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GALACTIC EMPIRES - Volume One - with - Volume Two
by Aldiss, Brian W. (editor) (John D. MacDonald; James Blish; Fredric Brown; Gardner F. Fox; Idris Seabright; Cordwainer Smith; Clifford Simak; R. A. Lafferty; Arthur C. Clarke; Isaac Asimov; A. E. van Vogt; Algis Budrys; Avram Davidson; Poul Anderson)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Orbit Books, 1976. Book. Illus. by Karel Thole;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printings. (xii, viii) 338, 296 pp. Both books have light edge and corner wear with uncreased spines; no interior markings. Covers by Karel Thole. These anthologies contain: VOLUME ONE: Been a Long, Long Time by R. A. Lafferty; The Possessed by Arthur C. Clarke; Protected Species by H. B. Fyfe; All the Way Back by Michael Shaara; The Star Plunderer - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Foundation - a novelette by Isaac Asimov; We're Civilized by Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton; The Crime and Glory of Commander Suzdal by Cordwainer Smith; The Rebel of Valkyr - a novella by Alfred Coppel; Brightness Falls from the Air by Margaret St. Clair writing as Idris Seabright; Immigrant - a novella by Clifford D. Simak; Resident Physician - a novelette by James White; Age of Retirement by Hal Lynch; and Planting Time by Pete Adams and Charles Nightingale. VOLUME TWO: Escape to Chaos - a novella by John D. MacDonald; Concealment by A. E. van Vogt; To Civilize by Algis Budrys; Beep - a novelette by James Blish; Down the River by Mack Reynolds; The Bounty Hunter by Avram Davidson; Not Yet the End by Fredric Brown; Tonight the Stars Revolt - a novella by Gardner F. Fox; Final Encounter by Harry Harrison; Lord of a Thousand Suns - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Big Ancestor - a novelette by F. L. Wallace; and The Interlopers by Roger Dee. Both volumes contain an assortment of essays by Brian W. Aldiss..
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230509
- Title
- GALACTIC EMPIRES - Volume One - with - Volume Two
- Author
- Aldiss, Brian W. (editor) (John D. MacDonald; James Blish; Fredric Brown; Gardner F. Fox; Idris Seabright; Cordwainer Smith; Clifford Simak; R. A. Lafferty; Arthur C. Clarke; Isaac Asimov; A. E. van Vogt; Algis Budrys; Avram Davidson; Poul Anderson)
- Illustrator
- Karel Thole;
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Paperback Printings
- Publisher
- Orbit Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- science fiction hall of fame; hugo; nebula award; speculative fiction; fantasy; future history; sf; future shock; time travel; space opera; sci-fi; exploration; aliens; invasion; first contact;
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