Jack Vance died Sunday, May 26, at the age of 96. Another towering giant of SF gone, and he was one of the best. A few random images of some of the Jack Vance first editions in my library, just because: Including an ultra-crappy cellphone pic of The Vance Integral Edition:
Category: Books
Avram Davidson Chapbooks
Since The Wailing of the Gaulish Dead just arrived in the mail, I thought I would do a post on all four of the Avram Davidson chapbooks put out by The Nutmeg Point District Mail/Avram Davidson Society: Davidson, Avram. The Beasts of the Elysian Fields by Conrad Amber. The Nutmeg Point District Mail, 2001. First… Continue reading Avram Davidson Chapbooks
Library Addition: Signed Edition of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation’s Edge
You may remember that I’m collecting all the Hugo winners in first edition hardback. I finally picked up a limited edition of one of the ones I lacked. Asimov, Isaac. Foundations Edge. Whispers Press, 1982. First limited edition (consensus seems to be that the Doubleday trade edition precedes by about a month), #282 of 1,000… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed Edition of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation’s Edge
Library Additions: Three Chapbooks
Three chapbooks, two (mostly) non-fiction, and one fiction round-robin to help complete my Joe R. Lansdale collection. Michael Blaine, Dennis Etchison, James Kisner, Dean R. Koontz, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Christian Matheson, Robert R. McCammon, William F. Nolan, Alan Rodgers, David B. Silva, J. N. Williamson and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. The Monitors of Providence. World… Continue reading Library Additions: Three Chapbooks
Happy Birthday, Gene Wolfe!
Gene turned 82 today. Hopefully he’ll be at the San Antonio Worldcon. I also look forward to reading his book The Land Across later this year. I also hope to have a bit more Gene Wolfe-related content later in the week.
Massive Science Fiction Piracy at BookOS.org
Good news, everyone! There’s a new website called BookOS offering millions of free books to download! Bad news, everyone! It’s a pirate site that most likely hasn’t obtained any e-rights for any of the millions of copyrighted works they have available! Who are they pirating? Well, they have around a hundred works by Howard Waldrop… Continue reading Massive Science Fiction Piracy at BookOS.org
Library Additions: Three Cheap Street Books
I managed to pick up three different Cheap Street Press books from a couple of different sources over the last week: Benford, Greg. At the Double Solstice. Cheap Street, 1986. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy, in original mailing envelope. Chalker/Owings, page 108, which lists this copy (with publisher’s greetings on (unnumbered) page 23)… Continue reading Library Additions: Three Cheap Street Books
Library Additions: Jack Vance’s To Live Forever
I continue to close in on my complete Jack Vance hardback first edition collection. Vance, Jack. To Live Forever. Ballantine books, 1956. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy in a Near Fine- dust jacket with slight spine fading and tiny (1/32″) chipping at head and heel. Signed by Vance. Currey (1978), page 500, A1 (dark… Continue reading Library Additions: Jack Vance’s To Live Forever
Library Additions: Signed True First of Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls
From the “Distant Stations Heard From department, here’s something that might be hard to come by in the future: Buekes, Lauren. The Shining Girls. Umuzi (South Africa), 2013. First edition hardback, #224 of 1000 copies signed and numbered by the author, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. Precedes both UK… Continue reading Library Additions: Signed True First of Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls
LANDBOAT!
Or should I say, L.A.N.D.B.O.A.T. Imagine someone entering the Bulwer Lytton contest trying to win the Men’s Adventure category, but instead of a single sentence, you get an entire chapter. Grid sat backwards on the bike, slinging Lily onto the seat in front of him like a sack of hamburger meat. Brick grimaced. He knew… Continue reading LANDBOAT!