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Soft cover. Etat : Good. Soft cover. MMPB. Light edge wear. Corner bumped. Spine edge taped. Damp stained/pages toned with age. Else, tight and square. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. YA/COA/THRILLER. Bruce Pennington [cover art] (illustrateur).

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Full print # line indicates 1st printing of August, 1996's 1st Ballentine edition. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. Paperback cover is whole and shows no wear. Laminate was applied with wrinkling. Prudence and Dreu Pennington-McNeil (Cover Art) (illustrateur). …

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Fair: Heavier signs of wear. 1972 Edition. © 1965: A stand-alone novel by Brian W Aldiss. 2nd printing of 1972 edition:- Synopsis: The world had degenerated into a disease-ridden, over-populated rubbish dump. Chemicals had poisoned the landscape and reduced most of the people to the edge of starvation. Ecology has become a meaningless word from the past. The planet earth speeds on its collision course with disaster. There is a solution but it is so frightful that man cannot conceive of it ever being put into operation. Only one man, Knowle Noland, ex-convict, ex-traveller, and captain of the tramp freighter Trieste Star, is prepared to try. He alone is prepared to fire a shot that will throw the world into hideous war, but may leave a brave new world for the survivors. If there are any survivors:- (original cost £0.25). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Fair: Heavier signs of wear. 1972 Edition. © 1956: 2nd in the 'Null-A' series of books. 3rd printing of 1972 edition. Heavier creasing to cover & sticker removal damage:- Synopsis: What was the Follower? Gosseyn knew the creature threatened to destroy whole solar systems but not even his Null-A trained double brain could thwart the Follower's plans. Then he found himself face to face with a force that lay at the very roots of human intelligence. And fighting an insane mind that had once controlled his body:- (original cost £1.95). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Etat : Fair: Heavier signs of wear. 1973 Edition. © 1965: A stand-alone novel by Gordon R Dickson. 1st printing of 1973 edition:- Synopsis:- The Ruml were highly intelligent creatures. They had an elaborate civilisation, advanced technology, and a strict moral social code - moral according to their values. They had already over-run six worlds, exterminated the native life and colonised the planets. But an ordinary citizen of Earth, Jason Barchar, was able to penetrate the mind, think the thoughts, see the sights, feel the sensations of one of the Ruml. And on Jason depended the fate of the world - for the Ruml were preparing to invade Earth:- (original cost £0.30). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur). …

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Fair: Heavier signs of wear. 1972 Edition. © 1963: A collection of 8 short stories by Brian Aldiss. 1st printing of 1972 edition:- Contents: A Kind Of Artistry / How To Be A Soldier / Basis For Negotiation / Shards / O Moon Of My Delight! / The International Smile / The Game Of God / Old Hundredth:- Synopsis: Take a trip with Britain's leading writer of science fiction. Eight imaginative excursions into the future. Meet the Man of the Future, with his insatiable desire to move onwards and outwards. In the cold-war of the future, it's a man's life in the army - or is it? How will a human mind react when it finds itself in a non-human body? It doesn't matter whether you prefer outer space or inner space - these stories are the best; from the bleak vacuum of space, Brian Aldiss brings you back to 'The Airs Of Earth':- Review(s): "He ranges a wide spectrum of fantasy" - Daily Telegraph:- (original cost £0.35). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1973 Edition. © 1959: 1st in the 'Year Before Yesterday' series of books (includes the short story 'Segregation'). 2nd printing of 1973 edition:- Synopsis: An invasion of Earth was imminent - and only one man could prevent it! A team of saboteurs had infiltrated the enemy territories, attempting to bring back to Earth a warning of the impending attack. Death had reduced their numbers to two and fears of treachery had divided them. Finally, only one man could save Earth. The secret of the hordes of death must be brought back. But he could trust nobody - not even himself!:- (original cost £0.30). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1972 Edition. © 1970: 1st in the 'Jorj X McKie' series of books. 2nd printing of 1972 edition:- Synopsis: Suddenly - the end of all life throughout the entire Galaxy! It was only weeks away, or days - or even hours. It all depended on the survival of the last of the entities known as 'Calebans'. But the Caleban was dying - subjected to systematic torture by the richest, most wicked woman in the Galaxy. Unless she could be stopped, the end was only a few days away, or hours - or even minutes!:- (original cost £0.40). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1973 Edition. © 1969: A stand-alone novel by A E van Vogt. 2nd printing of 1973 paperback edition:- Synopsis: The Silkie - a living spaceship, impervious to heat and cold, virtually indestructible and capable of travelling at supersonic speeds. The Silkie - similar to a human being, but not the same. Highly intelligent. The Silkie - able to live under the oceans with the ease of a dolphin and the speed of a shark. The Silkie - a modern angel or a computerised demon? The Silkie - friend of Earth, or a pitiless, alien destroyer?:- (original cost £0.30). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Fair: Heavier signs of wear. 1974 Edition. © 1970: 5th in the 'Stainless Steel Rat' series of books. 3rd printing of 1974 edition:- Synopsis: It was totally impossible for Cliaand to wage interstellar war. But the crazy little planet was winning, whatever the odds. And there wasn't much the peaceful galaxy could do. Except send Slippery Jim diGriz - the Stainless Steel Rat - to wage his own kind of guerrilla campaign against the grey men of Cliaand and their leader, the indomitable Kraj. But then the Rat was aided by a band of liberated Amazons and his own beloved, murderous Angelina. And they had to swing the odds in his favour:- Review(s): "Fast-moving and very funny" - Richard Burton, Evening Standard:- (original cost £0.65). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1972 Edition. © 1968: An omnibus of 2 stories by Arthur C Clarke. 1st printing of 1972 edition:- Synopsis: Two tales of man's quest for the unimaginable, the indefinable, the elusive: 'The Lion Of Comarre' is a story of a mysterious city, a courageous youth, and a lion of peculiar ability. 'Against The Fall Of Night' is the early version - the embryo - of the now classic novel 'The City And The Stars'. It will be of special fascination to Clarke aficionados:- Review(s) "Arthur C Clarke, 'the Colossus of Science Fiction' creates man's secret vision. The search for an eldorado that fulfils his dream of the unknown":- (original cost £0.30). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1975 Edition. © 1966: A collection of 4 stories by Robert A Heinlein. 1st printing of 1975 edition:- Contents: Introduction: Pandora's Box / Free Men / Blowups Happen / Searchlight / Solution Unsatisfactory:- Synopsis: In this exciting collection master science-fiction storyteller Robert Heinlein explores some strange and frightening possibilities: The possibility that a young girl, blind and alone, could be lost somewhere on the vast face of the moon. The possibility that someone could possess the ultimate weapon - for which no deterrent exists - at the same time knowing that any other country could discover the weapon at the same moment. The possibility of small bands of guerillas which were all that was left of the USA after the cataclysmic Twenty Minutes War:- Review(s): "Robert Heinlein, winner of three Hugo Awards uses just such possibilities in these famous stories, many of which helped establish his worldwide reputation":- (original cost £0.35). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1973 Edition. © 1970: A stand-alone novel by A E van Vogt. 2nd printing of 1973 edition:- Synopsis: This long-awaited novel by A E van Vogt, master of the futuristic fantasy, features Spaceport, a special city with peculiar problems of its own. It is the scene of a desperate generation battle. Space Commander Lane returns to Earth after a year's strenuous travel in the unmapped spaces between the stars, harassed by ever-watchful, hostile aliens. He finds that things have changed out of all recognition: the male adults have deserted the cities to fight and explore, and the children, left to their own devices, have assumed power. The situation is explosive; the results terrifying. Once again van Vogt has brought fiction all too uncomfortably close to reality. This is the master at his very best:- (original cost £0.35). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Fair: Heavier signs of wear. 1974 Edition. © 1970: 5th in the 'Stainless Steel Rat' series of books. 5th printing of 1974 edition:- Synopsis: It was totally impossible for Cliaand to wage interstellar war. But the crazy little planet was winning, whatever the odds. And there wasn't much the peaceful galaxy could do. Except send Slippery Jim diGriz - the Stainless Steel Rat - to wage his own kind of guerrilla campaign against the grey men of Cliaand and their leader, the indomitable Kraj. But then the Rat was aided by a band of liberated Amazons and his own beloved, murderous Angelina. And they had to swing the odds in his favour:- Review(s): "Fast-moving and very funny" - Richard Burton, Evening Standard:- (original cost £0.40). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1974 Edition. © 1970: 5th in the 'Stainless Steel Rat' series of books. 1st printing of 1974 edition:- Synopsis: It was totally impossible for Cliaand to wage interstellar war. But the crazy little planet was winning, whatever the odds. And there wasn't much the peaceful galaxy could do. Except send Slippery Jim diGriz - the Stainless Steel Rat - to wage his own kind of guerrilla campaign against the grey men of Cliaand and their leader, the indomitable Kraj. But then the Rat was aided by a band of liberated Amazons and his own beloved, murderous Angelina. And they had to swing the odds in his favour:- Review(s): "Fast-moving and very funny" - Richard Burton, Evening Standard:- (original cost £0.40). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Soft cover. Etat : Fair: Heavier signs of wear. 1986 Edition. © 1984: A stand-alone novel by David Brin. 1st printing of 1986 edition:- Synopsis: Physicist Dennis Nuel was the first human to probe the strange realms called anomaly worlds - alternative universes where the laws of science were unpredictably changed. But the world Dennis discovered seemed almost like our own - with one perplexing difference. To his astonishment, he was hailed as a wizard, and found himself fighting beside a beautiful woman with strange powers against a mysterious warlord as he struggles to solve the riddle of this baffling world:- Review(s): "David Brin has been called 'a major new talent' by Locus and 'one of the brightest lights on the SF horizon' by Gregory Benford. In 'The Practice Effect', Brin combines all the rich characterization and state-of-the-art science of his previous novels with new levels of fantastic imagination and rousing high adventure" / "Lively, outlandish and entertaining" - Publishers Weekly:- (original cost £1.95). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Soft cover. Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1985 Edition. © 1982: 3rd in the 'Darkover' series of books. 1st printing of 1985 edition:- Synopsis: She had rejected her noble birthright and embraced the freedom only a man could claim. She was Romilly, who spurned humanity for its evils and jealousies and lived among the beasts of hill and forest. There was war in the lands of Darkover, but Romilly wanted none of it. Yet, male-garbed or beast-minded, she was also human. And duty to her own kind pointed her to the ultimate decision:- (original cost £2.25). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1981 Edition. © 1977: 1st in the 'Sunset Warrior' series of books. 3rd printing of 1981 edition:- (original cost £2.25). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1981 Edition. © 1978: 2nd in the 'Sunset Warrior' series of books. 2nd printing of 1981 edition:- (original cost £1.95). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1970 Edition. © 1967: A collection of four short stories by Isaac Asimov. 2nd printing of 1970 paperback edition:- Contents: It's Such A Beautiful Day / Belief / Breeds There A Man? / The C-Chute:- Synopsis: From the master of Science Fiction. Enter the imagination of Isaac Asimov. 'It's Such A Beautiful Day', nature had been forgotten in this electronic world of the future - until one day, quite by accident, a young boy strayed outdoors and discovered what was there. 'Breeds There A Man?', The physicist had arrived at a theory - very interesting, but highly improbable. But something not quite human seemed to be causing a bit of trouble. 'The C-Chute', The spaceship had to be recaptured from the aliens, which meant that somebody had to be a hero. But who would that be. And why?:- (original cost 5'). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1972 Edition. © 1970: An anthology of 10 short stories edited by William F Nolan. 1st printing of 1972 paperback edition:- Contents: The Lineman by Walter M Miller JR / I, Mars by Ray Bradbury / Sunjammer by Arthur C Clarke / The Better Man by Ray Russell / Carrier by Robert Sheckley / The Castaway by Charles E Fritch / Ghetto by Poul Anderson / Happily Ever After by William F Nolan / North Wind by Chad Oliver / Death Of A Spaceman by Walter M Miller Jr:- Synopsis: Man and the infinite: Men on the moon - condemned for years to an all-male society; Men on strange planets - forsaken and alone, struggling to accept the terrors of new worlds; Men on Star Ships - in space for centuries and returning to find a world that hated them; Men in the Universe - sailing their mighty Sun Ships in the greatest race ever run; New Stars, New Skies, New Concepts. A vision of man as he will be in the eternity of space:- (original cost £0.30). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1971 Edition. © 1969: 1st in the 'Doona' series of books. 5th printing of 1971 edition:- Synopsis: Doona was a jewel of a planet - a pastoral paradise with rivers and lakes and mountains and seas. The Hrrubans needed it to revitalise their decadent race, to give them back something of the old pioneering spirit. The Terrans needed it as an overspill from the hysterical crowding of earth, a place to breathe and move without restrictions. So they both sent a colonising party - and they both began to think of Doona as Home. And then one day the smooth-skinned, two-legged mammal known as Man, came face to face with the furry, four-pawed mammal known as Hrruban:- (original cost £1.50). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7½" x 4¼". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1971 Edition. © 1963: A collection of 8 short stories by Brian Aldiss. 1st printing of 1971 edition:-Contents:- A Kind Of Artistry / How To Be A Soldier / Basis For Negotiation / Shards / O Moon Of My Delight! / The International Smile / The Game Of God / Old Hundredth:- Synopsis: Take a trip with Britain's leading writer of science fiction. Eight imaginative excursions into the Future. Meet the Man of the Future, with his insatiable desire to move onwards and outwards. In the cold-war of the future, it's a man's life in the army - or is it? How will a human mind react when it finds itself in a non-human body? It doesn't matter whether you prefer outer space or inner space - these stories are the best; from the bleak vacuum of space, Brian Aldiss brings you back to 'The Airs of Earth':- Review(s): "He ranges a wide spectrum of fantasy" - Daily Telegraph:- (original cost £0.30 (6')). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1969 Edition. © 1961: A stand-alone novel by Fritz Leiber. 1st printing of 1969 edition. Originally serialised in 2 parts in Galaxy Science Fiction, March & April 1958:- Synopsis: Greta Forzane was no ordinary hostess. True, it was her job to entertain, but the soldiers she amused were recovering from battles fought in the biggest war ever. A war in which they travelled back in time to change the past - or ahead to mould the future. History, as Greta knew it, had already drastically altered. The Nazis won World War II and have an empire stretching from Kansas to Siberia. The American Civil War never occurred. The Roman Empire was crushed before it really began. And now Greta had heard that a nuclear bomb was to be taken back to ancient Egypt!:- Review(s): "'The Big Time' is original, exciting, terrifying and undoubtedly a unique science fiction classic by one of today's most brilliant and imaginative writers:- (original cost 4'). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1975 Edition. © 1964: 1st in the 'Nostrilla' series of books. 1st printing of 1975 edition. Penned price to front cover & second-hand book dealer's stamp to inside front cover:- Synopsis: Rod McBan the hundred and fifty-first was destined to die in the Station of Doom because he was not a telepath. But - somehow - he survived. Indeed, he went on to use a forbidden computer to make himself the richest man in history. And use his wealth to buy Old Earth. Which meant he had to die to reach the planet he owned alive:- (original cost £0.40). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1976 Edition. © 1970: A stand-alone novel by Philip José Farmer. 1st printing of 1976 edition:- Synopsis: Millions of years after Man's extinction - one man survives. Ulysses Singing Bear was a scientist back in 1985. But an experiment with matter molecules backfired - and he became 'petrified'. Millions of years later he 'awakens'. But the world has changed - drastically - and he finds he is worshipped as a god by people no longer human. Hoping to find a human female with whom to start his race again, he sets out. But there is an obstacle - The Tree, Wurutana, the Devourer, arch enemy of the Stone God's people, the mightiest tree ever known, whose branches touch the heavens and whose roots clasp hell. Ulysses-turned-god must conquer The Tree and the weird races it shelters, move heaven and hell - no easy task, even for a god:- (original cost £0.60). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Etat : Fair: Heavier signs of wear. 1974 Edition. © 1972: 1st in the 'Callisto' series of books. 1st printing of 1974 edition:- Synopsis: Jandar the alien enslaved. Lost in the jungles of Cambodia, among the ruins of a vanished city. Transported to the mysterious land of Thanator on Callisto, moon of Jupiter. Jandar, the alien from Earth, finds himself in a world of black and crimson jungles where the hand of every man is lifted in eternal enmity against every other. A savage, hostile world in which he is first held prisoner by the fearsome insect-men, only to be freed for a more binding slavery in the deadly clutches of the Sky Pirates, and in the service of the Princess Darloona, the most beautiful woman in two worlds, who demands love almost beyond the limits of his mortal soul:- (original cost £0.40). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur).…

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Etat : Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1970 Edition. © 1966: A collection of 4 stories by Robert A Heinlein. 1st printing of 1970 edition:- Contents: Introduction: Pandora's Box / Free Men / Blowups Happen / Searchlight / Solution Unsatisfactory:- Synopsis: In this new collection, master SF storyteller Robert Heinlein explores some strange and frightening possibilities: The possibility of a young girl, blind and alone, lost somewhere on the vast face of the moon. The possibility that someone could possess the ultimate weapon - for which no defence existed - and also knew that any other country could discover the weapon at the same moment. The possibility of small bands of guerillas which were all that was left of the U.S.A. after the cataclysmic Twenty Minutes War:- Review(s): "Robert Heinlein, winner of three Hugo Awards uses just such possibilities in stories which originally established his exciting reputation, plus a completely new, never published novelette which shows Heinlein at the peak of his ability":- (original cost 5' (£0.25)). Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrateur). …

Soft cover. Etat : Good. GD+ Cover art by Bruce Pennington.