Edited Wollheim Donald Arthur W Saha (14 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing, May 1974. 280 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light wear.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Dust jacket has slight shelf wear and creasing/rubbing to the covers/spine, with 1/4-inch closed tears to the lower spine and rear cover edge. Slight toning and discoloration to the inside jacket. Book has slight shelf wear and faint lean, with slight separation between the text-block and spine board. Used Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Dust jacket has light shelf wear, with slight rubbing to the spine ends and cover edges/corners. 1/4-inch closed tear to the upper front jacket edge and slight closed tear/creasing to the upper front inside flap. Book has slight shelf wear and some lean, with faint bump to the upper spine end. Used Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Dust jacket has slight shelf wear, with color transfer to the inside flaps and bumping to the lower rear inside flap. Slight cracking to the jacket finish. Book has slight shelf lean and puckering to the spine. Used Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: DAW Books Inc [1984]. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0879979348 . First edition [thus]. 256 pages. VG copy [creasing, spot of wear to the upper spine]. .

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition (BOMC). Dust jacket has very slight shelf wear, with chipping to the spine/cover corners. Book has slight shelf lean, with partial separation between the upper text-block and spine board. Good used reading condition. Used Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition (BOMC). Dust jacket has very slight shelf wear. Book has faint shelf wear and lean. Very good used reading condition. Used Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Very slight shelf wear to the dust jacket, cover, and spine with bumping and creasing to the jacket corners. Binding remains tight and pages are clean and unbent with a deckled edge to the text block. Used Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Vincent Di Fate (illustrator). First Edition 2nd Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; "JUN" Stamped on Lower Edge. Presenting the top ten stories of the year by: Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Greg Bear, Tanith Lee, and others. BOOK NUMBER: UE1934. CONTENTS: Introduction; Blood Music - Greg Bear; Potential - Isaac Asimov; Knight of Shallows - Rand B. Lee; Spending a Day at the Lottery Fair - Frederik Pohl; In the Face of My Enemy - Joseph H. Delaney; The Nanny - Thomas Wylde; The Leaves of October - Don Sakers; As Time Goes By - Tanith Lee; The Harvest of Wolves - Mary Gentle; Homefaring - Robert Silverberg. SYNOPSIS: WOLLHEIM SELECTS. Treat yourself to the best, from the man who first put the words "science fiction" on the cover of an anthology--you deserve no less! - and - Selecting the top tales from the reams of science fiction short stories, novelettes and novellas published last year is a time-consuming yet fascinating task. But as always when your editors are finished, there is a sense of surprise--because somehow each of the finalists is a gem that fits into place in the final collection quite rightly. Here we have an unusual mixture of the old giants such as Silverberg, Asimov, Pohl, and the young giants such as Tanith Lee, Greg Bear, and the new bloods including Mary Gentle, Rand Lee, Don Sakers, and more. So join us in this year of 1984 and see what Orwell overlooked! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richard Powers (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Lightly Scuffed; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 1251. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Scourge - James White; A Letter From the Clearys - Connie Willis; Farmer on the Dole - Frederik Pohl; Playing the Game - Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann; Pawn's Gambit - Timothy Zahn; The Comedian - Timothy Robert Sullivan; Written in Water - Tanith Lee; Souls - Joanna Russ; Swarm - Bruce Sterling; Peg-Man - Rudy Rucker. SYNOPSIS: Every year for more than a decade, Donald A. Wollheim's Annual World's Best SF has presented the highest achievement in science fiction writing.and the greatest pleasure in SF reading. This year, The 1983 Annual World's Best SF offers ten thrilling, thought-provoking stories that show today's most adventurous writers--old masters and new talents alike--pushing ever further the boundaries of their chosen genre. Among the tales gathered here are: Farmer on the Dole by Frederik Pohl. Zeb had always felt at home on the farm. As a specially-outfitted agricultural robot, Zeb took pleasure in tasting the soil for nutrients, inhaling the fresh air of the plains to test for CO2 and H2O content, and doing the other tasks that working for the Boss called for. What with the parties thrown for the workers by Miz Boss and the Chillen, and even the Sunday church sermons by Reverend Harmswallow, Zeb was content with his lot. But then the farm was closed, and Zeb was shipped off to big-time Chicago. Unfortunately he could not seem to get the hang of his new urban environment. Reprogrammed as a mugger, he kept picking the wrong victims. But it turned out he wasn't alone in his problems. There was an entire subculture of out-of-work and downtrodden robots for him to commiserate with. And it was among them that Zeb discovered a talent that his programmers never thought of. Pawn's Gambit by Timothy Zahn. Kelly McClain had read the news items about people kidnapped by aliens and forced to play board games before release, but who would have believed they were true? And none of the reports mentioned that the games were played for keeps! When the advanced, warlike Stryfkar transported Kelly to their game center, it took all his wits to dream up a game plan that would save both himself and his opponent.and teach the Stryfkar a lesson about gameplaying that they wouldn't forget. Souls by Joanna Russ. Everyone in the village knew that the Abbess Radegunde, if sometimes a bit more outspoken than one expected from a nun, was blessed with a wisdom and saintliness that must have come from heaven. But when the barbaric Vikings arrived to conquer and sack, and the Abbess went out to confront them, the villagers discovered just how unearthly Radegunde really was. This latest volume of the highly-acclaimed series includes Connie Willis' Nebula-winning story, A Letter From the Clearys, plus stories by Tanith Lee, James White and others; it will be a welcome addition to every SF reader's library. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Richard Powers (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Scuffed; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 3320. CONTENTS: Introduction; In the Hall of the Martian Kings - John Varley; A Time to Live - Joe Haldeman; The House of Compassionate Sharers - Michael Bishop; Particle Theory - Edward Bryant; The Taste of the Dish and the Savor of the Day - John Brunner; Jeffty is Five - Harlan Ellison; The Screwfly Solution - Raccoona Sheldon; Eyes of Amber - Joan D. Vinge; Child of the Sun - James E. Gunn; Brother - Clifford D. Simak. SYNOPSIS: A self-made millionaire gets a chance to live his life over.an accident victim who is given a mechanical body adapts to it so thoroughly that all things human repel him.an elderly man insists that he has a twin brother--although there's no record of the brother's existence. The 1978 Annual World's Best SF explores these intriguing concepts, and more: Eyes of Amber by Joan D. Vinge. On Titan, Lady T'uupieh contemplated revenge. The evil Lord Klovhiri had stolen her lands, forcing her and a few loyal followers to survive any way they could. T'uupieh had become a professional assassin, turning that fearful trade into a fine art--with the help of the amber-eyed demon that had come to her in the forest one day. Now she had been hired to kill Klovhiri and was looking forward to mixing business with pleasure. Not for a moment did T'uupieh doubt her success, for her demon was powerful and all-seeing. Jeffty is Five by Harlan Ellison. Donny had wonderful memories of his childhood: Saturday matinees, the taste of the original Clark Bar, radio programs like Amos 'n' Andy and The Green Hornet, and especially his friendship with Jeffty. But things changed. Saturday matinees no longer included episodes of Flash Gordon; Clark Bars didn't taste quite the same. They even took all the great radio shows off the air--a fact that Donny, growing up, felt particularly sorry about.except when he visited Jeffty. Because somehow Jeffty had stayed five years old--and in Jeffty's world, the good things hadn't changed at all. The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon*. The cult was called Sons of Adam; its credo: that man must purify himself, get rid of his animal part--which is woman--in order that God and his angels might reveal a better way to live. The whole idea seemed crazy to Alan, who was far away from the hoopla, working on a pesticide project in Colombia. Yet the letters from his normally level-headed wife were increasingly disturbing: accounts of women and little girls being murdered en masse, and men who claimed that God had told them to kill their wives, girlfriends, daughters, mothers. It was as though there was a new disease in the world that made men go berserk. And Alan soon discovered, to his horror, that he was not immune to it! (*Raccoona Sheldon is really Alice Sheldon, better known to science fiction fans as James Tiptree Jr.) Plus works by John Varley, Joe Haldeman, Clifford D. Simak.ten sensational stories in all! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Jack Gaughan (illustrator). First Edition 1st Printing. Previous Dealer Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. The year's leaders.including Fritz Leiber, Vernor Vinge, John Brunner, Barrington J. Bayley, Richard Cowper, and others. BOOK NUMBER: 192. CONTENTS: Introduction; Catch That Zeppelin! - Fritz Leiber; The Peddler's Apprentice - Joan D. Vinge and Vernor Vinge; The Bees of Knowledge - Barrington J. Bayley; The Storms of Windhaven - Lisa Tuttle and George R. R. Martin; The Engineer and the Executioner - Brian M. Stableford; Allegiances - Michael Bishop; Child of All Ages - P. J. Plauger; Helbent 4 - Stephen Robinett; The Protocols of the Elders of Britain - John Brunner; The Custodians - Richard Cowper. SYNOPSIS: FIRST IN THE FIELD. "Donald A. Wollheim was first in the field and he still manages to beat his competitors to the draw each year. As usual, his pick of the best makes for a satisfying anthology." So wrote a Toronto weekly about last year's Annual World's Best SF. In this new selection, the 1976 volume, the long-established tradition of the Wollheim "best of the year" anthologies continues to hold true. "Wollheim is a reader's editor, and his selections reflect his preference for tales with a beginning, middle, and end.He has assembled a first-rate collection." Such was the viewpoint of the American Library Association's journal The Booklist. Again, a guarantee of high quality, good readability, and really solid science fiction. The 1976 Annual World's Best SF is first in the field in every way. - and - A guaranteed "good read" is the hallmark of this first and most authentic of the year's best science fiction anthologies. Here are the names of the writers of the ten best sf stories of the year: Fritz Leiber, John Brunner, Joan D. Vinge, Vernor Vinge, Lisa Tuttle, George R. R. Martin, Michael Bishop, P. J. Plauger, Barrington J. Bayley, Brian M. Stableford, Stephen Robinett, Richard Cowper. Including past, present and future award winners! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Jack Gaughan (illustrator). First Edition 1st Printing. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Donald A. Wollheim Presents the authentic ten best of the year, featuring: Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Brian M. Stableford, Gordon R. Dickson, George R. R. Martin, and others. BOOK NUMBER: 148. CONTENTS: Introduction; A Song for Lya - George R. R. Martin; Deathsong - Sydney J. Van Scyoc; A Full Member of the Club - Bob Shaw; The Sun's Tears - Brian M. Stableford; The Gift of Garigolli - Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth; The Four-Hour Fugue - Alfred Bester; Twig - Gordon R. Dickson; Cathadonian Odyssey - Michael Bishop; The Bleeding Man - Craig Strete; Stranger in Paradise - Isaac Asimov. SYNOPSIS: TOP NOTCH. RELIABLE. AUTHENTIC. EXCELLENT. BEST OF "THE BEST". HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. These are just a few of the favorable comments made by reviewers about this series in past years. They will be made again for this prime and authentic selection of the superior science fiction stories of the year past. It is a DAW tradition that the "World's Best" is not merely the first of its kind each year but that it holds up as the most solidly certain selection of the finest and most memorable science fiction stories by the writers, old and new, of the highest talent. The 1975 Annual World's Best SF is always what its name implies. - and - THE YEAR OF SCIENCE FICTION. Every indication points to 1975 as a year in which science fiction will reach new heights in popularity. In times of transition and uncertainty, it is to science fiction that readers turn for that wide-angle lens that puts our personal problems in galactic perspective. In presenting herewith our traditional annual selection of the best novelettes and short stories of the year, we find a certain optimism already being reflected. Here you will find wonders by Isaac Asimov and George R. R. Martin, marvels by Gordon R. Dickson and Sydney Van Scyoc, and other enchantments by the best spinners of logical science fiction projections. The 1975 Annual World's Best SF is the first and the authentic best. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. John Schoenherr (illustrator). First Edition 5th Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: UE1349. ALSO KNOWN AS: Formerly titled: The 1972 Annual World's Best SF. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Fourth Profession - Larry Niven; Gleepsite - Joanna Russ; The Bear With the Knot on His Tail - Stephen Tall; The Sharks of Pentreath - Michael G. Coney; A Little Knowledge - Poul Anderson; Real-Time World - Christopher Priest; All Pieces of a River Shore - R. A. Lafferty; With Friends Like These. - Alan Dean Foster; Aunt Jennie's Tonic - Leonard Tushnet; Timestorm - Eddy C. Bertin; Transit of Earth - Arthur C. Clarke; Gehenna - Barry Malzberg; One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty - Harlan Ellison; Occam's Scalpel - Theodore Sturgeon. SYNOPSIS: The term "World's Best SF" is a tall order, but if anyone can qualify for its selection it would be Donald A. Wollheim, whose annual selections have become fast-selling and highly applauded anthologies. In response to constant demand for these high-quality selections, DAW is now reissuing the best of these anthologies for those who may have missed some. In this, Series One, will be found fourteen marvelous science fiction stories by fourteen of the best sf writers, authors who have won Hugos and Nebulas, and whose ranks include Arthur C. Clarke and Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon and Harlan Ellison, Poul Anderson and Joanna Russ. World's Best SF: 1 represents the most outstanding novelettes and short stories of the United States and England in a single year. - and - Tomorrow's, Today's, and Yesterday's Award-Winning* Science Fiction Authors Are Sure to be Among the Following: Larry Niven, Joanna Russ, Stephen Tall, Michael G. Coney, Poul Anderson, Christopher Priest, R. A. Lafferty, Alan Dean Foster, Leonard Tushnet, Eddy C. Bertin, Arthur C. Clarke, Barry N. Malzberg, Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon. They are all in this exciting expertly-selected collection of the finest fantastic fiction of the year. * Hugos, Nebulas, Oscars, Edgars, Sfans, plaques, certificates.you name them. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.