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Piper, H. Beam & McGuire, John J. - Four-Day Planet + Lone Star Planet - Ace - 4122128   € 3,50 Essef - 1979 - pocket - 340 p. - This omnibus contains: Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper and Lone Star Planet by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire. (VG) |
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Piper, H. Beam - Empire - Ace - 121461 € 3,00 Essef - 1981 - pocket - 242 p. - A book in the Terro-Human Future History series. (VG) |
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Piper, H. Beam - Fuzzies 1: Little Fuzzy - Avon - 4109884 € 10,00 Essef - 1962 - pocket size - Catalogue Lovisi $30 (VG) - cover by Victor Kalin - 160 p. - collectible paperback - The chartered Zarathustra Company had it all their way. Their charter was for a Class III uninhabited planet, which Zarathustra was, and it meant they owned the planet lock stock and barrel. They exploited it, developed it and reaped the huge profits from it without interference from the Colonial Government. Then Jack Holloway, a sunstone prospector, appeared on the scene with his family of Fuzzies and the passionate conviction that they were not cute animals but little people. (VG) |
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Piper, H. Beam - Fuzzies 1: Little Fuzzy - Avon - 4148511 € 7,50 Essef - 1962 - pocket size - Catalogue Lovisi $30 (VG) - cover by Victor Kalin - 160 p. - collectible paperback - The chartered Zarathustra Company had it all their way. Their charter was for a Class III uninhabited planet, which Zarathustra was, and it meant they owned the planet lock stock and barrel. They exploited it, developed it and reaped the huge profits from it without interference from the Colonial Government. Then Jack Holloway, a sunstone prospector, appeared on the scene with his family of Fuzzies and the passionate conviction that they were not cute animals but little people. (VG-, name inside) |
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Piper, H. Beam - Paratime 2: Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen - Ace - 4122127 € 3,75 Essef - 1977 - pocket - 249 p. - The best of the Paratime stories. a.k.a. 'Gunpowder God'. (VG) |
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Piper, H. Beam - Paratime 2: Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen - Ace - 116600 € 3,00 Essef - 1984 - pocket - 249 p. - The best of the Paratime stories. a.k.a. 'Gunpowder God'. (G+, endpapers foxed) |
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Piper, H. Beam - The Cosmic Computer - Ace - 4122077 € 3,50 Essef - 1970's - pocket - 249 p. - Also known as: Junkyard Planet. A book in the Terro-Human Future History series. The Well-being of an entire planet seems to hinge on the question of whether the super computer known as "Merlin" actually exists. (VG) |
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Piper, H. Beam - The Fuzzy Papers [Omnibus] - Ace - 4153689 € 4,50 Essef - 1980 - pocket - illustrated by Victoria Poyser - 406 p. - This omnibus contains the two Fuzzy books 'Little Fuzzy' and 'Fuzzie Sapiens'. The chartered Zarathustra Company had it all their way. Their charter was for a Class III uninhabited planet, which Zarathustra was, and it meant they owned the planet... (VG-) |
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Piserchia, Doris - Star Rider - Daw - 109894 € 3,00 Essef - 1974 - pocket - 219 p. - The desperate search for a dream planet in a shrunken universe - and a young girl with the sole power to save her species. (VG) |
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Piserchia, Doris - Star Rider - Daw - 4148980 € 2,00 Essef - 1974 - pocket - 219 p. - The desperate search for a dream planet in a shrunken universe - and a young girl with the sole power to save her species. (VG-, name inside) |
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Platt, Charles - Piers Anthony's Worlds of Chthon 1: Plasm - Signet - 4151212 € 4,00 Essef - 1987 - pocket - 284 p. - Platt's engaging sequel to Piers Anthony's novels Cthon and Pthor. "Trapped by his possible pasts and futures, could Aton free himself - and the Universe - from Cthon?" (F) |
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Platt, Charles - Soma - Signet - 4151213 € 4,00 Essef - 1989 - pocket - 236 p. - The fourth book set in the Chthon universe, the first two written by Piers Anthony, this one and Plasm written by Platt. Aton-Five was both more than and less than human. Imprisoned on Chthon, he was being trained to become a super-soldier, a deadly weapon. (F) |
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Platt, Charles - The Silicon Man - Wired Books - 8150416 € 7,25 Essef - 1997 - paperback - 327 p. - James Bayley, an investigator for the High Technology Crime division of the FBI, investigates LifeScan, a secret project that has embezzled millions of dollars in public funds to create a detailed cyberspace that offers virtual immortality. (VG) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan - Mystery and Imagination - Pocket Books - 4103289 € 3,50 Fantasy - 1948 - 15th printing - 358 p. - A collection of stories. (VG-) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan - Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination - BCA - 9142739 € 9,00 Fantasy - 1979 - Hardcover - reprint of the 1935 edition - illustrated in b/w and color by Arthur Rackham - 318 p. - This collection of 25 of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterize his work. As well as the Gothic horror of "The Pit and the Pendulum" and other similar tales. (VG-) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan - Selected Tales - Penguin - 4141723 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1956 - pocket 1109 - 406 p. - 25 stories with an introduction by John Curtis. (VG-, tape spots inside) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan - Selected Writings - Penguin - 4144195 € 2,75 Fantasy / Literature - 1974 - pocket - 540 p. - Poems, tales, essays and reviews, edited with an introduction by David Galloway. (VG-) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Wolters Noordhoff - 4149746 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1996 - pocket - Young Blackbirds Nr. 2 - simplified edition - 111 p. - This collection of Poe's best stories (Dutch highschool edition) contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterize his work. As well as the Gothic horror of "The Pit and the Pendulum" and other similar tales. (VG-) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan - The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket - Penguin - 114826 € 3,00 Fantasy / Horror - 1982 - reprinting - pocket - 311 p. - The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym moves from the American coast to mutiny in mid-ocean, from shipwreck on a savage island towards the then unknown South pole. Eureka, by contrast, tackles the sublime subject of the universe: how it works and how it will end. The narrator, like a detective, analyses the 'plot of God'; and this cosmic text becomes a model against which the enigmas of Pym are illuminated. (VG) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan - The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe - Penguin - 4153479 € 4,00 Essef - 1976 - pocket - 429 p. - One of the greatest of all horror writers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) also composed pioneering tales that seized upon the scientific developments of an era marked by staggering change. In this collection of sixteen stories, he explores such... (VG-, faded spine) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan - The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings - Bantam - 4140597 € 3,00 Fantasy / Horror - 1988 - pocket - 419 p. - A collection of stories and poems. (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Critical Mass - Bantam - 117868 € 3,00 Essef - 1977 - pocket - 177 p. - A collection of ten stories. (VG-, number on first page) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Gladiator-at-Law - Ballantine - 4103132 € 7,00 Essef - 1955 - first printing - 171 p. - America two hundred years hence with the poulation strictly divided into the "haves", who live in electronically operated dream-dwellings, and the slum-dwellers. The chief hope of escape for the latter is to win a prize at one of the organized Field Days that are bloodthirsty reminders of the Roman Games. Lawyer Mundin and a atrange bunch of friends plan to change all that. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Gladiator-at-Law - Ballantine - 4148262 € 6,00 Essef - 1955 - first printing - 171 p. - America two hundred years hence with the poulation strictly divided into the "haves", who live in electronically operated dream-dwellings, and the slum-dwellers. The chief hope of escape for the latter is to win a prize at one of the organized Field Days that are bloodthirsty reminders of the Roman Games. Lawyer Mundin and a atrange bunch of friends plan to change all that. (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Gladiator-at-Law - Pan - 113697 € 2,25 Essef - 1966 - pocket - 187 p. - America two hundred years hence with the poulation strictly divided into the "haves", who live in electronically operated dream-dwellings, and the slum-dwellers. The chief hope of escape for the latter is to win a prize at one of the organized Field Days that are bloodthirsty reminders of the Roman Games. Lawyer Mundin and a atrange bunch of friends plan to change all that. (VG-, previous owner name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Gladiator-at-Law - Ballantine - 090407 € 2,25 Essef - 1962 - 2nd printing - pocket - 171 p. - America two hundred years hence with the poulation strictly divided into the "haves", who live in electronically operated dream-dwellings, and the slum-dwellers. The chief hope of escape for the latter is to win a prize at one of the organized Field Days that are bloodthirsty reminders of the Roman Games. Lawyer Mundin and a atrange bunch of friends plan to change all that. (G, cracked spine) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Search the Sky - Baen - 4143540 € 3,75 Essef - 1990 - 2nd printing - pocket - 245 p. - Something Was Very Wrong, Out There Among The Stars... The interstellar transport had touched down on six other colony worlds - and all six had been devoid of human life. Where was everybody? It was almost as if humankind, when separated by cosmic distances from Mother Earth, could not survive. (VG+) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Search the Sky - Ballantine - 103126 € 5,50 Essef - 1954 - first printing - pocket - 165 p. - Something Was Very Wrong, Out There Among The Stars... The interstellar transport had touched down on six other colony worlds - and all six had been devoid of human life. Where was everybody? It was almost as if humankind, when separated by cosmic distances from Mother Earth, could not survive. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Search the Sky - Digit - 4052833 € 2,50 Essef - 1960's - pocket - 158 p. - Something Was Very Wrong, Out There Among The Stars... The interstellar transport had touched down on six other colony worlds - and all six had been devoid of human life. Where was everybody? It was almost as if humankind, when separated by cosmic distances from Mother Earth, could not survive. (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Search the Sky - Ballantine - 4117317 € 2,25 Essef - 1954 - first printing - pocket - 165 p. - Something Was Very Wrong, Out There Among The Stars... The interstellar transport had touched down on six other colony worlds - and all six had been devoid of human life. Where was everybody? It was almost as if humankind, when separated by cosmic distances from Mother Earth, could not survive. (G-, several flaws) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - Search the Sky - Bantam - 4151224 € 1,75 Essef - 1977 - pocket - 165 p. - Something Was Very Wrong, Out There Among The Stars... The interstellar transport had touched down on six other colony worlds - and all six had been devoid of human life. Where was everybody? It was almost as if humankind, when separated by cosmic distances from Mother Earth, could not survive. (G, wear, creases) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - The Space Merchants 1: The Space Merchants - Ballantine - 4104668 € 3,25 Essef - 1960 - 3rd printing - pocket - 158 p. - Time: the near future Place: Madison Avenue, New York An overcrowded world is dominated by a few unscrupulous advertising agencies who have reduced the population to drug- and ad-conditioned consumers. Fowler Schocken Associates, who successfully organised India into a single giant cartel, have a new mission - the development and exploitation of Venus. Mitchell Courtenay, star-class copysmith, is chosen to sell it to potential colonists. But the Consies, a subversive conservation group, and a rival ad agency also want Venus, and Courtenay finds himself in the midst of a deadly struggle. (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - The Space Merchants 1: The Space Merchants - Ballantine - 4152650 € 2,75 Essef - 1960 - 3rd printing - pocket - 158 p. - Time: the near future Place: Madison Avenue, New York An overcrowded world is dominated by a few unscrupulous advertising agencies who have reduced the population to drug- and ad-conditioned consumers. Fowler Schocken Associates, who successfully organised India into a single giant cartel, have a new mission - the development and exploitation of Venus. Mitchell Courtenay, star-class copysmith, is chosen to sell it to potential colonists. But the Consies, a subversive conservation group, and a rival ad agency also want Venus, and Courtenay finds himself in the midst of a deadly struggle. (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - The Wonder Effect - Ballantine - 113693 € 2,75 Essef - 1969 - second printing - 159 p. - Ten stories spanning nearly twenty years of one of the finest collaborations in the history of science fiction. Pohl plus Kornbluth was a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Three of the ten stories were begun by Kornbluth, and finished by Pohl after his partner's tragic early demise. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - The Wonder Effect - Ballantine - 4103133 € 4,50 Essef - 1962 - pocket - first printing - 159 p. - Ten stories spanning nearly twenty years of one of the finest collaborations in the history of science fiction. Pohl plus Kornbluth was a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Three of the ten stories were begun by Kornbluth, and finished by Pohl after his partner's tragic early demise. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - The Wonder Effect - Panther - 4148462 € 2,50 Essef - 1974 - pocket - 176 p. - Ten stories spanning nearly twenty years of one of the finest collaborations in the history of science fiction. Pohl plus Kornbluth was a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Three of the ten stories were begun by Kornbluth, and finished by Pohl after his partner's tragic early demise. (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. - The Wonder Effect - Ballantine - 4151216 € 2,00 Essef - 1962 - pocket - first printing - 159 p. - Ten stories spanning nearly twenty years of one of the finest collaborations in the history of science fiction. Pohl plus Kornbluth was a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Three of the ten stories were begun by Kornbluth, and finished by Pohl after his partner's tragic early demise. (G-, store stamp inside, waterstain in rear) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Thomas, Thomas T. - Mars Plus - Baen - 4090186 € 4,50 Essef - 1995 - pocket - 342 p. - The events chronicled in the award-winning Man Plus were only the beginning. It is 50 years later. Man is on Mars to stay. But things have become strange, even compared to the population of cyborgs and human misfits who now occupy the Red Planet. The computer net on which all Martian life depends seems to have a mind of its own - and it's in a bad mood. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Land's End - Ballantine - 033067 € 4,00 Essef - 1989 - pocket - 369 p. - A meteor shower has awakened the Eternal, an alien creature that has lain dormant in the depths of the sea for centuries. The Eternal's goal is to absorb the minds of every living thing on Earth to create a death-in-life to enslave the planet. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Land's End - Ballantine - 053798 € 3,00 Essef - 1989 - pocket - 369 p. - A meteor shower has awakened the Eternal, an alien creature that has lain dormant in the depths of the sea for centuries. The Eternal's goal is to absorb the minds of every living thing on Earth - to create a death-in-life to enslave the planet. (G, round spine) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Saga of Cuckoo 1: Farthest Star - Ballantine - 075866 € 2,50 Essef - 1975 - pocket - 246 p. - Cockoo was coming. No one knew what it was, but everyone knew it was trouble. Designated Object Lambda when it first appeared on the fringes of the galaxy, 20,000 light-years away, it was travelling at one sixth of the light speed. An existing space probe was reoriented to intercept, and staffed with replicates of both humans and aliens. Then the space probe began to leak radiation... (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Saga of Cuckoo 1: Farthest Star - Pan - 4118585 € 2,50 Essef - 1976 - pocket - 189 p. - Cockoo was coming. No one knew what it was, but everyone knew it was trouble. Designated Object Lambda when it first appeared on the fringes of the galaxy, 20,000 light-years away, it was travelling at one sixth of the light speed. An existing space probe was reoriented to intercept, and staffed with replicates of both humans and aliens. Then the space probe began to leak radiation... (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Starchild 1: The Reefs of Space - Penguin - 103140 € 2,50 Essef - 1969 - pocket - 189 p. - Far beyond the orbit of Pluto, half-mythical bodies circle the Solar System - the Reefs of Space, unknown, shrouded in mystery, the goal of human conquest, the obsession of the Plan of Man, tyrannical ruler of Earth. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Starchild 1: The Reefs of Space - Ballantine - 4118509 € 3,00 Essef - 1964 - 1st printing - pocket - 188 p. - Far beyond the orbit of Pluto, half-mythical bodies circle the Solar System - the Reefs of Space, unknown, shrouded in mystery, the goal of human conquest, the obsession of the Plan of Man, tyrannical ruler of Earth. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Starchild 1: The Reefs of Space - Ballentine - 4033040 € 2,25 Essef - 1964 - 1st printing - pocket - 188 p. - Far beyond the orbit of Pluto, half-mythical bodies circle the Solar System - the Reefs of Space, unknown, shrouded in mystery, the goal of human conquest, the obsession of the Plan of Man, tyrannical ruler of Earth. (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Starchild 2: Starchild - Penguin - 4113690 € 2,50 Essef - 1970 - pocket - 158 p. - This second book of the trilogy also gives an up close and personal view of The Plan Of Man super-computer. You get to see how it needs human extensions of itself, humans who can be completely trusted. You're shown what it takes to become a companion of the computer; the education and training involved, the surgical modifications needed, and the sacrafice of "self" and the leaving behind of all that had been a part of your previous life, including loved ones. You also get to see what it's like to live out on the reefs as free men, out of the reach of The Plan Of Man. The climactic ending is great. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Starchild 2: Starchild - Ballantine - 4103141 € 2,50 Essef - 1965 - first printing - pocket - 191 p. - This second book of the trilogy also gives an up close and personal view of The Plan Of Man super-computer. You get to see how it needs human extensions of itself, humans who can be completely trusted. You're shown what it takes to become a companion of the computer; the education and training involved, the surgical modifications needed, and the sacrafice of "self" and the leaving behind of all that had been a part of your previous life, including loved ones. You also get to see what it's like to live out on the reefs as free men, out of the reach of The Plan Of Man. The climactic ending is great. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Starchild 3: Rogue Star - Ballantine - 4033039 € 3,25 Essef - 1969 - 1st printing - pocket - 213 p. - Here, a future is depicted wherein mankind is ruled by a brutal authoritarian totalitarian government known as the Plan of Man, enforced by a computerized surveillance state. (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - The Singers of Time - Bantam - 4073137 € 4,00 Essef - 1991 - pocket - 341 p. - A race of turtle-like creatures conquers Earth, imposing a gentler set of values on humankind, outlawing destructive technology, and denying the validity of human scientific theories. When their home planet disappears into a black hole, however, the aliens' only hope for the future hinges on the possibility that humanity's flawed sciences might contain a glimmer of truth... (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - The Starchild Trilogy - Pocket Books - 108321 € 5,00 Essef - 1977 - pocket - first Pocket Books printing - 442 p. - contains: The Reefs of Space, Starchild & Rogue Star. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - The Starchild Trilogy - Pocket Books - 8152184 € 3,50 Essef - 1977 - pocket - 3rd Pocket Books printing - 442 p. - contains: The Reefs of Space, Starchild & Rogue Star. (G+, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - The Starchild Trilogy - Pocket Books - 103633 € 4,00 Essef - 1977 - pocket - first Pocket Books printing - 442 p. - contains: The Reefs of Space, Starchild & Rogue Star. (VG-, name on first page) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - The Starchild Trilogy - Pocket Books - 8129289 € 3,00 Essef - 1977 - pocket - first Pocket Books printing - 442 p. - contains: The Reefs of Space, Starchild & Rogue Star. (G, round, faded spine) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Undersea Eden 1: Undersea Quest - Ballantine - 4103052 € 2,25 Essef - 1971 - first printing - 154 p. - Eden deep held secrets the world had never seen! At the Sub-Sea Academy, Eden was fighting for everything that had meaning in his life, and he was going to lose. While under the sea, at Eden Deep, his uncle was fighting for life itself. And this was one fight Jim intended to get in on - to win... (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Undersea Eden 2: Undersea Fleet - Ballantine - 108291 € 2,25 Essef - 1971 - first printing - pocket - 154 p. - Everyone at the academy knew that sea serpents were, without doubt, silly superstitions. Everyone but David Craken, that is. This young cadet from Marinia had been born & raised 4 miles beneath the waves, & he knew that more than rich new fuel sources & precious stones lay in wait for the men who dared invade this last frontier... (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack - Undersea Eden 3: Undersea City - Ballantine - 108290 € 2,25 Essef - 1971 - first printing - pocket - 151 p. - One creature could shatter the dome that housed thousands... (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - A Plague of Pythons - Ballantine - 4075892 € 2,50 Essef - 1969 - 3rd printing - pocket - 158 p. - On Christmas the world's freedom died. Every man, woman and child lay in the grip of fear, for no one knew at what moment his nearest friend or a casual stranger might suddenly be possessed by some brutal mind... and begin to murder and destroy. For Chandler it was worse than for most. He was both victim and executioner... (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik - A Plague of Pythons - Ballantine - 4118584 € 3,00 Essef - 1965 - first printing - pocket - 158 p. - On Christmas the world's freedom died. Every man, woman and child lay in the grip of fear, for no one knew at what moment his nearest friend or a casual stranger might suddenly be possessed by some brutal mind... and begin to murder and destroy. For Chandler it was worse than for most. He was both victim and executioner... (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - A Plague of Pythons - Penguin - 4075836 € 2,25 Essef - 1973 - pocket - 169 p. - On Christmas the world's freedom died. Every man, woman and child lay in the grip of fear, for no one knew at what moment his nearest friend or a casual stranger might suddenly be possessed by some brutal mind... and begin to murder and destroy. For Chandler it was worse than for most. He was both victim and executioner... (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik - A Plague of Pythons - Del Rey - 107197 € 2,25 Essef - 1978 - 4th printing - pocket - 158 p. - On Christmas the world's freedom died. Every man, woman and child lay in the grip of fear, for no one knew at what moment his nearest friend or a casual stranger might suddenly be possessed by some brutal mind... and begin to murder and destroy. For Chandler it was worse than for most. He was both victim and executioner... (G, wear) |
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Pohl, Frederik - A Plague of Pythons - Penguin - 4117300 € 1,75 Essef - 1973 - pocket - 169 p. - On Christmas the world's freedom died. Every man, woman and child lay in the grip of fear, for no one knew at what moment his nearest friend or a casual stranger might suddenly be possessed by some brutal mind... and begin to murder and destroy. For Chandler it was worse than for most. He was both victim and executioner... (VG-, number on first page) |
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Pohl, Frederik - A Plague of Pythons - Ballantine - 4148987 € 2,00 Essef - 1965 - first printing - pocket - 158 p. - On Christmas the world's freedom died. Every man, woman and child lay in the grip of fear, for no one knew at what moment his nearest friend or a casual stranger might suddenly be possessed by some brutal mind... and begin to murder and destroy. For Chandler it was worse than for most. He was both victim and executioner... (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Alternating Currents - Penguin - 4113695 € 2,50 Essef - 1966 - pocket - 190 p. - 10 stories. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Alternating Currents - Ballantine - 4107340 € 3,75 Essef - 1956 - first Ballantine edition - pocket - 154 p. - 10 stories. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Alternating Currents - Ballantine - 118587 € 2,50 Essef - 1969 - 2nd printing - pocket - 154 p. - 10 stories. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Black Star Rising - Del Rey - 4074591 € 3,75 Fantasy - 1986 - pocket - 293 p. - A sharp, stylish satire on war and patriotism... (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Day Million - Pan - 4125479 € 2,00 Essef - 1973 - pocket - 188 p. - This collection contains: Day Million, The Deadly Mission of P. Snodgrass, The Day the Martians came, Schematic Man, Small Lords, Making Love, Way up Yonder, Speed Trap, It´s a Young World and Under Two Moons. (G+, number and store stamp inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Digits and Dastards - Ballantine - 4152649 € 4,00 Essef - 1970 - 2nd printing - pocket - 192 p. - Six stories : The children of night, The fiend, Earth eighteen, Father of the stars, The five hells of orion, With redfearn on capella XII, Two essays: How to count on your fingers, On binary digits and human habits. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Drunkard's Walk - Ballantine - 4151220 € 3,25 Essef - 1960 - pocket - 142 p. - Around the year 2200 the world is overpopulated and University campus is a privileged place for professors and students. Here a very young and popular teacher has tried to commit suicide nine times in the last two months. He is not depressed, he doesn't consume hard stuff and he is successful. So the question is why this persistent intent goes on? The novel will follow Cornut's desperate efforts to stay alive and little by little will unveil a sinister plot against the whole world. (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Heechee 3: Heechee Rendezvous - Ballantine - 8152537 € 9,50 Essef - 1984 - HC with dust jacket - Book Club Edition - 274 p. - Just outside the Milky Way lurked the would-be destroyers of the universe. Humans called them the Foe. Heechee called them Assassins. No one who had ever seen them had lived to tell the tale. The thrilling conclusion to the ground-breaking... (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Homegoing - Del Rey - 070879 € 3,25 Essef - 1990 - pocket - 281 p. - Sandy Washington was a pretty normal guy. The only unusual thing about him was that Sandy had been raised by aliens on their spaceship. The Hakh'hli had done everything they could to give Sandy an Earth-type boyhood. Now, finally, the Hakh'hli were bringing Sandy home to Earth. And while they were at it, they intended to give humanity some extraordinary gifts. The Hakh'hli seemed to have Sandy's - and humanity's - best interests at heart. But the people of Earth weren't so sure... (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Homegoing - Del Rey - 4153581 € 2,75 Essef - 1990 - pocket - 281 p. - Sandy Washington was a pretty normal guy. The only unusual thing about him was that Sandy had been raised by aliens on their spaceship. The Hakh'hli had done everything they could to give Sandy an Earth-type boyhood. Now, finally, the Hakh'hli were bringing Sandy home to Earth. And while they were at it, they intended to give humanity some extraordinary gifts. The Hakh'hli seemed to have Sandy's - and humanity's - best interests at heart. But the people of Earth weren't so sure... (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik - In the Problem Pit and Other Stories - Corgi - 4143413 € 2,00 Essef - 1976 - pocket - 193 p. - A collection of 11 stories and an essay. (G, light fold, faded spine) |
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Pohl, Frederik - JEM - Bantam - 4090119 € 3,00 Essef - 1980 - pocket - 300 p. - The discovery of another habitable world might spell salvation to the three bitterly competing power blocs of the resource-starved 21st century; but when their representatives arrive on Jem, with its multiple intelligent species, they discover instead the perfect situation into which to export their rivalries. Subtitled, with savage irony, 'The Making of a Utopia', Jem is one of Frederik Pohl's most powerful novels. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - JEM - Bantam - 4113678 € 2,50 Essef - 1980 - pocket - 300 p. - The discovery of another habitable world might spell salvation to the three bitterly competing power blocs of the resource-starved 21st century; but when their representatives arrive on Jem, with its multiple intelligent species, they discover instead the perfect situation into which to export their rivalries. Subtitled, with savage irony, 'The Making of a Utopia', Jem is one of Frederik Pohl's most powerful novels. (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Mining the Oort - Del Rey - 4090125 € 4,00 Essef - 1993 - pocket - 279 p. - From a New York Times bestselling sf master comes a dazzling new blend of hard science and high adventure storytelling. When young Martian colonist Dekker DeWoe arrives on Earth for final training as an Oort prospector, he discovers a shocking plot to crash a comet on Tokyo. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Narabedla Ltd. - Del Rey - 4151223 € 4,00 Essef - 1989 - pocket - 313 p. - Years ago, Nolly Stennis had been a promising baritone. On the threshold of a great career with Narabedla Ltd., illness had ruined his voice. Then a cellist friend received an offer from Narabedla, only to disappear shortly thereafter. When Nolly set out to investigate, he found intergalatic intrigue beyond imagination. Now Narabedla is determined to keep him quiet - by making his greatest dreams come true... (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Planets Three - Berkley - 4118586 € 3,50 Essef - 1982 - pocket - 225 p. - Thrills! Perils! Classic SF adventure by a two-time Hugo winner! (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Slave Ship - Ballantine - 4152647 € 3,00 Essef - 1969 - third printing - pocket - 147 p. - How men first learned the language of the animals - and the startling consequences! (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Slave Ship - Ballantine - 4148658 € 2,50 Essef - 1969 - third printing - pocket - 147 p. - How men first learned the language of the animals - and the startling consequences! (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Space Merchants 2: The Merchant's War - Del Rey - 4143051 € 5,00 Essef - 1986 - pocket - 296 p. - On Venus a small rebel colony is struggling to establish itself. Having left Earth in the domination of advertising agencies. The Merchants War is every bit as searing as Space Merchants exciting and relevant. A major science fiction publication. (F) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Starburst - Ballantine - 090121 € 3,00 Essef - 1983 - pocket - 219 p. - The crew of the Constitution-scientists cum astronauts-had been carefully screened for extremely high intelligence and superb physical qualities. They were to be the first explorers sent to another stellar system. There they would explore the planet Alpha-Aleph and then return. They were the toast of the world press-true heroes, for they were to go where no man had gone before. Or so they thought... (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Stopping at Slowyear - Bantam - 4127502 € 3,00 Essef - 1992 - pocket - 151 p. - Pohl explores the effects of time on a planet whose orbit encompasses 19 earth years. While the inhabitants of Slowyear eagerly await a rare visitation by a merchant starship, the crew of the Nordvik have their own reasons for looking forward to contact with other human beings. Pohl's penchant for satire takes on more subtle hues as his latest novella comes to grips with humanity's capacity for self-delusion. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Syzygy - Bantam - 4104667 € 3,00 Essef - 1982 - pocket - 248 p. - Scientists and psychics are predicting eruptions and earthquakes that could devastate half the earth, caused by a rare conjunction of the planets. It's called SYZYGY. A ruthless land speculator decides to make a quick killing by starting a panic. Then others cash in on the Syzygy Effect for their own greed: a crackpot cult preaching doom, a politician out for votes, a quack scientist out to make the headlines... (VG-, faded spine) |
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Pohl, Frederik - The Abominable Earthman - Ballantine - 4107234 € 3,25 Essef - 1963 - first printing - pocket - 159 p. - This collection contains 7 short stories. (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik - The Age of the Pussyfoot - Corgi - 4143762 € 3,25 Essef - 1971 - pocket - 158 p. - Your name is Charles Forrester. You died five centuries ago in a fire. You have just awakened - the year is 2527 A.D. Your burned out parts have been restored. (Do your eyes seem a little bluer, your nose a little straighter?) You've got quarter of a million dollars in accumulated insurance; a beautiful woman is sending you ESP kisses, and you're equipped with a "Joymaker" computer that can provide almost anything you want. In fact, Charles Forrester, you should be the happiest man who ever lived twice. But... (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik - The Case against Tomorrow - Ballantine - 090415 € 3,25 Essef - 1957 - pocket - 152 p. - 6 stories. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - The Case against Tomorrow - Ballantine - 4148808 € 2,00 Essef - 1965 - 2nd printing - pocket - 152 p. - 6 stories. (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik - The Case against Tomorrow - Ballantine - 4151222 € 2,00 Essef - 1957 - pocket - 152 p. - 6 stories. (G, weak spine) |
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Pohl, Frederik - The Man who Ate the World - Ballantine - 107341 € 3,50 Essef - 1960 - pocket - 144 p. - 5 stories. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - The Man who Ate the World - Ballantine - 4090428 € 3,00 Essef - 1960 - pocket - 144 p. - 5 stories. (VG-) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Tomorrow Times Seven - Ballantine - 4144271 € 2,75 Essef - 1969 - 2nd printing - pocket - 160 p. - 7 stories. (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Tomorrow Times Seven - Ballantine - 4144272 € 2,25 Essef - 1969 - 2nd printing - pocket - 160 p. - 7 stories. (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Tomorrow Times Seven - Ballantine - 4148890 € 2,50 Essef - 1959 - first Ballantine edition - pocket - 160 p. - 7 stories. (VG-, name inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Tomorrow Times Seven - Ballantine - 117876 € 2,25 Essef - 1959 - first Ballantine edition - pocket - 160 p. - 7 stories. (G, minor spine damage, number and store stamp inside) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Turn Left at Thursday - Ballantine - 4107232 € 3,25 Essef - 1961 - first printing - pocket - Catalogue Canja $ 7.00 - 159 p. - Collectible Paperback - This collection contains 3 novelettes and 3 short stories: Mars by Moonlight, The Richest Man in Levittown, The Seven Deadly Virtues, The Martian in the Attic, Third Offense, The Hated and I Plinglot, Who You? (VG) |
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Pohl, Frederik - Turn Left at Thursday - Ballantine - 4152648 € 2,75 Essef - 1961 - first printing - pocket - Catalogue Canja $ 7.00 - 159 p. - Collectible Paperback - This collection contains 3 novelettes and 3 short stories: Mars by Moonlight, The Richest Man in Levittown, The Seven Deadly Virtues, The Martian in the Attic, Third Offense, The Hated and I Plinglot, Who You? (VG-, name inside) |
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Pollack, Rachel - Golden Vanity - Berkley - 123686 € 3,50 Essef - 1980 - first printing - pocket - 225 p. - A space opera, first contact novel and an Earth which has gone crazy. The "Aliens" had arrived, sweeping down from the stars to offer a jaded Earth the marvels of the cosmos. But they weren't in the business of trading something for nothing... (VG) |
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Pollack, Rachel - Golden Vanity - Berkley - 4130479 € 2,25 Essef - 1980 - first printing - pocket - 225 p. - A space opera, first contact novel and an Earth which has gone crazy. The "Aliens" had arrived, sweeping down from the stars to offer a jaded Earth the marvels of the cosmos. But they weren't in the business of trading something for nothing... (VG-, name inside) |
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Pollack, Rachel - Golden Vanity - Berkley - 112702 € 1,25 Essef - 1980 - first printing - pocket - 225 p. - A space opera, first contact novel and an Earth which has gone crazy. The "Aliens" had arrived, sweeping down from the stars to offer a jaded Earth the marvels of the cosmos. But they weren't in the business of trading something for nothing... (G, spine damage) |
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