Category: Books

Library Additions: Two Signed Ray Bradbury Books

I picked up two more signed Ray Bradbury books off eBay: Bradbury, Ray. The Homecoming. Collins Design, 2006. First edition hardback in decorated boards, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Bradbury. Illustrated by Dave McKean. Short story done as a short illustrated book. Bought for $30.51 off eBay. Bradbury, Ray. With… Continue reading Library Additions: Two Signed Ray Bradbury Books

Library Additions: The Signed, Limited Edition of Isaac Asimov’s Nemesis

Picked up another book for my collection: Asimov, Isaac. Nemesis. Doubleday, 1989. First edition hardback, number 485 out of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, sans dust jacket, as issued. This was a serendipitous find. I wasn’t looking for it (since I’m not generally a big fan of Asimov’s later… Continue reading Library Additions: The Signed, Limited Edition of Isaac Asimov’s Nemesis

Another Heritage Book Auction Today

Heritage Auctions is having another of their signature book auctions today. It’s mostly non-science fiction offerings, but among the items up for auction: A Secker and Warburg first of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. An inscribed first of Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot. An inscribed first of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game (which I actually consigned to… Continue reading Another Heritage Book Auction Today

Library Additions: Stanley G. Weinbaum’s Dawn of Flame

I’m still recovering from the 2013 Worldcon, LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio. Given how often I blog about additions to my science fiction library, you might be surprised at how parsimonious I am paying for those additions. From about 1985 (when I first started buying first edition hardbacks) to 1989, I never paid more than… Continue reading Library Additions: Stanley G. Weinbaum’s Dawn of Flame

Lame Excuse Books July Catalog

Time once again for Lawrence Just Plops the Latest Book Catalog on the Blog. I should be taking all these books (and many more besides) to Worldcon. Greetings, and welcome to Lawrence Person’s Lame Excuse for a Book Catalog! Before the catalog itself, some big news: I will be dealing books at this year’s Worldcon… Continue reading Lame Excuse Books July Catalog

An Overview of Gene Wolfe’s Time at Plant Engineering Magazine

Nigel Price alerted me to his short but interesting piece on Gene Wolfe’s time at Plant Engineerring magazine, where he got to write on a number of interesting engineering subjects, including robotics. (And there are a number of other pieces up at Ultan’s Library (which boasts an A-List cast of Gene Wolfe scholars) worthy of… Continue reading An Overview of Gene Wolfe’s Time at Plant Engineering Magazine

UT’s Ransom Center Gets Glenn Lord’s Robert E. Howard Manuscripts

Robert E. Howard fans (I’m looking at you Mark Finn) will be interested to know that the estate of late REH-scholar Glenn Lord has donated “more than 15,000 pages of manuscripts, sketches and ephemera” to the University of Texas Harry Ransom Center. Knowing what Howard manuscripts go for on the open market, that’s probably a… Continue reading UT’s Ransom Center Gets Glenn Lord’s Robert E. Howard Manuscripts

Library Additions: Various Interesting Books Bought on Sale

Unlike the Zelazny or Bradbury book acquisition posts, the only common theme among these books is who I bought them from and why. The who, in this case, is Cold Tonnage Books in the UK. The why is that they had a 40% off sale if you bought more than £500 worth of books. I… Continue reading Library Additions: Various Interesting Books Bought on Sale