded by Time: Manifold 1. "[S]triking for its combination of Clarkean wonder with eschatological bleakness." - Locus, February, 2001. View more info

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TITAN

By: Baxter, Stephen

Price: $60.00

Publisher: HarperCollins Voyager: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000616

ISBN: 0002254247

Condition: Very Fine


Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. Not a remainder nor ex-library. Barron (ed), Anatomy of Wonder 5, II-87. A declining NASA cobbles together a manned, shoe-string expedition to explore Titan. "Speculative fiction as it may happen." The American space program we all wish it was by the British author of Voyage and The Time Ships. Award History: 1998 Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (lost to The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell); 1998 Locus Poll Award Nominee (lost to The Rise of Endymion by Simmons). View more info

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TRACES

By: Baxter, Stephen

Price: $60.00

Publisher: HarperCollins Voyager: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000864

ISBN: 0002254271

Condition: Fine


Hardcover UK, true first edition and first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Baxter's second short fiction collection (preceded by Vacuum Diagrams). No US edition published. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. Collects 22 previously published stories, mostly published in Interzone, showcasing a great cross-section of Baxter's work during the last decade. This collection is a cornucopia of Baxter's ranging interests and themes, including pastiches dedicated to Blish, Campbell, Clarke, and H.G. Wells, among others. Interesting reading and fun stuff for Baxter fan... View more info

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MOONSEED

By: Baxter, Stephen

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Voyager: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001169

ISBN: 0002254263

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (Preceded the US edition published by Harper Collins.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. A clean, straight copy. A virus-like dust contained in rocks brought back from the Moon threatens the plant life of Earth. Very cool dustjacket illustration by Chris Moore. View more info

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EXULTANT: DESTINY'S CHILDREN BOOK TWO

By: Baxter, Stephen

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Gollancz: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003289

ISBN: 0575074280

Condition: Very Fine


Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (The first US was published in December, 2004.) Faint jacket crinkling at bottom edge of spine panel, else very fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. In 25,000 years, mankind will be involved in a death struggle against the alien Xeelee for control of the galaxy. To win, mankind initiates a selective breeding program to build the ulitmate soldiers for the final victory in battles to be waged at the galaxy's core. The second book in the Destiny's Children series, preceded by Coalescent. Award History: Locus 2004 Recommended Reading List: Science... View more info
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