Science Fiction from Capricorn Books

Basingstoke: Macmillan Education, 1973. 168 pp, 7 3/4" H. Contents: Foreword; Imposter, by Philip K. Dick; Meteor, by John Wyndham; The Windows of Heaven, by John Brunner; The Veldt, by Ray Bradbury; Creature of the Snows, by William Sambrot; Grenville's Planet, by Michael Shaara; The Gentleman in an Epwa, by Carl Jacobi; Summertime on Icarus, by Arthur C. Clarke; One… Read more about this item

(New York): Delacorte, 1973. 303 pp, 8 1/2" H. B&w drawings. "Kurt Vonnegut bids farewell and Godspeed to all of the literary characters who have worked so hard for him over the years. Their unconditional liberty is the author's fiftieth birthday present to himself. Only Kilgore Trout, the science-fiction writer, is told of his new freedom from the whims… Read more about this item

London: Arthur Baker, 1977. 156 pp, 8 3/4" H. "Cumbersome, colossal and deadly, they were metal robots emerging from a past everyone had believed dead: controlled by a man whose horrible mutilations in a car accident had turned him into a monster, half flesh, half machine. This is the enemy the Avengers, Steed, Purdy and Gambit, have to face… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1996. 3 volumes, 8 3/4" H - all first editions/first printings. **Volume 2 (Scion's Lady) is signed by the author on the title page - signature only.** 1. Lady in Gil - 288 pp, 1996, ISBN 0575062592. "For more than seventy years the exiled Scions of Oballef, the direct descendants of the first Priest-King in Gil,… Read more about this item

New York: Daw, 1972. 11 assorted volumes, 7" H - mass market paperbacks. Listed here using their series numbers, they include odd volumes from the Havilfar, Vallian and Spikatur cycles, plus two additional titles. 1. Transit to Scorpio - 190 pp, 1972 7th printing, ISBN 0879978201. "On the planet Kregen that circled the brightest star of the Constellation of… Read more about this item

New York: Daw, 1990. 3 volume set, 6 7/8" H - mass market paperbacks. 1. Shadowplay - 396 pp, 1990 2nd printing, ISBN 0886773857. "Spacenapped when she stumbled on a kidnapping in progress, Shadith - captive for centuries in the alien artifact known as the Diadem, now once again living in human form - finds herself the prisoner of… Read more about this item

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine, 1984. The final three volumes of the Ni-lach series (quartet), 6 7/8" H. **Please note: this grouping does not include 'Where the Ni-Lach', the first volume in the series.** 2. Shadow Singer - 245 pp, 1984 first printing, ISBN 0345317769. "Humans have long shared the planet Ver-draak with the Ni-lach people -… Read more about this item

New York: Ace Final 3 volumes of the Dirigent Mercenary Corps Series (Sextet) - 6 3/4" H. 1. Major - 260 pp, 1999 2nd printing, ISBN 0441006809. "Lon Nolan has risen through the ranks of the DMC like none before him, consistently showing his courage under fire - and making his mark as a leader of men. Now, with… Read more about this item

New York: Berkley, 1976. 215 pp, 8 5/8" H. Original price intact on dust jacket. 2 b&w maps. "Far across the galaxy, on the planet of Maske, young Jubal Droad leaves home to make his fortune. He attaches himself to the powerful court of Nai the Hever and is made an interplanetary economic spy. Jubal also courts… Read more about this item

New York: Daw 4 novels from the Gor series - volumes 18, 19, 21 & 22. **Please note - Volume 20 is not included here.** All published by Daw, 7" H, with yellow textblock edges, three have white spines, 'Kajira' has a yellow spine. 18. Blood Brothers of Gor - 480 pp, 4th printing, 1982, ISBN… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine 6 novels from the Gor series - volumes I, II, IV, V, VI, VII (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7) **Please note: Volume III (3) - Priest-Kings of Gor - is not included here**. All published by Ballantine, 7" H, with yellow/orange textblock edges. I. Tarnsman of Gor - 219 pp, 8th US… Read more about this item

Toronto / New York: Totem / Berkley The first six volumes of the Battlestar Galactica series, plus volume 9. 6 7/8" H. 1. Battlestar Galactica - 244 pp, ISBN 0002220253, Totem, Toronto, 1978. "A vast and ancient Starship probes the universe for the legendary lost planet Earth - the heroic remnants of humankind battle the alien Cylon for… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1988. 467 pp, 9 1/2" H "Centuries ago, men died for the chance to posses the Ring, to be the master of its powers. But the Sisterhood, which protected it, grew weary of the fighting. At last they fled to an alien planet to keep the Ring in peace. Now, in the paradise city of Parliament,… Read more about this item

New York: Daw 3 volume set - 7" H - mass market paperbacks. 1. Dray Prescot: 12 - The Tides of Kregen, 208 pp - 1976, first printing. 2. Dray Prescot: 13 - Renegade of Kregen, 192 pp - 1976, first printing. 3. Dray Prescot: 14 - Krozair of Kregen, 223 pp - 1977, first printing.… Read more about this item

Toronto: HarperCollins, 1997. 166 pp, 8 5/8" H. "The cutting-edge world of VR opens doors for Joan that the accident (that confined her to a wheelchair) slammed shut - just what her father, computer mogul Max Sandow, hoped when he had the program designed for her. Together with her eager accomplice, Whizkid (a.k.a. the very ordinary Steve Andersen), Joan… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2012. 279 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). "1864. London is a city in transition. The Constantine Affliction - a strange malady that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others into the opposite sex - has spread scandal and upheaval through society. Scientific marvels and disasters, such as clockwork… Read more about this item

London: Compact / Roberts & Vinter, 1966. 190 pp, 6 7/8" H. "Earth was in chaos. Civilization was being strangled by a simple flower which had grown and spread almost unnoticed except by a few biologists. 'Eichhornia Crassipes' - the Weed! Spawned in the tropical swamps, it spread across the lakes and rivers, invading the rolling… Read more about this item

Toronto: Laser, 1976. 190 pp, 6 13/16" H. "When Brother Thomas tries skyfishing from the monastery roof he knows he is breaking the law, but the few risks seem a small price to escape the stifling boredom of his cloistered life. What he doesn't understand is why his insignificant brush with the law makes him the object of… Read more about this item

Paris: J'ai Lu , 1988. 348 pp,6 7/16" H. "C'etait a Londres, un matin - L'orage menacait. George Dower vit entrer dans sa boutique celui qu'il appellera l'Homme de Cuir Noir - Des lors, il devint le jouet d'evenements dont le sens lui echappait. Le plus etrange etait ces etres disgracieux qu'il rencontrait partout - Peuple difforme… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1953. 212 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). "When man tackles the first really long journey - across twenty-six trillion miles of uncharted space - to the nearest star, it will take him two hundred years to complete the flight. Not until the sixth generation nears maturity will the starship reach its destination. Around this fascinating theme,… Read more about this item