Avon 1966

The second novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire—the mightiest force in the Galaxy—is even more dangerous in its death throes. Even worse, a mysterious entity called the Mule has appeared with powers beyond anything humanly conceivable. Who—or what—is the Mule? And how is humanity to defend itself against this invulnerable avatar of annihilation?

Filled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, Foundation and Empire is the story of humanity’s perpetual struggle against the darkness that forever threatens to overwhelm the light—and of how the courage of even a determined few can make all the difference in the universe.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

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Foundation and Empire

Avon 1964

The third novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

The Foundation lies in ruins—destroyed by a mutant mind bent on humanity’s annihilation. But it’s rumored that there’s a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established as insurance to preserve the knowledge of mankind. Now a desperate race has begun between the survivors of the First Foundation and an alien entity to find this last flicker of humanity’s shining past—and future hope. Yet the key to it all might be a fourteen-year-old girl burdened with a terrible secret. Is she the Foundation’s savior—or its deadliest enemy?

Unforgettable, thought-provoking, and riveting, Second Foundation is a stunning novel of adventure and ideas writ huge across the Galaxy—a powerful tale of humankind’s struggle to preserve the fragile light of wisdom against the threat of its own dark barbarism.

Second Foundation

Avon 1966

The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.

Foundation 

Bob Stahl

Elisha Goldstein

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The ultimate practical guide to MBSR--with more than 115,000 copies sold--is now available in a fully revised and updated second edition.

Stress and pain are nearly unavoidable in our daily lives; they are part of the human condition. This stress can often leave us feeling irritable, tense, overwhelmed, and burned-out. The key to maintaining balance is responding to stress not with frustration and self-criticism, but with mindful, nonjudgmental awareness of our bodies and minds. Impossible? Actually, it's easier than it seems.

In just weeks, you can learn mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a clinically proven program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living. MBSR is effective in alleviating stress, anxiety, panic, depression, chronic pain, and a wide range of medical conditions. Taught in classes and clinics worldwide, this powerful approach shows you how to focus on the present moment and permanently change the way you handle stress.

As you work through A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, you'll learn how to replace stress-promoting habits with mindful ones--a skill that will last a lifetime. This groundbreaking, proven-effective program will help you relieve the symptoms of stress and identify its causes.

This fully revised and updated second edition includes new audio downloads, new meditations, and extensive chapter revisions to help you manage stress and start living a healthier, happier life.

A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook

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"Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis were allowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tuned into a treacherous plot that threatened all the colonists on Mars, and it set Jim off on a terrfying adventure that could save--or destroy--them all!"

Red Planet

C. J. Cherryh

The Kutath

A culture on the verge of extinction fights for survival.

The Faded Sun

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The Kesrith

This is the story of three people: Sten Duncan, a soldier of humanity; Niun, last warrior of the Mri, humanity's enemies; Melein, priestess-queen of the final fallen mri stronghold. This is the story of two mighty species fighting for a galaxy: humanity driving out from Earth, and the enigmatic regul struggling to hold their stars with mri mercenaries.

Faded Sun

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Ace Books 1965

"Bruce Walker and Marfy Rogan journey crosstime to save Marfy's twin and foil a plot bent on stopping time travel."

Quest Crosstime

Andre Norton

Ace Books 1982

"Snatched from his family by an alien race, Jony endures torturous experiments and comes to live with the People, a gentle tribe of intelligent animals."

The Iron Cage

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Vonda N. McIntyre

As the crew grieves for Spock, they must also fight to retain control of the Genesis Device, one of the most powerful creations in the Galaxy.

The Search for Spock

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Cordwainer Smith

John J. Pierce

Del Rey 1986

"The Gem Planet, the Storm Planet, the Sand Planet...one of these marvel worlds held the secret Casher O'Neill sought. Casher had wandered the inhabited the galaxy seeking justice, seeking the cosmic power that would enable him to return to his home world and overthrow its usurper. But in the search he found much more incredible among the stars than he had dreamed of.
This is a new novel by Cordwainer Smith, one of the most strikingly imaginative writers of our time. Packed with concepts not to be found in other writer's work, filled with the widescreen imagery of a universe that is logical, perilous, and yet always truly of the future in every way, the saga of Casher's quest of the three worlds is a constant display of science-fictional fireworks.

Contents:
On the Gem Planet (1963) Galaxy Magazine, October 1963
On the Storm Planet (1965) Amazing Stories, December 1965
On the Sand Planet (1965) Galaxy Magazine, February 1965
Three to a Given Star (1965) Galaxy Magazine, October 1965"

The Quest of the Three Worlds

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Robert A. Heinlein

"Hamilton Felix, the result of generations of genetic selection, finds his life as the ultimate man boring, until a gang of revolutionaries tries to enlist him in their cause."

Hamilton Felix is the ultimate man, the end product of highly refined applied genetics in a world that has long since banished disease, hunger, and war. But no one counts on what happens when this superman is recruited by a cabal of dissident revolutionaries for their Glorious Revolution. They find out it is definitely "not" a good idea.

Beyond This Horizon

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John Brunner

Daw Books 1975

"In 2020, an international space team, exploring Sigma Draconis, 19 light years from earth, discovers the remains of a highly advanced society that has left behind as its most spectacular artifact the largest telescope imaginable, carved & polished from a natural moon crater. Successive space crews determine that the native culture evolved & disappeared mysteriously after a mere 3000 years of existence.

It's now 2028. Another mission reaches the planet with just one goal--to discover why the civilization disappeared--& with just one hope--that this knowledge will prevent the same thing from happening on earth.

Exhibiting that rare sense of sf mystery that distinguished Arthur C. Clarke's 2001, John Brunner weaves a haunting tale of how 30 people attack the nearly insuperable task of unriddling the mysteries of a long-buried culture. Was it a fatal virus, an internecine war, a religion of lunatic brutality or a deleterious mutation that destroyed an entire civilization? All remains hypothesis until Ian Macauley unravels the riddle. But does it provide a solution to human problems & will the answer reach earth in time?"

Total Eclipse

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Ballantine Books 1964

From the back cover: Jerome Bixby has published over four hundred stories and written eight teleplays and motion pictures. One of his stories, It's a Good Life has been called by critics "the most terrifying modern fantasy." But Mr. Bixby is not always terrifying. He possesses a happy turn of ribald humor, converting traditional figures of horror into amusing and even charming people whom it is a pleasure to know. His stories are gentle, quixotic, satirical, poignant, prophetic; indeed he displays an empathy for the gamut of human foibles - the mark of a good writer. Ballantine Books is proud to present thw first collection from the works of Jerome Bixby.

Space by the Tale

Pyramid Books 1969. Some shelf wear and browning of pages.

"GATHER, DARKNESS! is a science-fiction classic. It tells the story of Armon Jarles, a man on the edge, living amidst the disputes of two rival powers at large in the world. 360 years after a nuclear holocaust ravaged mankind, throwing society back into the dark ages, the world is fraught with chaos and superstition. The new rulers over the masses of humanity are the techno-priests of the Great God, endowed with scientific knowledge lost to the rest of humanity. Jarles, originally of peasant descent, rises to become a priest of the Great God. He knows the gospel propagated by the priests to be a fraud, based on illusion and trickery. Even more offensive to him is the paucity of true believers among the priesthood. One day he rebels against his priestly training and attempts to incite the peasants to rise up and demand freedom, but they are not ready. Jarles is not the only dissenter trying to sabotage and expose the false theocracy of the priesthood witchcraft is slowly gaining strength and support among the populace. about to throw him headlong into the middle of the greatest holy war the world has ever seen."

Gather, Darkness!

Pocket Books 1974. Slightly warped with light water staining on cover, otherwise good vintage condition.

"Herovit's World - a place of terror where alien forces struggle for power.

Kirk Poland is a man of action - a man from another dimension. It was he who created Mack Miller, survey-leader and superman, hero of the space opera.

In another guise, though, Poland is the writer, Jonathan Herovit. Who wants Herovit's world? Certainly not Poland. And maybe not even Herovit himself.

In the ruins of a man's mind, the battle for supremacy has begun.

'This is Kirk Poland. Get this straight from the outset: I'M TAKING OVER...'"

Herovit's World

Sheri S. Tepper

Slight crease to spine, otherwise a good reader copy. Bantam 1995.

Dinadh had been a peaceful planet when a deadly force wiped out human life on all surrounding worlds. Every investigation team sent out vanishes. All attempts to contact survivors get no response. Now the deadly force has returned and threatens to destroy what is left--unless one reluctant woman will change her mind and save humanity.

Shadow's End

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Prepare Yourself For Warp-10 Excitement! The Galaxy's ultimate future is in the hands of James Kirk, Mr. Spock and the indomitable crew of the Enterperprise. The Galaxy's ultimate weapon is in the hands of the evil Khan and his followers. A battle that will shake the universe cannot be avoided...And the ultimate adventure is about to begin!

The Wrath of Khan

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First DAW printing, August 1977

"A million people were about to die! The entire population of the planet Priamos was marked for death if one person on the surface could not be found in time. The staggering order was emotionless and inhuman — exactly like the iduve, the strange aliens who had handed down the decree.

Perhaps the most advanced and least understood race in the known universe, the idvue lived in giant spaceships that roamed in random patterns around the galaxy. For nearly two hundred years one of these mammoth vessels, The Ashanome, had been stalking an offender ... one of their own kind who betrayed an ancient rite and fled into the sanctuary of "human" space.

Now, as The Ashanome went into orbit around his hiding place, it was time for vaikka, the ultimate vengeance and return of honor which the iduve cherished above all else. To accomplish their task, they commanded the aid of three very different individuals — Aiela Lyailleue, a young man of the peaceable kallia race who was forcibly inducted into the Starlord's service, possibly never to see his home or family again; Daniel, a savage human with nothing but fear and a blind hatred for his captors; and Isande, a beautiful woman who knew more about the iduve than the iduve themselves.

Together, through the process of Asuthi, all three had their minds melded into a single entity — learning not only each other's language, but each other's way of life, inner feelings and deepest secrets. For in a short time they would descend to the threatening surface of Priamos. Their mission: search out and kill the offender.

If they were to be successful, they would surely need the combined resources of all their wits and intuitive knowledge. Within a few short hours, the trio had to find the needle in the haystack — or they and all the planet's million other men, women and children would perish in a single, searing flash of white hot energy. The iduve knew no other way..."

Hunter of Worlds

Samuel Delany

William Gibson

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Describes life after the cataclysm in the American city of Bellona, where the skyies are darkened from burning buildings, the population consists of youth gangs and drifters, and a charismatic poet leads them to a better life

Dhalgren

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Putnam Book Club Edition 1967

"Here in one monumental volume are all 21 of the stories, novellas and novels making up Heinlein's famous Future History—the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work.


* Introduction - Damon Knight
* Life-Line
* The Roads Must Roll
* Blowups Happen
* The Man Who Sold the Moon
* Delilah and the Space-Rigger
* Space Jockey
* Requiem
* The Long Watch
* Gentleman, Be Seated
* The Black Pits of Luna
* "It's Great to Be Back!"
* "—We Also Walk Dogs"
* Searchlight
* Ordeal in Space
* The Green Hills of Earth
* Logic of Empire
* The Menace from Earth
* "If This Goes On—"
* Coventry
* Misfit
* Methuselah's Children"

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Future History Stories

The Past Through Tomorrow

Joe Dever

Gary Chalk

The Chasm of Doom

In this book, Lone Wolf is charged by the King of Sommerlund to investigate the disappearance of a troop of cavalry. The cavalry, led by a man named Captain D'Val, themselves disappeared under mysterious circumstances while investigating a disruption in the flow of mined resources from the province of Ruanon. Lone Wolf, along with the fifty Sommlending soldiers who accompany him, must uncover the truth surrounding the missing men and stop the resurrection of an ancient and terrible evil.

Lone Wolf

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Bruce Sterling

Here is a definitive edition of one of the most beloved worlds in science fiction--fans will love it. In the last decade, Bruce Sterling has emerged a pioneer of crucial, cutting-edge science fiction. This book includes the classic full-length novel, Schismatrix, plus thousands of words of mind-bending short fiction. It's vintage Sterling.

Schismatrix Plus

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Philip Dick

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Commissioner John Anderton's clever use of the Precrime System, which uses "precogs," people with the ability to see into the future, to identify criminals before they can do any harm, is confronted with a serious glitch when his precogs identify Anderton himself as the next criminal and he must race against time to save himself. 25,000 first printing.

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