Month: September 2025

Library Addition: Signed, Limited Edition of Larry Niven’s Time of the Warlock

Another signed/limited edition bought at a bargain price. Niven, Larry. The Time of the Warlock. SteelDragon Press, 1984. First edition hardback, #185 of 200 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket. Includes all of The Magic Goes Away and additional stories set in the same universe. Supplements an unsigned copy.… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed, Limited Edition of Larry Niven’s Time of the Warlock

Library Addition: Signed, Limited Edition of Jack Vance’s Bad Ronald

I manage to fill one of the few gaps left in my Jack Vance collection. Vance, Jack. Bad Ronald. Underwood Miller, 1982. First hardback edition, #63 of 200 signed, numbered copies, a Fine- copy with a very small bump to top rear boards, in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight age darkening to top… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed, Limited Edition of Jack Vance’s Bad Ronald

50th Anniversary Edition Of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Just Dropped

The 50th Anniversary edition of the Genesis prog rock masterpiece The Lamb lies Down on Broadway just dropped. Were I not between jobs for an unreasonably long period of time, I would no doubt plop down my $120 or so bucks. Here’s the remastered title track. And here’s Classic Album Review for What It All… Continue reading 50th Anniversary Edition Of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Just Dropped

Library Addition: Ted Chiang’s Story of Your Life

Here’s a new Ted Chiang limited edition from Subterranean: Chiang, Ted. Story of Your Life. Subterranean Press, 2025. First edition hardback, #212 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, sans dust jacket, as issued, in publisher’s resealable bag. Chiang’s Nebula-winning novella about attempts to communicate with aliens who don’t perceive… Continue reading Library Addition: Ted Chiang’s Story of Your Life

Library Addition: Michael Swanwick’s Life: A User’s Manual

This was sent to me as a friend of the press: Swanwick, Michael. Life: A User’s Manual. Dragonstairs Press, 2025. First edition chapbook original, #6 of 40 signed, numbered copies produced for Confluence 2025, a Fine copy, with tiny additional chapbook inscribed “for a friend of the Press” laid in. Vignettes on the stages of… Continue reading Library Addition: Michael Swanwick’s Life: A User’s Manual

Library Addition: R. A. Lafferty’s The Man Who Lost His Magic

It’s been two years since the last volume, but the latest Centipede Press Lafferty volume finally showed up. Lafferty, R.A. The Man Who Lost His Magic: The Collected Short Fiction Volume 8. First edition hardback, #40 of 300 numbered copies signed by introduction author Gary K. Wolfe. Unlike previous volumes, this one came shipped in… Continue reading Library Addition: R. A. Lafferty’s The Man Who Lost His Magic

Library Additions: Six Joe R. Lansdale Items

Six Joe R. Lansdale-related items bought from three different sources. Burroughs, Edgar Rice and Joe R. Lansdale. Tarzan: The Lost Adventure: Book One. Dark Horse, 1995. First edition trade paperback graphic novel (I assume it’s a first edition, as I see no additional printing listed), a Fine copy. First of four issues of a Tarzan… Continue reading Library Additions: Six Joe R. Lansdale Items

Library Addition: Joshi’s Lovecraft Primal Sources

Another purchase from that Facebook seller. (Lovecraft, H. P.) S. T. Joshi, editor. Primal Sources: Essays on Lovecraft. Hippocampus Press, 2003. First edition trade paperback original (stated, though I think all Hippocampus Press trade paperbacks are POD books now), a Fine- copy with first page slightly dog-eared at bottom. Joshi essays on various Lovecraftian topics.… Continue reading Library Addition: Joshi’s Lovecraft Primal Sources

Library Addition: Asimov’s Wizards Signed By Vance and Niven

Not a title I was seeking to add to my library, but it included a couple of good signatures at a bargain price. Asimov, Isaac, Martin S. Greenberg and Charles G. White, editors (Jack Vance, Larry Niven, etc.). Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy 1: Wizards. New American Library, 1983. First edition paperback original, a… Continue reading Library Addition: Asimov’s Wizards Signed By Vance and Niven