Fantastic Literature

LEGACY

Schmitz James H · 1979

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Ace 1st printing. Ancient living machines that after millennia of stillness suddenly begin to move under their own power, for reasons that remain a mystery to men. fine paperback, Bob Adragna cover

THE FRACAS FACTOR

Reynolds Mack · 1978

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Leisure 1st printing. GUNS WERE ILLEGAL Unless you were a member of Category Military, no one on Earth could own a gun. So who was shooting at Joe Mauser? And why? fine paperback,

MASTER OF HIS FATE

Cobben J Maclaren · 1987

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Greenhill 1st Greenhill edition.Originally published in 1890. The story deals with a man who can drain the ''life force'' from people and so possibly make himself immortal. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

QUANTUM OF TWEED - The Man with the Nissan Micra

Iggulden Conn · 2012

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,044)

Harper not 1st printing. When Albert Rossi knocks a man over in his Nissan Micra he is amazed he doesn't hear from the police. Instead he gets a mysterious phone call telling him that his money will be left in the usual place. fine b-format paperback

THE CASE OF THE POSTPONED MURDER

Gardner Erle Stanley · 1977

£23.95 (€28.71 | $31.64 | ¥5,051)

Heinemann 1st UK edition. When Mae Farr becomes the presumed stalking victim of wealthy playboy Penn Wentworth, she asks Perry for help. Wentworth say he merely wants her for forging his name on a check. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

THE END OF SOLOMON GRUNDY

Symons Julian · 1977

£27.95 (€33.50 | $36.93 | ¥5,895)

Collins 1st Macmillan edition. When a girl turns up dead in a Mayfair mews, the police want to write it off as just another murdered prostitute, but Superintendent Manners isn't quite so sure. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

WINTER'S CRIMES 18

Hale Hilary · 1986

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,153)

Macmillan 1st edition. Classic crime stories from a selection of contemporary writers fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper,

IN THE OCEAN OF THE NIGHT

Benford Gregory · 1997

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Vista 1st printing. 2019: NASA astronaut Nigel Walmsley is sent on a mission to intercept a rogue asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Ordered to destroy the comet, he instead discovers that it is actually the shell of a derelict space probe near fine paperback, Bob Eggl...

AGAINST INFINITY

Benford Gregory · 1998

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Avon not 1st printing. On the poisonous, icy surface of Ganymede, a man and a boy are on a deadly hunt. Their prey is the Aleph -- an unknowable alien artifact that roamed and ruled Ganymede for countless millennia. near fine paperback,

EATER

Benford Gregory · 2001

£3.95 (€4.73 | $5.22 | ¥833)

Orbit 1st printing. Mysterious object detected at the edges of the solar system? Astronomers race to unravel the mystery? Sign me up! near fine paperback, Fred Gambino cover,

ARTIFACT

Benford Gregory · 2001

£3.95 (€4.73 | $5.22 | ¥833)

Orbit 1st printing. In a 3500-year-old Mycenaean Tomb, an artifact has been unearthed. An incomprehensible object in an impossible place; its age, purpose and origins unknown. near fine paperback, Bob Warner cover,

SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD

Card Orson Scott · 1999

£3.95 (€4.73 | $5.22 | ¥833)

Orbit not 1st printing. Orson Scott Card claims that this is his masterpiece. He said that he only wrote Ender's Game so that he could write this. near fine paperback, Mark Salwowski cover,

SONGMASTER

Card Orson Scott · 1987

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Tor 1st printing. A haunting story of power and love--a tale of the man who would destroy everything he loves to preserve humanity's peace, and the boy who might just sing the world away. near fine paperback, Dennis Nolan cover, spine lightly sun kissed

LOVELOCK

Card Orson Scott & Kidd Kathryn · 1995

£6.95 (€8.33 | $9.18 | ¥1,466)

Tor 1st printing. Famed planetologist Carol Jeanne Cocciolone embarks on a one-way voyage across the galaxy as part of a team of colonists, accompanied by her companion Lovelock, a mentally enhanced monkey near fine paperback, Donato cover

PATTERNS

Cadigan Pat · 1991

£23.95 (€28.71 | $31.64 | ¥5,051)

Grafton 1st printing. Patterns is reminiscent of Ray Bradbury's short stories, but with malevolent twists and psychotic turns that leave the reader waiting on tenterhooks for the final punch line. near fine paperback, Peter Gudynas cover

OPUS - THE BEST OF ISAAC ASMIOV

Asimov Isaac · 1987

£23.95 (€28.71 | $31.64 | ¥5,051)

Grafton not 1st printing. Opus 100 and Opus 200 in one volume. A selection from Asimov's first 200 works of science fiction, science, history, religion, detective fiction, literature and humour. near fine paperback,

THE SHIPS OF EARTH - Homecoming 3

Card Orson Scott · 1994

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,044)

Legend 1st printing. The Oversoul, a computer built by humans escaping the destruction of Earth's ability to support life, has been guiding human evolution over the last 40 billion years near fine paperback, Keith Parkinson cover

BEYOND INFINITY

Benford Gregory · 2004

£3.95 (€4.73 | $5.22 | ¥833)

Orbit 1st printing. Set more than a billion years from now, the novel begins with a young woman who yearns to escape the rigid, timeless Earth she knows. fine paperback, Bob warner cover

AGAINST INFINITY

Benford Gregory · 1987

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,044)

New English Library 1st printing. Their prey is the Aleph an unknowable alien artifact that has roamed and ruled Ganymede for countless millennia, Indescribable, infinitely dangerous, the Aleph haunts mens dreams and destroys all efforts to terraform Ganymede near fine paperba...

ACROSS THE SEA OF SUNS

benford Gregory · 1997

£6.95 (€8.33 | $9.18 | ¥1,466)

Vista 1st printing. The Earth has received a mysterious signal from a nearby planet and sends out a spaceship to investigate. near fine paperback, Bob Eggleton cover