Tom Purdom (351 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Very simply, Tom Purdom IS science fiction. His ever-inventive stories are cut from the cloth of it and sewn with the skill of a master. --Gregory Frost Tom Purdom made his first professional sale all the way back in 1957. It's hard to think of any other member of his generation whose current work is frequently mentioned in the same breath with that of writers such as Charles Stross, Greg Egan, and Alastair Reynolds, many of whom were not even born when Tom started his professional career, but Tom's is. In fact, for sweep and audacity of imagination and a wealth of new ideas and dazzling conceptualization, Tom Purdom not only holds his own with the New Young Turks of the '90s and the Oughts, he sometimes surpasses them. And unlike some of today's Hot New Writers, Tom's work never fails to ALSO feature fascinating and psychologically complex characters, and intrepid investigation into the human heart. --Gardner Dozois Tom Purdom is the most underrated science fiction writer I know of. His short fiction delivers again and again with great plots, characters, and an imagination both cosmic and delicately complex. --Jeffrey Ford Purdom has created a major body of work. Thoughtful, humane, intelligent, extrapolative, involving, his stories are exactly the sort of thing our genre exists to make possible. If you don't like Tom Purdom, you don't like science fiction. Period. --Michael Swanwick.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very simply, Tom Purdom IS science fiction. His ever-inventive stories are cut from the cloth of it and sewn with the skill of a master. --Gregory Frost Tom Purdom made his first professional sale all the way back in 1957. It's hard to think of any other member of his generation whose current work is frequently mentioned in the same breath with that of writers such as Charles Stross, Greg Egan, and Alastair Reynolds, many of whom were not even born when Tom started his professional career, but Tom's is. In fact, for sweep and audacity of imagination and a wealth of new ideas and dazzling conceptualization, Tom Purdom not only holds his own with the New Young Turks of the '90s and the Oughts, he sometimes surpasses them. And unlike some of today's Hot New Writers, Tom's work never fails to ALSO feature fascinating and psychologically complex characters, and intrepid investigation into the human heart. --Gardner Dozois Tom Purdom is the most underrated science fiction writer I know of. His short fiction delivers again and again with great plots, characters, and an imagination both cosmic and delicately complex. --Jeffrey Ford Purdom has created a major body of work. Thoughtful, humane, intelligent, extrapolative, involving, his stories are exactly the sort of thing our genre exists to make possible. If you don't like Tom Purdom, you don't like science fiction. Period. --Michael Swanwick.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear. Some loss to bottom of cover as pictured. Edited by Avram Davidson & Ted White. Cover by Emsh for "The Third Coordinate" by Adam Smith. Includes "Greenplace" by Tom Purdom; "After Everything, What?" by Dick Moore; "Treat" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Breakthrough" by Jack Sharkey; "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Dark Conception" by Louis J. A. Adams; "One Man's Dream" by Sydney Van Scyoc; "The New Encyclopaedist - III" by Stephen Becker; "Where Do You Live, Queen Esther?" by Avram Davidson; "Science: The Black of Night" by Isaac Asimov; "On the House" by R. C. FitzPatrick; "Portrait of the Artist" by Harry Harrison; "Hag" (verse) by Russell F. Letson, Jr.; "Oversight" by Richard Olin. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear as pictured. Cover by Emsh ("Madman in the Wreckage"). Includes "Mind Partner" (novelet) by Christopher Anvil; "Sordman the Protector" (novelet) by Tom Purdom; "A Husband for My Wife" by William W. Stuart; "The Business, As Usual" by Jack Sharkey; "To Tell the Truth" by Neal Barrett, Jr.; "An Elephant for the Prinkip" by L. J. Stecher, Jr.; "Drunkard's Walk" (conclusion) by Frederik Pohl. Article: "For Your Information: How to Slay Dragons" by Willy Ley. Illustrated by Carter, Burns, Trattner, Wood, Dick Francis, and Emsh.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ace Double #F-289. A nice, square copy with light wear and stress lines on the spine. Gaughan, Jack / Emshwiller, Ed (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Digest-size Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Binding is square and tight. Check marks by titles on contents page, otherwise interior is unmarked. Lightly tanned. Spine faded. Reading and shelf-wear. No mailing label. 132 pages. CONTENTS: Thirteen to Centaurus (1962) by J. G. Ballard; Requiem (1962) by Edmond Hamilton; Tyrants' Territory (1962) by Brian W. Aldiss; Moonless in Byzantium (1962) by Roger Zelazny; The Warriors (1962) by Tom Purdom; The Dead Companions (1957) by Stanley Mullen; Danger, Red! (1958) by Henry Slesar [as by O. H. Leslie]; The Only One That Lived (1959) by Rog Phillips. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay; Leo Summers; Dan Adkins. Virgil Finlay; Leo Summers; Dan Adkins (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Ace Double #M-139. A tight, square, unmarked copy with a couple of light creases to the Empire Star cover but otherwise, smooth and shiny. Schoenherr, John / Gaughan, Jack (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing #F-289 of these stand-alone novels. Pen mark to the outer edge of the book. Several pages are slightly out of alignment due to an earlier owner's repair. In very good condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good mass market paperback with some light creasing.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Ace Double H-22. Illustrated covers; wear and chips on spine edges, corners, top corner of one side has crease. Petaja book has 118 pp.; Purdom book has 136 pp.; clean, browning. Kelly Freas and Jack Gaughan (cover illustrators) (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Demon's World / I Want the Stars by Kenneth Bulmer / Tom Purdom, Ace F-289, 1964, paperback original. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Bright, square and tight; couple of corner creases. Jack Gaughan (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Two stories. Pages are clean. Book is tight. Slight edge wear.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 1st Thus. A crisp clean mass market paperback, appearing as new without creasing of any kind but presenting light shelf and edge wear, minor chipping to edges of card covers - a common condition of any mass market. From a meticulous collector who never read the books he collected!Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own. they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. ----------paperback. A 192-page first edition paperback original science fiction anthology. All stories were written new for this collection on the topic "teenagers whose initiative and daring saves lives, or brings them to startling new discoveries". Modest shelfwear only, a fine unread copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 10 pieces of writing including novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are Foreign Devils by Walter Jon Williams (novelette), Pyros by George M Ewing (novelette), Bettina's Bet by L Timmel Duchamp (novelette), Invasion by Joanna Russ (short story), Cider by Tom Purdom (short story), The Temptation of Dr. Stein by Paul J McAuley (short story), Live from the Occupation by Eric T Baker (short story), Curse of the SF Writer's Wife by Bruce Boston (poetry), Curse of the Body-Thief's Wife by Bruce Boston (poetry) and Astronaut Boneyard by Wendy Rathbone (poetry). Address label affixed to front cover. Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 11 pieces of writing including novellas, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are We Were out of Our Minds with Joy by David Marusek (novella), Aeon's Child by Robert Reed (novella), Death in the Promised Land (novella), Ether OR by Ursula K Le Guin (novelette), Tap by Greg Egan (novelette), Romance in Lunar G by Tom Purdom (novelette), Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove (novelette), No Love in All of Dwingeloo by Tony Daniel (short story), The Skin Trade by Brian Stableford (short story), At the Petshop by Keith Allen Daniels (poetry) and In Kafkaville the Funerals Run on Time by William John Watkins (poetry). Address label affixed to front cover. Three small closed-tears to the front cover and one to rear cover. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of nine pieces of writing including a novella, novelette, short stories and poetry. Featured are Messengers of Chaos by G David Nordley (novella), Canary Island by Tom Purdom (novelette), Always True to Thee, in My Fashion by Nancy Kress (short story), Killed in the Ratings by Daniel Marcus (short story), Zemlya by Stephen Baxter (short story), The Figure of Drosselmeyer (short story) and Ouroboros by Geoffrey A Landis (short story). Small 1/4-inch chips to the top edge of the front cover and right corner. Slight closed-tears to bottom edge of front cover. In Very Good Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 11 pieces of writing including novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are Sepoy by Tom Purdom (novelette), The Man in the Red Suit by Diane Maples (novelette), Second Chance by Mary Rosenblum (novelette), The Nutcracker Coup by Janet Kagan (novelette), Alfred by Lisa Goldstein (short story), The Walk by Greg Egan (short story), Thanatrope by Mark W Tiedemann (short story), The Sound of the River by M Shayne Bell (short story), Looking Glass by Robert Frazier and James Patrick Kelly (poetry), Terraforming Byzantium by Bonita Kale (poetry) and Christmas Day, Give or Take a Week by Lawrence Schimel (poetry). In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 6 pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes and a short story. Featured are Her Girl Friday by John Varley (novella), The Lotus and the Spear by Mike Resnick (novelette), Chamber Story by Tom Purdom (novelette), Impact Parameter by Geoffrey A Landis (novelette) Reef Apes by Dave Smeds (novelette) and Bats by Diane de Availe-Arce. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 9 pieces of writing including novelettes and short stories. Featured are The Parrot Man by Kathleen Ann Goonan (novelette), Vision Quest by Joseph F Purmilla (novelette), The Pact by Don Webb (novelette), The Redemption of August by Tom Purdom (novelette), Death on the Nile by Connie Willis (novelette), Martin on a Wednesday by Nancy Kress (short story), The King's Kiss by M Shayne Bell (short story), Mwalimu in the Squared Circle by Mike Resnick (short story) and Driving the Chevy Biscayne to Oblivion by Kandis Elliot (short story). Slight wear to edges of the front cover. In Fine Condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 5 pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes and short stories. Featured are Les Fleurs du Mal by Brian Stableford (novella), Ylem by Eliot Fintushel (novelette), Dragon Drill by Tom Purdom (novelette), Rat by Mary Rosenblum (novelette) and The Blackery Duck (novelette). In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 5 pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes and short stories. Featured are Remains of Adam by AA Attanasio (novella), Edge of the Wind by Steven Utley (novelette), Legacies by Tom Purdom (novelette), Things of the Flesh by L Timmel Duchamp (novelette), Why The World Didn't End Last Tuesday by Connie Willis (short story) and The Changeling's Tale (short story) by Michael Swanwick (short story). In Fine Condition.…