Peter Payack (59 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Light wear. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by Roger Stine. Includes "Editorial: Welcome Sibling!" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "Rabid in Mallworld" by Somtow Sucharitkul; "Off We're Going to Shuttle" by Martin Gardner; "Alternate Genesis" by Peter Allen David; "Under the Rainbow:" Science Fiction in Hollywood" by Craig Miller; "Cold Hands" by Jeff Duntemann; "The Day of the Trifles" by Jon L. Breen; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss; "Broken Toys" by Gordon Dykstra; "The Land of the Great Horse Laughs" by Larry Tritten; "Alien Lover" by Ted Reynolds & William F. Wu; "Dust" by Peter Payack; "Skinner" by Richard S. McEnroe. Illustrated by Karl B. Kofoed, Ron Miller, Janet Aulisio, Alex Schomburg, Hilary Barta, Mark S. Haskett, and Jim Thomas. …

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Edge wear w/ corner crease, smooth spine, binding tight, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green-blue boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; lavender spray on the lower edge of the text block; price intact. This anthology contains: I Dream of a Fish, I Dream of a Bird by Elizabeth A. Lynn; Firewatch by Connie Willis; The Storm King by Joan D. Vinge; A Tale of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree Jr.; Exposures by Gregory Benford; For the Birds by Isaac Asimov; The Woman the Unicorn Loved by Gene Wolfe; Death in Vesunna by Eric Iverson and Elaine O'Byrne; Full Fathom Five My Father Lies by Rand B. Lee; The Moon and the Moth by Peter Payack; Trial Sample by Ted Reynolds; Elementary Decision by Don Anderson; The Regulars by Robert Silverberg; Memo by Frank Ward; and Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear which won the Nebula Award for best novella in 1979 and the Hugo Award for best novella in 1980. Size: 8vo. Book.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- Apr, 1979 issue. --- Science Fiction stories including authors: ---- D. C. Poyer --- Martin Gardner --- Peter Payack --- John M. Ford --- Robert Karl Bohm --- Eric Loranger --- Margaret St. Clair --- Isaac Asimov --- Lowell A. Bangerter --- Randall Garrett. . .See photos for additional content. . .…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- Feb 15, 1982 issue. --- Science Fiction stories including authors: ---- Robert Silverberg / Martin Gardner / Jonathan Milos / Peter Payack / Isaac Asimov / Grendel Briarton / Joel Rosenberg / Tom Fristoe / Timothy Zahn / Connie Willis. . .See photos for additional content. . .…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- Oct, 1982 issue --- Science Fiction stories including authors: --- Martin Gardner --- Isaac Asimov --- George Florance-Guthridge & Steve Perry --- Peter Payack --- Jack C. Haldeman II --- John Brizzolara --- Sharon Webb --- Robert F. Young --- William Webb --- Warren Salomon. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 4, No. 6. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by Roger Stine. Includes "Editorial: Welcome Sibling!" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "Rabid in Mallworld" by Somtow Sucharitkul; "Off We're Going to Shuttle" by Martin Gardner; "Alternate Genesis" by Peter Allen David; "Under the Rainbow:" Science Fiction in Hollywood" by Craig Miller; "Cold Hands" by Jeff Duntemann; "The Day of the Trifles" by Jon L. Breen; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss; "Broken Toys" by Gordon Dykstra; "The Land of the Great Horse Laughs" by Larry Tritten; "Alien Lover" by Ted Reynolds & William F. Wu; "Dust" by Peter Payack; "Skinner" by Richard S. McEnroe. Illustrated by Karl B. Kofoed, Ron Miller, Janet Aulisio, Alex Schomburg, Hilary Barta, Mark S. Haskett, and Jim Thomas. Tanned; rubbing; creasing; edge and corner wear; label bits remain on front (see scan). Reading copy. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- Feb 15, 1982 issue. --- Science Fiction stories including authors: ---- Robert Silverberg / Martin Gardner / Jonathan Milos / Peter Payack / Isaac Asimov / Grendel Briarton / Joel Rosenberg / Tom Fristoe / Timothy Zahn / Connie Willis. . .See photos for additional content. . .…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 6, No. 8. Cover art by Marc Yankus for "Universes" by Robert F. Young. Includes "Up Front" by Kathleen Moloney; "Editorial: Missing the Boat" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "Mooney's Module" by Gerry Mooney; "Fingers and Colors on Chromo" by Martin Gardner; "Profile: Harry Harrison" by Charles Platt; "Not Fade Away" by Spider Robinson; "Moonlighting in the Daylight" by Peter Payack; "The Sound of His Wings" by Rand B. Lee; "Blurb" by Henry Clark; "Transisters" by Christine Renard (translated by John Brunner); "Elementary Decision" by Don Anderson; "High Iron" by James Killus & Dorothy Smith; "No Browsing" by J. Michael Matuszewicz; "Triangle" by Diane Thompson & George Florance-Guthridge; " War of Indepenence" by Stanley Schmidt; "Letters"; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss. Illustrated by Odbert, Val Lakey/Artifact, Richard Crist, Broeck Steadman, and others. Label pulls; creasing; tanning. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 36 Pages, Previous Owner's Name O/W Fine.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 6, No. 12. Cover (stylized print) for "Foundation's Edge" by Asimov. Includes "Mooney's Module - Vacation of the Slime Creatures" (cartoon) by Mooney; "Thirty Days Hath September" by Gardner; "The Story behind the 'Foundation" (article) by Asimov; "Foundation's Edge" (chapters 1 & 2) by Asimov; "The Sorceress in Spite of Herself" by Cadigan; "Measureman" by Carr; "The Institute for Scientific Non-Rational Thought' by Payack; 'Cutting Down" by Shaw; "Ancient Document" by Athearn; 'Destroyer City" by Takesako; "Our Revels Now are Ended" by Corrick. Article: "Susan Calvin" by Asimov. Label bits remain on cover with some associated scarring, else Very Good. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 6, No. 8. Cover art by Marc Yankus for "Universes" by Robert F. Young. Includes "Up Front" by Kathleen Moloney; "Editorial: Missing the Boat" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "Mooney's Module" by Gerry Mooney; "Fingers and Colors on Chromo" by Martin Gardner; "Profile: Harry Harrison" by Charles Platt; "Not Fade Away" by Spider Robinson; "Moonlighting in the Daylight" by Peter Payack; "The Sound of His Wings" by Rand B. Lee; "Blurb" by Henry Clark; "Transisters" by Christine Renard (translated by John Brunner); "Elementary Decision" by Don Anderson; "High Iron" by James Killus & Dorothy Smith; "No Browsing" by J. Michael Matuszewicz; "Triangle" by Diane Thompson & George Florance-Guthridge; " War of Indepenence" by Stanley Schmidt; "Letters"; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss. Illustrated by Odbert, Val Lakey/Artifact, Richard Crist, Broeck Steadman, and others. Tanning; stains at lower rear. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 6, No. 12. Cover (stylized print) for "Foundation's Edge" by Asimov. Includes "Mooney's Module - Vacation of the Slime Creatures" (cartoon) by Mooney; "Thirty Days Hath September" by Gardner; "The Story behind the 'Foundation" (article) by Asimov; "Foundation's Edge" (chapters 1 & 2) by Asimov; "The Sorceress in Spite of Herself" by Cadigan; "Measureman" by Carr; "The Institute for Scientific Non-Rational Thought' by Payack; 'Cutting Down" by Shaw; "Ancient Document" by Athearn; 'Destroyer City" by Takesako; "Our Revels Now are Ended" by Corrick. Article: "Susan Calvin" by Asimov. Label pulls and adhesions from/to rear; tanning. Book. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 4, No. 6. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by Roger Stine. Includes "Editorial: Welcome Sibling!" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "Rabid in Mallworld" by Somtow Sucharitkul; "Off We're Going to Shuttle" by Martin Gardner; "Alternate Genesis" by Peter Allen David; "Under the Rainbow:" Science Fiction in Hollywood" by Craig Miller; "Cold Hands" by Jeff Duntemann; "The Day of the Trifles" by Jon L. Breen; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss; "Broken Toys" by Gordon Dykstra; "The Land of the Great Horse Laughs" by Larry Tritten; "Alien Lover" by Ted Reynolds & William F. Wu; "Dust" by Peter Payack; "Skinner" by Richard S. McEnroe. Illustrated by Karl B. Kofoed, Ron Miller, Janet Aulisio, Alex Schomburg, Hilary Barta, Mark S. Haskett, and Jim Thomas. Tanned; bumps and wrinkles at lower edge sof covers; a little rear cover foxing. No label, never was. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cambridge, MA: The Imaginary Press, 1981. [24]pp; b&w illus. Saddle-stapled in wraps, 4-3/8 x 7 in. Better than very good, with toning to spine. Self-published early work by Peter Payack (b. 1950); brief, tongue-in-cheek poems in the aphoristic mode, with occasional illustrations, presumably the contribution of collaborator Michael Kasper. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Near Fine. Vol. 6, No. 4. Edited by Kathleen Maloney. Cover art by Perry Realo for "Renascence" by Mary Kittredge. Includes "The Time of the Burning" by Robert Silverberg; "Crossing Numbers on Phoebe" by Martin Gardner; "Great Mysteries Explained!" by John Sladek; "Park Your Car on Baychester Road Tonight" by Bill Bickel; "Remembrances" by Somtow Sucharitkul; "Reflections on Saturn" by Peter Payack; "The Scepter of the Despot Ronin" by Coleman Brax; "What in Solemn Silence" by Charles L. Grant; "Adventures in Unhistory: The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Avram Davidson. Features: "Editorial: We're Doing Well" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S, Strauss. Illustrated by Janet Aulisio, Jim Odbert, George Barr, Alicia Austin, Renee Smith, and Jack Gaughan. Book. …

First edition. 16 pp. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. An attractive and tiny chapbook designed by Lauren Sinclair. Cambridge-based Payack's first collection of witty, often aphoristic, miniatures.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 194 pp. Digest format. Volume 6, number 12. Very light wear. Interior illustrations by: Janet Aulisio; Val Lakey; M. Kaspar; Brad Hamann; David Egge. This issue contains a special first printing of FOUNDATION'S EDGE by Isaac Asimov, with commentary throughout by: Arthur C. Clarke; Gregory Benford; Larry Niven; Harry Harrison; Alvin Toffler; Poul Anderson; Frederik Pohl; Harlan Ellison; Clifford D. Simak; Jack Williamson; A. E. van Vogt; Algis Budrys; Spider Robinson; Martin Gardner; Stanley Schmidt; and L. Sprague de Camp. This issue also contains: The Sorceress in Spite of Herself by Pat Cadigan; Measuremen by Jayge Carr; The Institute of Scientific Non-Rational Thought - a poem by Peter Payack; Cutting Down by Bob Shaw; Ancient Document - a poem by Hope Athearn; Destroyer City - a novelette by Dennis Takesako; and Our Revels Now are Ended by James Corrick; along with the usual features. Size: 12mo. Janet Aulisio; Val Lakey; M. Kaspar; Brad Hamann; David Egge; (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: New. In English.

Payack, Peter. Blanket knowledge: poems. Cambridge, Mass.: Zoland Books, 1997, stated First Edition, with 1st printing number line, xi, 109pp., PAPERBACK, very good copy but covers curled outwards. SIGNED simply but elegantly on title page: Peter Payack. CONTENTS: The Barrel & Beyond -- Threadbare Thoreau -- The Fabric of Space -- The Ultimate Party -- Networking for Dogs -- Motorcycle Evolution -- Michelangelo & the Celestial Dome -- The End of the Story -- The United Nations -- Echoes of the Past -- Fossilized Ethereal Phenomena -- The Penis Question -- Blanket Knowledge -- True Lust -- Why I Am Not Closing the Door on the Draft -- The Migration of Darkness -- Cosmogony -- Notes on Nothing -- Emblematic Emphatic! -- Some Possible Explanations for the Disappearance of the Dinosaurs -- Punk Birds -- The Moon & the Moth -- The Babbling Fool -- Time -- Smart-ass Semantics -- Leonardo da Bug -- Meatball Memories -- My Memories Of Nietzsche. ISBN 9780944072837.…