Redshift Rendezvous by John Stith: First Edition (12 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing, June 1990. Cover art by Alan M. Clark. Paperback original. Tanning; edge and corner nicks and wear; minor bumps and rub. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The speed of light on the Redshift hyperspace ship is only 30 meters per second, which means that relativistic phenomena can occur at unexpected times. The Redshift has been taken over by a desperate band of hijackers which intends to raid a wealthy planet. What could go wrong? An Ace original edition never previously published. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. Page edges show minor foxing. DJ shows only minor shelf wear and is not price clipped. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square. Corners not bumped. An excellent reading copy.…

Paperback. first edition. fine, unread, new looking paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book Club and first hardcover edition. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. (Issued by Science Fiction Book Club, it follows the mass paperback published by Ace.) Ace original edition stated on copyright page. SFBC Code #16011 at bottom rear panel. A single page-leaf is slightly askew from the spine - a printing defect. Faint jacket crease at top right corner side with edges of jacket slightly rubbed, else a near fine copy in fine jacket. Award History: 1990 HOMer Award Winner for Best Novel; 1991 Locus Poll Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (lost to The Fall of Hyperion by Simmons); 1990 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (lost to Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin). Walotsky, Ron (illustrator). Book.…

Pictorial wrappers. First edition. Inscribed. Very fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith (First Edition) Sharp, bright, tight Sharp, bright , minor wear on jacket edges. First Edition stated. Red paperboard, gilt to spine. Not price clipped. BOOK.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Uncorrected Proof in Fine condition and Signed by Stith. A story that includes an excellent hard SF depiction of relativistic effects traveling at a significant fraction of the speed of light in a spaceship. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. A murder takes place in space on a faster-than-light starship. "More impressive than any of these [Stith's earlier SF mystery novels] is REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS (1990) set on a faster-than-light starship traveling through a version of hyperspace in which the speed of light is so slow (22 mph [35 kph]) that its passage is visible. Within this intriguingly presented environment, a murder mystery, a hijack and other events occur; but the appeal of the novel lies in the playing-out of the concept -- or thought experiment -- at its heart." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 1168. "The background is all, in this kind of story: carefully extrapolated hard SF by an author who knows his science." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 300. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing at edges. (#154041).…

Paperback original. Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy. First edition (& 1st printing). SF novel. ''Ace edition/June 1990''. Ron Walotsky cover art.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Nebular award winning novel of relativistic travel.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First hard cover book club edition. A fine book club hardcover first edition in a fine dust jacket, no remainder marks. Bindings are tight and straight. A very nice collectable copy.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Ace, 1990. 12mo. Paperback. Book is like new.