Fantastic Literature

THE ORANGE CURTAIN

Shannon John · 2001

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Carroll and Graf 1st edition. If you've not met Jack Liffey -- and every mystery lover should -- here's your chance. This taut new novel featuring author John Shannon's "brave and decent" hero also offers you the perfect opportunity to get hooked on this mystery series near fi...

A SECOND CHANCE AT EDEN

Hamilton peter F · 1998

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Macmillan not 1st printing. This collection of one novella and six short stories is truly extraordinary, wonderful, marvellous. fine trade paperback, Jim Burns cover

TODAY WE CHOOSE FACES

Zelazny Roger · 1974

£87.95 (€105.42 | $116.19 | ¥18,549)

MIllington 1st UK & 1st hardcover edition. This is one of Zelazny's most over-looked novels, a quasi-experimental piece in which no one is quite what they seem to be when they are introduced. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Chris Foss, dustwrapper

ARMAGEDDON THE MUSICAL

Rankin Robert · 1990

£27.95 (€33.50 | $36.93 | ¥5,895)

Bllomsbury 1st edition. It is the year 2050 and the soap opera "The Earthers" is making big video bucks in the intergalactic ratings race. Alien TV executives know exactly what the old earth drama needs to make the off-world audience sit up and stare fine hardcover copy in a f...

Acts of revision - SIGNED

Bedford Martyn · 1996

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,044)

Bantam Press 1st edition debut novel, SIGNED. Gregory Lynn must have had a very bad childhood because, when he uncovers his old school papers from his mother's attic after her death, he sets about to commit some "acts of revision" on his former teachers. near fine hardcover co...

LIFE

Jones Gwyneth · 2004

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Aqueduct Press 1st printing. A richly textured fictional biography of the brilliant Anna Sen oz, a scientist who makes a momentous discovery about the X and Y chromosomes. Her discovery provokes widespread sexual rage and impacts cruelly on her career fine trade paperback

THE KING'S BISHOP

Robb candace · 1996

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,153)

William heinemann 1st edition. On a snowy morning in 1367, Sir William of Wyndesore's page is found in the icy moat of Windsor Castle, and some whisper that the murderer was Ned Townley--a former comrade-in-arms of Owen Archer. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

L.A. REQUIEM

Crais Robert · 2000

£27.95 (€33.50 | $36.93 | ¥5,895)

Wheeler Large Prin 1st large print edition.The day starts like any other in L.A. The sun burns hot as the Santa Ana winds blow ash from mountain fires to coat the glittering city. But for private investigator Joe Pike, the city will never be the same again. fine hardcover copy...

THE SKYBORN

Collins paul · 2005

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Starscape - Tom Doherty 1st edition, first printing, full number string fine hardcover copy in a near fine, Jon Foster, dustwrapper

BEST OF BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION 2022

Scott Donna (editor) · 2023

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Newcon Press 1st printing. Donna Scott has outdone herself, scouring magazines, anthologies, webzines and obscure genre corners to discover the very best science fiction stories by British and British-based authors published during 2022 fine b-format paperback,

BEST OF BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION 2021

Scott Donna (editor) · 2022

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Newcon Press 1st printing. Editor Donna Scott has scoured magazines, anthologies, webzines and obscure genre corners to discover the very best science fiction stories by British and British-based authors published during 2021. fine b-format paperback,

BEST OF BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION 2019

Scott Donna (editor) · 2020

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Newcon Press 1st printing. Twenty-two stories, selected by editor Donna Scott from disparate places, that represent some of the best science fiction published anywhere in 2019 fine b-format paperback, Les Edwards cover

BEST OF BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION 2018

Scott Donna (editor) · 2019

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Newcon Press 1st printing. Twenty-six stories that represent some of the best SF published anywhere in 2018 fine b-format paperback, Les Edwards cover

THE BABY MERCHANT

Reed Kit · 2006

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,098)

Tor 1st edition. A very engaging story about a man who grabs unwanted babies to sell to parents who can't have babies of their own. He gets blackmailed by a slimy journalist and pulls off one last baby grab. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Shelley Eshkar, dustwrapper

REQUIEM

Heinlein Robert A, Kondo Yoji (editor) · 1992

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,153)

Tor 1st printing. There is much to praise here in this book - from uncollected works to articles about his history and even testimonials from his closest friends and admirers. There are a few speeches thrown in for a good measure too. near fine b-format paperback,

OTHER NATURE

Smith Stephanie A · 1997

£17.95 (€21.52 | $23.71 | ¥3,786)

Tor 1st printing. Set in a small community on the Oregon coast in the middle of the next century, after diseases have ravaged the civilized world, Other Nature tells the story of the end of this world and the beginning of a new one fine b-format paperback,

PRETERNATURAL TOO: GYRE

Bonnano margaret Wander · 2001

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Tor 1st printing. Karen Guerreri is an obscure writer of science fiction novels. She is half convinced that her invisibility-far from qualifying as a superpower in a world of mad-scientist villains-has simply left her alone fine trade paperback

McSullivan's Beach

Dewhurst Keith · 1985

£6.95 (€8.33 | $9.18 | ¥1,466)

Angus & Robertson 1st Australian edition. McSullivan ia tough private eye nr fine in a nr fine dustwrapper

TOP CRIME - The Author's Choice

Pachter Josh (editor) · 1983

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,098)

Dent 1st edition. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

THE SILENCE OF GHOSTS - flat signed

Atcliffe Jonathan · 2013

£23.95 (€28.71 | $31.64 | ¥5,051)

Corsir 1st printing. SIGNED. When the Blitz starts in London, Dominic Lancaster, injured out of service at the battle of Narvik, accompanies his 10 year old sister Octavia to the family house on the shores of Ullswater in the Lake District fine b-format paperback