THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
(1980)
Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
Science Fiction
A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST
1974
First edition of Anderson's alternate-history Shakespearian fantasia with elves, warmly inscribed to fellow science fiction writer Reginald Bretnor and screenwriter Rosalie (Bodrero) Bretnor.
THE VISUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION
(1977)
First softcover edition of this pictorial checklist of SF, warmly inscribed by subject and contributor Philip José Farmer.
FANTASTIC VOYAGE II: DESTINATION BRAIN
1987
Signed limited first edition of this reboot of the story of miniaturized scientists venturing inside the human body – from the library of Hugo-nominated SF author and reviewer D. Douglas Fratz.
THE DEMOLISHED MAN
(1954)
First paperback edition of the first ever Hugo award-winning novel set in a future society with telepaths, "a masterful compounding of science and detective fiction" (Boucher and McComas).
ZEN AND THE ART OF WRITING
1973
Signed limited first edition of this thirteenth title in the Capra Chapbook Series, pairing two of Bradbury's essays on writing originally written in the 1950s.
THE INCREDIBLE PLANET
1949
First edition of this novel about a great, a spectacular, a really wonderful, terrific, one really might be tempted to say an incredible planet, by the complicated king of science fiction's Golden Age.
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TOVÁRNA NA ABSOLUTNO [The Absolute at Large]
1922
First edition of this biting science-fiction satire by a major Czech modernist, in which a nuclear fission experiment to create clean energy has an unexpected byproduct.
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
1969
First edition of Michael Crichton's first book written under his own name, an important early techno-thriller that established his career.
SPHERE
1987
First edition of this undersea psychological thriller, later adapted into a film starring Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson.
A HOSTAGE FOR HINTERLAND
(1976)
Signed paperback original of the first book by the Hungarian-born American author, the first of non-Anglo/American descent to be nominated for the Astounding (then John. W. Campbell) Award.
FREAKS' AMOUR
1979
First edition, proof copy of De Haven's first novel, telling the story of a nuclear explosion in New Jersey and the new race of humans it engenders.
THE WHEELS OF IF: And Other Science-Fiction
1948
First edition of this early collection of DeCamp's lighthearted short science fiction and fantasy stories, all originally published in Astounding Science Fiction and Unknown magazines, in the famed original dust jacket.
THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION
(1967)
First edition, paperback original, of this Nebula Award-winning science fiction novel combining the physics of Einstein, the philosophy of Godel, and the mythology of Orpheus.
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THE JEWELS OF APTOR [with] SECOND ENDING
(1962)
First edition, paperback original, of Delany's acclaimed debut novel and now science fiction classic, published as an Ace Double with White's SECOND ENDING.
THE RADIO MAN: Myles Cabot on Venus
1948
Handsome first edition of this illustrated Golden Age Venusian space fantasy, in a possible trial dust jacket with design by Jack Gaughan.
DAYWORLD
(1985)
Inscribed first printing of Farmer's dystopian science fiction novel of a future overpopulation crisis, later followed by two sequels.
THE BODY SNATCHERS
1955
First UK edition and first hardcover edition of this science fiction classic, the origin of the "pod people" trope and the inspiration for numerous Hollywood films – in beautiful condition.
A CALL TO ARMS
(1991)
Signed first printing of the first volume in Foster's 'The Damned' trilogy.
MONA LISA OVERDRIVE
(1988)
Signed first US edition of this third title in the Sprawl trilogy, the series that popularized cyberpunk.
THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS
(1968)
First printing of the first US paperback edition of the Hugo Award-winning futuristic political fable, in which a lunar colony revolts through the beneficent assistance of a powerful computer that develops AI.
RED PLANET: A Colonial Boy on Mars
1949
First edition of this early Heinlein work, aimed at a younger audience and setting up themes that would carry through into STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
THE DEAD ZONE
(1979)
First edition of the fifth of King's novels to be published under his own name, one of his most successful works and the basis for a film adaptation by David Cronenberg.
THE STAND
1978
First printing, in beautiful condition, of arguably King's greatest work, the story of a band of survivors during a deadly pandemic.
THE BEST OF C.M. KORNBLUTH
(1977)
First edition of this collection of 19 previously published stories by Kornbluth, selected and introduced by his longtime collaborator/colleague Frederik Pohl.
