faunt@hplabs.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (01/14/86)
This is the monthly list of books received at the OCOH, with comments, as posted on Scifido, a sf oriented BBS, available at (415)655-8604. Support your local specialty bookshops, and if you don't have one, support ours. The Other Change of Hobbit 2433 Channing Way Berkeley, CA 94704 Happy New Year to all! December 1985 was a strange month, because Ace Books published two months worth of titles (to make up for a month they skipped a couple of years back, and to rearrange the shipping schedules between Ace and Berkley Books). So even though there are always fewer hardcovers than usual in December, there are enough new paperbacks to make up for this lack. We will be producing a catalogue of out-of-print and rare books this month or next. If you would like to receive this catalogue (which will be designed to appeal both to collectors and to used-book browsers), please let us know. ************************************************************************ This catalog will be posted to net.sf-lovers, and net.books, with prices, and to the ARPA SF-LOVERS, at the discretion of the moderator, without prices, I'm sure. Requests for the catalog will be accepted by me by e-mail, and will be passed on. faunt@hplabs.ARPA ...!ihnp4!hplabs!faunt HP is not responsible for anything I say here. ************************************************************************ Hardcovers and Trade Paperbacks Asimov, Isaac THE ALTERNATE ASIMOVS $16.95 Collects the unpublished first versions of PEBBLE IN THE SKY, THE END OF ETERNITY and "Belief". "Every once in a while I do a book that is not my own idea." - the author's introduction. ("The qualitative difference between these crude first drafts and their rewritten versions makes one wonder how much better more recent novels might have been..." - Dave) Asprin, Robert LITTLE MYTH MARKER $ 7.95 The sixth MythAdventure; cover and illos by Phil Foglio. Browne, Dik HAGAR THE HORRIBLE'S VERY NEARLY COMPLETE VIKING HANDBOOK $ 5.95 "This manual is filled with hands-on advice for anyone who would enter the Viking business." - the blurb. With helpful illustrations. Dick, Philip K. RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH $14.95 ("This (truly) undiscovered science fiction novel is a precursor to VALIS, incorporating many of the same concepts in a different (and much more accessible) style. Of interest to any PKD fan, but not a good place to start if you're unfamiliar with Dick." - Debbie) Fraser, George FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE $ 6.95 MacDonald Reprint 1973 hardcover; first trade paperback. Kelly, James Patrick FREEDOM BEACH $ 8.95 and John Kessel Lovecraft, H. P. AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS $16.95 Reprint 1964 hardcover. Corrected fifth printing. THE DUNWICH HORROR $15.95 Reprint 1963 hardcover. Corrected seventh printing. These are the first two of the new critical editions following Love- craft's manuscripts where available and correcting corrupt magazine texts. Critical editing by S. T. Joshi. A major publishing achievement, long overdue. Martin, George R. NIGHTFLYERS $ 8.95 Collection including three stories from A SONG FOR LYA and one from SONGS OF STARS AND SHADOWS. Morris, Janet BEYOND THE VEIL $15.95 A second Thieves' World (TM) novel. Murphy, Shirley VALENTINE FOR A DRAGON $11.95 Rousseau Illustrated by Kay Chorao. O'Dnell, Peter DEAD MAN'S HANDLE $13.00 The twelfth Modesty Blaise book (the 11th novel). Pierce, Meredith Ann BIRTH OF THE FIREBRINGER $12.95 First book in a new trilogy. Roberts, Keith KITEWORLD $15.70 British hardcover (first edition). Vance, Jack LYONESSE: THE GREEN PEARL $60.00 Limited edition of 600 numbered and signed copies in a suede slipcase; trade paperback due in April. Wilson, Robert Anton THE WIDOW'S SON $ 9.95 Volume II of the Historical Illuminatus Chronicles; the first was THE EARTH WILL SHAKE. Zahn, Timothy SPINNERET $15.95 Zebrowski, George NEBULA AWARDS 20 $ 8.95 (ed.) Introduction by Zebrowski, essay by Algis Budrys, poems by Joe Haldeman and Helen Ehrlich, as well as the three short fiction winners and eight nominees for the 1984 award. ("Too much overlap with the various "best" anthologies, but fine reading if you missed the others." - Debbie) Mass Market Paperbacks Adams, Robert, M. H. BARBARIANS $ 3.95 Greenberg and C. G. Contains one original story, plus Waugh (eds.) reprints by Leiber, Niven, Norton and others. Anderson, Poul (crea- TERRORISTS OF TOMORROW $ 3.50 tor), M. H. Green- Reprint anthology. berg & C. G. Waugh (eds.) Anthony, Piers HASAN $ 2.95 Reprint 1977 trade paperback, second mass edition. Asimov, Isaac & ISAAC ASIMOV PRESENTS THE GREAT SF STORIES 14 $ 3.50 M. H. Greenberg Stories from 1952, including (as all and C. G. Waugh, the others in this series do) a lot (eds.) of excellent reading. This one lacks magazine attributions. Asprin, Robert & SOUL OF THE CITY $ 2.95 Lynn Abbey (eds.) Thieves' World (TM) Book 8. Contains two stories each by Abbey, Cherryh and Morris. (A customer was so upset by the sexist stereotypes in the Janet Morris stories that he wrote and asked us to warn you about them - Debbie) Brackett, Leigh THE LONG TOMORROW $ 2.95 Reprint 1955 hardcover. ("Classic underrated post-holocaust novel." - Dave) Bradley, Marion Zimmer THE BEST OF MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY $ 5.95 ("Unfortunately, with a lot of short stories in one place, some of Bradley's recurring themes get a bit repetitive - nonetheless, some entertaining reading here." - Debbie) Brust, Steven BROKEDOWN PALACE $ 2.95 ("Grateful Dead fans may catch some extra references, but you don't have to know the music to enjoy this stylistically quirky and beau- tifully constructed fantasy" - Debbie) Callin, Grant SATURNALIA $ 2.95 Card, Orson Scott ENDER'S GAME $ 3.50 Reprint 1985 hardcover - very likely to be a Nebula nominee this year. ("Deceptively starts off like just another STARSHIP TROOPERS clone, but develops characters and philosophy much more interestingly. Structural problem with the end may be solved by the forthcoming sequel." - Dave) Chalker, Jack THE IDENTITY MATRIX $ 2.95 Reprint 1982 paperback. Cherryh, C. J. THE KIF STRIKE BACK $ 3.50 The third Chanur book. This one ends "To Be Continued", but not with a cliffhanger. Cole, Allan and Chris THE COURT OF A THOUSAND SUNS $ 2.95 Bunch The third "Sten" novel. Coppel, Alfred THE REBEL OF RHADA $ 2.95 (writing as Reprint 1968 hardcover; second Robert Cham Gilman) paperback edition. This is the first book of the original trilogy. Dann, Jack THE MAN WHO MELTED $ 3.50 Reprint 1984 hardcover, incorporating the story "Blind Shemmy". ("The first half is a near-perfect fusion of sf and mysticism, but it breaks down into soap opera in the second half." - Debbie) Dann, Jack and Gardner MERMAIDS! $ 2.95 Dozois (eds.) Reprint anthology. Delany, Samuel R. NOVA $ 2.95 Reprint 1968 hardcover; 13th printing; new cover by Graphic Associates (we wouldn't put our names on it either). One of Dave's ten favorite sf novels - also highly recommended by Tom and Debbie. TRITON: An Ambiguous Heterotopia $ 3.95 Reprint 1976 paperback; new cover by Graphic Associates (see above). ("One of Delany's most challenging and rewarding novels, notable above all for The Spike, one of sf's most memorable characters. Recommended." - Debbie) Dickson, Gordon R. SPACE WINNERS $ 2.95 Reprint 1965 hardcover; the "first time in paperback" blurb is true! ("Earth's best and brightest high school seniors go to Federation prep school. Great fun; the Alien has the best characterization." - Jan) Dillard, J. M. MINDSHADOW $ 3.50 Star Trek (R) Novel #27. Emerson, Ru THE PRINCESS OF FLAMES $ 2.95 ("An unusual treatment of some usual themes, very enjoyable and, I thought, visually interesting." - Jennifer) Feist, Raymond E. MAGICIAN: APPRENTICE $ 3.50 Reprints the first half of the 1982 hardcover (and trade paperback) MAGICIAN. Second half due in March. Green, Jen & Sarah DESPATCHES FROM THE FRONTIERS OF THE FEMALE Lefanu (eds.) MIND $ 4.40 ("A superb anthology spanning a wide range from Joanna Russ at her most hilarious to Pamela Zoline at her most demanding. Lots of good stories from newcomers, too." - Debbie) Hambly, Barbara DRAGONSBANE $ 3.50 ("Fascinating original treatment of the relationship between magic and dragons." - Dave) Hoban, Russell PILGERMANN $ 2.95 Reprint 1983 hardcover. Johnson, Crockett BARNABY #3: JACKEEN J. O'MALLEY FOR CONGRESS $ 2.95 Reprints strips from 8/27/43 to 5/6/44. "The greatest book since WAR AND PEACE." - J. J. O'Malley. Highly recommended even by those of us without little pink wings. Jones, Diana Wynne THE HOMEWARD BOUNDERS $ 2.95 Reprint 1981 hardcover. ("Good young adult fantasy, with a better ending than most of hers." - Tom) Kress, Nancy THE GOLDEN GROVE $ 2.95 Reprint 1984 hardcover. Laumer, Keith ROGUE BOLO $ 2.95 Contains an essay from BOLO, but otherwise appears to be new short stories. WORLDS OF THE IMPERIUM $ 2.95 Reissue 1982 paperback - includes two short stories, plus the title novel. Leiber, Fritz THE SINFUL ONES $ 2.95 Reprint 1950 trade paperback. This is the book that was revised as YOU'RE ALL ALONE (now long out-of-print). Until the Gregg Press and Timescape editions in 1980, it was extremely hard to find. ("A classic novel of shifting realities. Recommended." - Debbie) Leiber, Justin THE SWORD AND THE TOWER $ 2.95 Book Two of the Saga of the House of Eigin. Lichtenberg, Jacqueline OUTREACH $ 3.50 Dushau Trilogy #3. Lindholm, Megan WIZARD OF THE PIGEONS $ 2.95 ("A different and rather darkly fascin- ating book." - Jennifer) Mace, David DEMON 4 $ 2.75 First American edition of 1984 British book. O'Riordan, Robert CADRE ONE $ 2.95 Pournelle, Jerry & FAR FRONTIERS, Volume IV $ 2.95 Jim Baen (eds.) A paperback "magazine" with erratic numbering and titling policies. Price, E. Hoffman OPERATION EXILE $ 2.95 Sequel to OPERATION LONGLIFE and OPERATION MISFIT. Richardson, R. S. SHUTTLE DOWN $ 2.95 (writing as "Lee Reprint 1981 paperback. Richardson's other, and perhaps better known, Correy") pseudonym is G. Harry Stine, which he uses for scientific articles. Robinson, Spider NIGHT OF POWER $ 2.95 Reprint 1985 hardcover. ("Robinson's very personal confronta- tion with racial violence - so strongly didactic that you can probably only enjoy it if you see the problem much as he does." - Debbie) Rosenberg, Joel EMILE AND THE DUTCHMAN $ 2.95 Incorporates "Like the Gentle Rains" and "In the Shadow of Heaven" from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Rothman, Chuck STAROAMER'S FATE $ 3.50 Russell, Eric Frank SINISTER BARRIER $ 2.95 Reprint 1948 hardcover (postwar revised and preferred text). First in a series of six Russell reissues. Highly recommended. ("Classic paranoid novel on Fortean themes - a bit dated now, but still exciting." - Tom) St. Clair, Margaret THE BEST OF MARGARET ST. CLAIR $ 4.95 The only St. Clair in print, unfortunately. Schmidt, Dennis WAYFARER $ 2.95 Reprint 1978 paperback; first of the Kensho series. Silverberg, Robert NEXT STOP THE STARS $ 2.95 Reprint 1962 paperback. Stith, John E. MEMORY BLANK $ 2.95 Straub, Peter IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW $ 3.95 Reprint 1977 hardcover; seventh paperback printing. Suyin, Han THE ENCHANTRESS $ 3.95 Reprint 1985 hardcover - her first fantasy novel (after her Pulitzer prize). Swycaffer, Jefferson P. THE PRAESIDIUM OF ARCHIVE $ 2.95 Tepper, Sheri S. BLOOD HERITAGE $ 3.50 Her first horror novel. ("Derivative; a lot less interesting than her fantasy work." - Tom) Utley, Alison A TRAVELLER IN TIME $ 2.95 Reprint of 1939 hardcover - apparently the first paperback edition. Vardeman, Robert E. THE WHITE FIRE $ 2.95 Jade Demons #4. Watson, Ian THE BOOK OF THE RIVER $ 2.95 Reprint 1983 British hardcover; first American paperback edition. Whiteford, Wynne BREATHING SPACE ONLY $ 2.75 First American edition; reprint 1980 Australian edition. Willard, Nancy THINGS INVISIBLE TO SEE $ 3.50 Reprint 1985 hardcover. ("A strange combination of spiritual- ism, baseball and 1930s atmosphere; the mainstream aspects work better than the fantastic ones." - Debbie) Wyndham, John THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS $ 2.95 Reprint 1951 hardcover - the classic novel that preceded the film. -- ....!hplabs!faunt faunt@hplabs.ARPA HP is not responsible for anything I say here. In fact, what I say here may have been generated by a noisy telephone line.
lmc@cisden.UUCP (Lyle McElhaney) (01/20/86)
> Richardson, R. S. SHUTTLE DOWN $ 2.95 > (writing as "Lee Reprint 1981 paperback. Richardson's > other, and perhaps better known, > Correy") pseudonym is G. Harry Stine, which he > uses for scientific articles. Unless I am very much mistaken, G. Harry Stine is the man's real name; it is by that name that some friends of mine knew him long before he became a writer. Lee Correy is a pseudonym, and Reed Richardson is the name of one of the main characters in SHUTTLE DOWN. An excellent book, by the way, that I have been trying to find ever since some dastard stole mine from my vault. Some hype has been added to the cover, stating that the problems involved in shuttle recovery on polar orbits out of Vandenburg were first explored in this book (copyright 1981) before the US negotiated a treaty with Chile for use of Easter Island as an emergency landing point (1985), and that may be true. An excellent story with lots of technical detail. Lyle McElhaney ...hao!cisden!lmc
faunt@hplabs.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (01/24/86)
> > Richardson, R. S. SHUTTLE DOWN $ 2.95 > > (writing as "Lee Reprint 1981 paperback. Richardson's > > other, and perhaps better known, > > Correy") pseudonym is G. Harry Stine, which he > > uses for scientific articles. > > Unless I am very much mistaken, G. Harry Stine is the man's real name; it > is by that name that some friends of mine knew him long before he became a > writer. Lee Correy is a pseudonym, and Reed Richardson is the name of one > of the main characters in SHUTTLE DOWN. The crew at the OCOH admit that they goofed. R.S. Richardson is somebody else. G. Harry Stine is real, and writes as Lee Correy. -- ....!hplabs!faunt faunt@hplabs.ARPA 415-655-8604 HP is not responsible for anything I say here. In fact, what I say here may have been generated by a noisy telephone line.
msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) (01/25/86)
> > > Richardson, R. S. SHUTTLE DOWN $ 2.95 > > > (writing as "Lee Reprint 1981 paperback. Richardson's > > > other, and perhaps better known, > > > Correy") pseudonym is G. Harry Stine, which he > > Unless I am very much mistaken, G. Harry Stine is the man's real name; > > ... Lee Correy is a pseudonym, and Reed Richardson is the name of one > > of the main characters in SHUTTLE DOWN. > > The crew at the OCOH admit that they goofed. R.S. Richardson is somebody > else. G. Harry Stine is real, and writes as Lee Correy. Right. R.S. Richardson is R(obert) S(hirley(!)) Richardson, a professional astronomer. He's written both nonfiction and sf stories. And he also uses a pseudonym for his sf, which probably contributed to the confusion. The pseudonym is: Philip Latham. (I use the present tense, but I don't actually know that he's still alive. My 1977 reference gives his dates as "1902- ".) Mark Brader "I'm a little worried about the bug-eater," she said. "We're embedded in bugs, have you noticed?" -- Niven, "The Integral Trees"
wls@astrovax.UUCP (William L. Sebok) (01/27/86)
In article <1068@lsuc.UUCP> msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) writes: >Right. R.S. Richardson is R(obert) S(hirley(!)) Richardson, a professional >astronomer. He's written both nonfiction and sf stories. And he also uses >a pseudonym for his sf, which probably contributed to the confusion. >The pseudonym is: Philip Latham. For whatever its worth, a quick look into my copy of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) membership directory shows no R.S. Richardson (or P. Latham) there. I'm not sure about the significance of that. Essentially all of my professional astronomer friends and acquaintances are in the AAS but the view here from Princeton and Caltech (where I did my Ph.D) work may not be representative of the country as a whole. -- Bill Sebok Princeton University, Astrophysics {allegra,akgua,cbosgd,decvax,ihnp4,noao,philabs,princeton,vax135}!astrovax!wls
arlan@inuxm.UUCP (A Andrews) (01/28/86)
> In article <1068@lsuc.UUCP> msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) writes: > >Right. R.S. Richardson is R(obert) S(hirley(!)) Richardson, a professional > >astronomer. He's written both nonfiction and sf stories. And he also uses > >a pseudonym for his sf, which probably contributed to the confusion. > >The pseudonym is: Philip Latham. > > For whatever its worth, a quick look into my copy of the American Astronomical > Society (AAS) membership directory shows no R.S. Richardson (or P. Latham) > there. I'm not sure about the significance of that. Essentially all of > my professional astronomer friends and acquaintances are in the AAS but > the view here from Princeton and Caltech (where I did my Ph.D) work may not be > representative of the country as a whole. > -- > Bill Sebok Princeton University, Astrophysics > {allegra,akgua,cbosgd,decvax,ihnp4,noao,philabs,princeton,vax135}!astrovax!wls *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** R. S. Richardson probably would not show up in a list of active members, because he died several years ago. I met him in New Mexico around 1960, but didn't know he was also an SF author. I did know he'd been in Astounding SF under his own name. He wrote articles about the "Blue Clearing" on Mars. About the same time, I met Dr. J. Allen Hynek, who talked on balloon astronomy research at Northwestern. I ddn't know at that time that he was the USAF's Blue Book researcher, but twenty years later when I met him again, we did talk UFOs. That small astronomical society in Las Cruces had some respectable speakers. I guess when your club advisor is Dr. Clyde Tombaugh, things just happen... --arlan