Science fiction mass market paperbacks, 6: Aliens, In Search Of, Time After Time

Description: Here for sale is an eclectic lot of science fiction books from the last century, all in mass market editions. They include: Aliens by Alan Dean Foster. Warner Books, 1986 third printing. Foster wrote novelizations of the first three films in the Alien franchise. This is the story of the second film, featuring the adventures of Ellen Ripley and the space marines as they go back into space to investigate the alien hive encountered in the first film. This is one where you should really see the movie first (that is, after all, the order in which they were produced.) Nuclear War, edited by Gregory Benford and Martin Harry Greenberg. Ace Books, 1988 first printing. A collection of short science fiction stories dealing with everyone's favorite subject: nuclear apocalypse! The stories range from the satirical ("The Day They Got Boston") to the nightmarish ("The Nightmare.") In Search of... Strange Phenomena by Alan Landsburg, foreword by Leonard Nimoy. Bantam, 1977. Alan Landsburg had a series of broadcast TV documentary hits at the beginning of the 1970s, beginning with In Search of Ancient Astronauts, an adaptation of Chariots of the Gods? by Erich Daniken. Rod Serling was the creepy voiceover artist who took the audience through the spine-tingling 1970s-ness of the original series of specials. Later, In Search Of... was made into a weekly TV series, with Leonard Nimoy replacing Serling, who passed during pre-production. A series of paperbacks were produced alongside the TV series, and this is one of those. Earth in Transit: Science Fiction and Contemporary Problems, edited by Sheila Schwartz. Dell, 1976 1st print. Another sci-fi anthology, this time dealing with questions of fascism and justice. Includes stories by Arthur C. Clarke and Donald Westlake, among many others. The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny. Ace Books, October 1981 printing. This novel about psychic dream therapy was loosely adapted into the film Dreamscape starring Dennis Quaid and Kate Capshaw. The novel is darker in a lot of ways -- the central conflict is interpersonal and grounded in an exploration of the protagonists' psychoses, rather than an adventure story about an attempt to assassinate the president in his dreams. The novella version of the story won the 1965 Nebula award for best short form novel. Time and Again by Clifford D. Simak. Penguin, 1961. Clifford D. Simak is one of the great names in 20th century science fiction: a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master, winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Horror Writers of America, he died with three Hugos and one Nebula on his mantle. Time and Again was originally published in 1951, a mid-career work, and tells a trippy story about a man who returns from a 20 year sojourn in space to find himself hunted by assassins from the future; apparently, he will write a book that, going forward, will spark political crisis and lead to the deaths of millions. A thinker.

Price: 15 USD

Location: Urbandale, Iowa

End Time: 2025-01-26T20:56:35.000Z

Shipping Cost: 7.44 USD