Science Fiction from JB Books

New York: Del Rey Books : Ballantine, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SFBC. Sci-fi novel of a man discovering himself trapped in the countdown to Armageddon, and wha the must do to try to avert it. Hardcover with dust jacket, 311pp. A very nice copy. Pages show slight rippling in upper corner possibly due to exposure to dampness very slight staining… Read more about this item

New York: Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1992. Book. Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Sci-fi novel of a man born on the bottom rung in an age that makes the present era seem Golden - and his life going rapidly downhill from there. Softcover, 261pp., book shows moderate general wear. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 1994. Book. Good-. Soft cover. Later Printing. Sci-fi novel of a future post-nuclear holocaust Earth during an age of pain and wonder - and an amazing asteroid-starship from the far future coming to visit. Softcover, 366pp., book shows moderate general wear. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Tom Doherty Associates : TOR, 1988. Book. Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Sci-fi novel of a futuristic overcrowded earth and men tasked to discover otherwordly havens for the population - sometimes having to destroy all native life there to make way for the humans. Softcover, 317pp., book shows moderate general wear. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo… Read more about this item

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1998. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated), A great collection of the best modern fantasy work - includes these complete short novels - Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower', Robert Jordan's 'The Wheel of Time', Terry Goodkind's 'The Sword of Truth', Anne McCaffrey's 'Pern', Raymond E. Feist's 'The… Read more about this item

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2007. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. SFBC. Sci-fi novel of an America transformed by nanotechnology, all fashioned by a computer industry wizard and a strange US president - but things start going horribly wrong. Hardcover with dust jacket, 320pp. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: TOR : Tom Doherty Associates, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. BCE. The sequel to the author's earlier 'Elvenbane', of the eleven lords' ruthless rule over the land, vengeance, the heroine Shana freeing the dragons who fought at her side against their oppressors, the 'Iron People' - and finally finding the right weapon to use against the lords. Hardcover… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. Dystopian sci-fi novel of a sexual love triangle cast amidst a future in which super-feminist, disciplined women's vigilante terror units murder targeted men and dominate society through fear. Hardcover with dust jacket, 352pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in… Read more about this item

New York: Del Rey - Ballantine Books, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SFBC. A collection of eight of the author's stories covering the Deryni - a not quite human race overrunning the Kingdom of Gwynedd - stories exploring how the Deryni universe came to be, as well as its challenges and triumphs. Hardcover with dust jacket, 207pp. Size: 8vo -… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1996. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. Sci-fi novel of a future medical breakthrough involving organ regeneration inside the human body offering immortality - and the courtroom and personal dramas threatening progress of this science. Hardcover with dust jacket, 434pp., the usual ex-lib markings. A nice copy, the jacket inside… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Trade Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Trade Edition. A wildly imaginative collection of the author's short stories - irreverent whilst crosscutting politics and the humorous, commingling ancient history, the domestic and cosmic, modern morality, the surreal. slippages of life, art, love, more. Hardcover with dust jacket, 303pp. A nice… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SFBC. Sci-fi novel of humankind's first outpost in the farthest reaches of space, and the adventure and terror that befalls it. Hardcover with dust jacket, 348pp., d.j. shows mild edgewear with several small tears, chips, and abrasions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1981. Book. Good-. Hardcover. SFBC. Sci-fi novel of the rescue of a unique population of hundreds of child survivors of a sunstorm on the planet Destiny - all with a unique relationship to each other and a strange ability to harness the forces of nature - as well as in possession of a terrible secret… Read more about this item

New York: Timescape Books : Simon and Schuster, 1983. Book. Good-. Hardcover. SFBC. A fine collection twenty-one of the author's best sci-fi and fantasy stories: robots running amok, beer-guzzling chess-playing unicorns, diodes, dragons, computers, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, 213pp., some staining to jacket reverse and boards. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bantam Books, 1972. Book. Good-. Soft cover. Later Printing. 'The people of Earth came to Mars.' for a wide range of reasons, the first standing alone, but their numbers growing in the new world. A classic sci-fi chronicle of this possible future for some humans. Softcover, 181pp., book shows general wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read more about this item

New York: Timescape Books : Simon and Schuster, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SFBC. Sci-fi novel of a future Earth is ravaged by nuclear weapons, but a huge solar powered station floating in space has survived - and its role in restoring primitive civilization to the planet - but also in creating something terrible. Hardcover, 471pp., d.j. shows light shelfwear… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SFBC. Thirteen sci-fi stories that showpiece Jewish wit, culture and lore, along with the blend of humor and sadness, cynicism and faith, that makes up the Jewish literary experience. Includes such authors as Isaac Asimov, Avram Davidson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Robert Sheckley, Harlan Ellison and others. Hardcover with dust jacket, 243pp.… Read more about this item

Purchase: Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., 1966. Book. Good+. Magazine. First Edition.. A classic sci-fi and fantasy magazine from the 1960s, this issue containing stories by Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, Henry Kuttner, and Clifford D. Simak, an illustrations portfolio y Virgil Finlay, and the novelet 'Where is Roger Davis?' b David Reed. Magazine, contains illustrations, 162pp., covers and spine show mild… Read more about this item

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday Inc., 1969. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. SFBC. The popular trilogy of futuristic novels in one volume, of prisoners enslaved to create technology, sun satellites circling forbidden reefs, man and sun combining energy and intellect, much more. Hardcover, 436pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday Inc., 1979. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. SFBC. Sci-fi novel of a future in which normal biological human procreation is unknown and all is done artificially and selectively - and one exception to this rule, a 'normal' individual hated and feared. Hardcover with dust jacket, 150pp., d.j. shows very light edgewear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item