Fantastic Literature

TIME TRAVELLERS NEVER DIE

McDevitt Jack · 2010

£5.95 (€7.13 | $7.86 | ¥1,255)

Ace 1st printing. Typical McDevitt book that keeps you engrossed while you do not want to question too much its premises; our bumbling but endearing heroes (Shel and Dave) travel throughout history and have many adventures, most due to their ineptness very good+ paperback, Ton...

BALSHAZZAR'S SERPENT

Chalker Jack L · 2001

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Baen 1st printing. The interstellar wormholes failed and silence fell across a third of the galaxy. And when Karl Woodward's starship The Mountain found a lost colony, a stranded criminal mob struck, determined to seize his ship. near fine paperback, Bob Eggleton cover

MAD AMOS

Foster Alan Dean · 1996

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Ballantine not 1st printing. The "Weird West" genre is not too well-defined. Basically, any story that takes the form of a western, but contains incongruous elements (such as fantasy, science fiction, or the like) is lumped in with the rest as "Weird." near fine paperback,

THE FIVE GOLD BANDS

Vance Jack · 1980

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,153)

Mayflower 1st printing. Picaresque Irish adventurer Paddy Blackthorn is caught attempting to steal an interstellar space drive and is sentenced to death by the ruling council of mutant humans. near fine paperback, Bruno Elettori cover

DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN

Green Simon R · 1993

£17.95 (€21.52 | $23.71 | ¥3,786)

Roc 1st printing. Trigger warnings: violence. Lots of violence. Graphic descriptions of battles and injuries. A backstory in which a female character basically seduces a man so that she can rob him once he's naked near fine paperback,

OTHERNESS

Brin David · 1994

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Bantam not 1st printing. From multiple award-winning author David Brin comes this extraordinary collection of tales and essays of the near and distant future, as humans and aliens encounter the secrets of the cosmos near fine paperback, Donato cover

THE KILLING MACHINE

Vance Jack · 1980

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Coronet 1st printing. Having brought arch-villain Malagate the Woe to justice, Gersen now sets his sights on Kokor Hekkus, another of the Demon Princes. near fine paperback, T

REGENESIS

Cherryh C J · 2009

£17.95 (€21.52 | $23.71 | ¥3,786)

Daw Book 1460 not 1st printing. Regenesis, the "long-awaited sequel" to C.J. Cherryh's Cyteen, moves at the same deliberate and complex pace as its predecessor; its climax is political more than anything else near fine paperback

QUEEN OF DEMONS

Drake David · 1999

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Tor 1st printing. More epic quests for Sharina, Cashel, Ilna, Garric, Tenocritis and Liane all interwoven in the ultimate quests of the reunification of the Kingdom of the Isles and the saving of their civilization. near fine paperback, Donato cover

STARBORNE

Silverberg Robert · 1997

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Bantam 1st printing. Fifty men and women are chosen as the crew of the Wotan, in what is certain to be the greatest voyage of exploration in human history. Their mission is to travel to the furthest reaches of the galaxy in search of inhabitable worlds. near fine paperback, Br...

PRISONER'S HOPE

Feintuch David · 1995

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Warner 1st printing. Recovering from injuries at Hope Nation, Captain Nicholas Seafort is appointed liaison to the wealthy planters of the verdant colony planet and finds himself called upon to halt a revolution near fine paperback, Steve Youll cover

RIDERS OF THE WINDS

Chalker Jack L · 1988

£5.95 (€7.13 | $7.86 | ¥1,255)

Ace not 1st printing. With their people dominated for centuries by the Ahkbreed, a power-hungry band of sorcerers whose mastery over physical laws has made slaves of countless worlds, two brave young women find themselves swept up by the Changewinds. near fine paperback, Darre...

ANDROMEDA'S CHOICE

Dietz William C · 2014

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Ace 1st printing. It's not often that a sequel exceeds the first in a series, but Andromeda's Choice is such a book. William C. Dietz's new novel follows on from Andromeda's Fall and so serves as the second volume in the Legion of the Damned. near fine paperback, Christian McG...

THE MAN KZIN WARS III

Niven Larry · 1992

£13.95 (€16.72 | $18.43 | ¥2,942)

Baen Books not 1st printing. The cats verses the monkeys wars continues. My favorite invention form Larry Nivens universe enjoys the contribution of some of the best and boldest writers of our time as the legend grows more elaborate and interesting. near fine paperback, Stephe...

THE HEDGE OF THE MIST

Kennealy-Morrison Patricia · 1997

£23.95 (€28.71 | $31.64 | ¥5,051)

Harper 1st printing. In this third book in a dazzling trilogy, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison takes her space-going Arthurian legends to a moving and triumphant conclusion--a Grail Quest unlike any other. near fine paperback, Thomas Canty cover

PEOPLE OF THE LAKES

Gear Kathleen O'Neal & W Michael · 1995

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,153)

Tor not 1st printing. Clan fighting over a powerful totemic mask has brought the Mound Builder people of the Great Lakes region to the edge of destruction. It is up to Star Shell, daughter of a Hopewell chief, to rid her people of this curse near fine paperback, Royo cover,

MISSPENT YOUTH

Hamilton peter F · 2002

£3.95 (€4.73 | $5.22 | ¥833)

Pan not 1st printing. It is forty years in the future and, following decades of research and trillions of euros spent on genetics, Europe is finally in a position to rejuvenate a human being. very good paperback, Jim Burns cover

ICE CROWN

Norton Andre · 1971

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Ace 1st printing. Roane, a young space-faring explorer travels with her uncle and his son on exploratory trips to lesser-developed planets looking for Forerunner artifacts, or, in this case, Psychocrat artifacts. very good paperback, Davis Meltzer cover, price inked out

LOCAL CUSTOM

Lee Sharon & Miller Steve · 2002

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Ace 2nd printing. Master trader Er Thom knows the local custom of Liaden is to be matched with a proper bride, and provide his prominent clan Korval with an heir. very good paperback, Michael Herring cover, slight spine crease

TOMORROW IS TOO FAR

White James · 1981

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Ballantine 2nd printing. Jim Carson was Security Chief at the Hart-Ewing plant--and he was very good at his job. That is, he accomplished what he had to unobtrusively. near fine paperback, Matt Davis cover