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Books Update: Penguin SF Over 4 Decades

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*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Another SF update by publisher brings us to Penguin, known for their good taste in books. Our earliest book is a venerable 1946 copy of H G Wells’ Island Of Dr Moreau, only FA, but deserving a special mention for reaching it’s eighth decade. From the 1960’s comes Ballard’s The Terminal Beach, Bester’s Tiger! Tiger!, Boardman’s Connoisseur’s S.F., Judd’s Gunner Cade and Pangborn’s A Mirror For Observers. Finally two published in the 1970’s, Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange and Peake’s Titus Alone. Excellent books and some stunning covers, as the images show; what more could you ask?

Books Update: Stellar Authors, Stretching All The Way From A To D!

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*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Fifteen Science Fiction books by authors who should need no introduction join our bookshelves today. Venturing only four letters into the alphabet, they are Brian Aldiss, Isaac Asimov, J G Ballard, Arthur C Clarke and Philip K Dick. Every book is a highlight, but notable amongst them are Report On Probability A, Aldiss’ take on quantum mechanics and the multiverse theory, which is complex enough to make Schrodinger’s cat need a lie-down, Ballard’s The Drowned World, where the Triassic Age returns to London, and Philip K Dick’s The Transmigration Of Timothy Archer, the final part of the Valis trilogy, an exploration of belief. Other titles include Dick’s Our Friends From Frolix 8 and the Simulacra, Ballard’s Low Flying Aircraft and Clarke’s Tales Of ten Worlds, plus more.

 

Books Update: Science Fiction Hardcovers

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44_wmm_acantforliebHCw*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Eight hardcover books join this expanding section. A mixture of anthologies (Space Opera – Edited by Brian Aldiss, Decade The 1960s – edited by Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison, Low-Flying Aircraft – short stories by J G Ballard, The Future Makers – edited by Peter Haining), a collection of three novellas (Three For Tomorrow – edited by Robert Silverberg), a novel (a rare edition of A Canticle For Leibowitz – Walter M Miller, with a gorgeous front cover) and last, but definitely not least, a collection of Michael Moorcock novels, Stormbringer.