esSeF :: Science Fiction & Fantasy boeken

	Adams, Richard - Traveller - Penguin - 4146074 € 3,00 Novel - 1989 - pocket - 366 p. - The American Civil War as seen through the eyes of Traveller, General Robert E. Lee's horse, as told by Traveller to Tom, a domestic cat in his stables in Lexington, Virginia. This is an account of war, beasts and people. (VG-, name inside)
	Aldiss, Brian W. - Horatio Stubbs 1: The Hand Reared Boy - Corgi - 4116226 € 2,50 Erotic Novel - 1971 - pocket - 142 p. - Readers of the Hand-Reared Boy will have no difficulty in remembering its hero, Horatio Stubbs. The time is now early 1940s, and Horatio is soldiering in The Royal Mendip Borderers. In due course his regiment is dispatched overseas to India to become part of the unforgettable forgotten army. The genteel skirmishes for women in the United Kingdom intensify into a desperate running battle to cope with the urgencies of randiness... (VG)
	Aldiss, Brian W. - Horatio Stubbs 1: The Hand Reared Boy - Corgi - 4148672 € 2,00 Erotic Novel - 1971 - pocket - 142 p. - Readers of the Hand-Reared Boy will have no difficulty in remembering its hero, Horatio Stubbs. The time is now early 1940s, and Horatio is soldiering in The Royal Mendip Borderers. In due course his regiment is dispatched overseas to India to become part of the unforgettable forgotten army. The genteel skirmishes for women in the United Kingdom intensify into a desperate running battle to cope with the urgencies of randiness... (VG-, name inside)
	Aldiss, Brian W. - Horatio Stubbs 2: A Soldier Erect - Corgi - 4148676 € 3,00 Erotic Novel - 1974 - pocket - 222 p. - The lewd, crude hero of The Hand-Reared Boy, Horatio Stubbs, is on excellent form when his regiment is dispatched overseas to India to become part of the unforgettable Forgotten Army, where the main battle is with their irrepressible randiness. Eventually, the regiment is posted to the Burmese Front and plunged into the Battle of Kohima in the mountains of Assam... (VG-, name inside)
	Aldiss, Brian W. - Horatio Stubbs 2: Géééft Acht! - Playboy - 4125135 € 3,00 Erotica - 1984 - pocket - 222 p. - Tijd: 1940. Plaats: India. Verteller: de onstuimige, Britse infanterist Horatio, wiens opwindende kostschooljaren in deel 1 van deze serie reeds uit de doeken zijn gedaan. Nu vertelt hij over het werkelijke gedrag van Engelse soldaten in het verre buitenland. (VG)
	Anthony, Piers - Tatham Mound - Avon - 9112081 € 5,00 Historical Fiction - 1992 - thick pocket - 522 p. - An extraordinary novel of a Native American tale-teller during the first European invasions - from the New York Times bestselling author of over 20 novels. He is the storyteller, a speaker of many tongues. His ancestors have set him on life's path - impelling the young brave on a mystical quest to deliver his people from the destruction which comes from afar. (VG-)
	Asimov, Isaac - Authorized Murder - Panther - 4110017 € 3,50 Detective - 1976 - pocket - 269 p. - a.k.a. 'Authorized Murder'. When the protege of writer Darius Just suddenly turns up murdered at the celebrated annual publishing convention, chaos and suspense sweep the autographing sessions, the buffet tables, the bars, and the famed hospitality suites. Darius is certain he can discover the murderer - if the murderer does not find him first... (G, some rear cover damage)
	Asimov, Isaac - Buitenaardse Beschavingen - Rostrum / ECI - 8115972 € 4,50 Populair Wetenschappelijk - 1981 - paperback - 304 blz. - Zijn wij alleen? Op zijn speurtocht door het heelal naar leven en intelligentie gaat Isaac Asimov uit van recente wetenschappelijke gegevens... (VG-, ex-libris stempel voorin)
	Asimov, Isaac - De Drempel van het Onbekende - Elsevier / ECI - 8116999 € 5,25 Populair Wetenschappelijk - 1983 - paperback - 336 blz - Onze kennis heeft na een langzame toename een explosieve groei doorgemaakt. Isaac Asimov maakt in dit boek duidelijk hoe groot de afstanden zijn die wij nog hebben af te leggen. (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - De Komeet van Halley - Bruna - 8094242 € 2,75 Astronomie - 1985 - paperback - 113 blz. - Asimov vertelt op een uitermate toegankelijke en boeiende manier over kometen in het algemeen, hun baan, hun samenstelling en over hoe de sterrenkundigen in de loop van de geschiedenis te weten zijn gekomen wat er inmiddels allemaal over kometen bekend is. (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - De Zwarte Weduwnaars - Bruna - 4124417 € 2,50 Misdaad - 1976 - pocket ZB 1679 - 207 p. - Een verzameling van 11 korte misdaadverhalen. (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - De Zwarte Weduwnaars - Bruna - 4124418 € 2,50 Misdaad - 1982 - pocket ZB 1679 - 207 p - Een verzameling van 11 korte misdaadverhalen. (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - Extraterrestrial Civilizations - Pan - 4143227 € 3,25 Cosmology - 1981 - pocket - 316 p. - Asimov tries to answer the question: "Are we alone?". His brilliantly calculated answer: "We are not alone!". (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - Eyes on the Universe: A History of the Telescope - Andre Deutsch - 8121387 € 5,50 Astronomy - 1976 - HC with dust jacket - illustrated - 274 p. - The fascinating account of the technological achievement that developed the telescope from humble beginnings of the pioneer astronomers to the giant optical and radio telescopes of today. (VG-, slightly faded spine)
	Asimov, Isaac - Fatale Wereldrampen - Servire - 9105729 € 6,00 Populair Wetenschappelijk - 1983 - paperback - 437 blz - Asimov's visie over catastrofen die onze wereld bedreigen. Hoe zal de Apocalyps er uit zien? (VG-)
	Asimov, Isaac - From Earth to Heaven - Avon - 4072496 € 4,00 Science - 1972 - 1st Avon / Discus printing - pocket - 253 p. - Quite a few interesting essays. For those interested in the topics of mysteries, physics and astronomy, From Earth to Heaven is a very enjoyable read. (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - Guide to Science 1: The Physical Sciences - Pelican - 8072490 € 5,00 Science - 1972 - 553 p. - paperback - An encyclopedic survey by one of the foremost science writers of all time, which when first published was greeted as 'the most exciting and the most readable account of modern science'. (VG-, round spine)
	Asimov, Isaac - Guide to Science 2: The Biological Sciences - Pelican - 4072491 € 5,00 Science - 1972 - 470 p. - paperback - An encyclopedic survey by one of the foremost science writers of all time, which when first published was greeted as 'the most exciting and the most readable account of modern science'. (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - Murder at the ABA - Fawcett - 4123921 € 3,00 Detective - 1976 - pocket - 269 p. - a.k.a. 'Authorized Murder'. When the protege of writer Darius Just suddenly turns up murdered at the celebrated annual publishing convention, chaos and suspense sweep the autographing sessions, the buffet tables, the bars, and the famed hospitality suites. Darius is certain he can discover the murderer - if the murderer does not find him first... (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - Murder at the ABA - Fawcett - 4042417 € 2,25 Detective - 1976 - pocket - 269 p. - a.k.a. 'Authorized Murder'. When the protege of writer Darius Just suddenly turns up murdered at the celebrated annual publishing convention, chaos and suspense sweep the autographing sessions, the buffet tables, the bars, and the famed hospitality suites. Darius is certain he can discover the murderer - if the murderer does not find him first... (G, some rear cover damage)
	Asimov, Isaac - Opus 200 - Dell - 4110211 € 3,50 Science / Essef - 1979 - pocket - 432 p. - Contains fragments of Essef novels, e.g. 'The Gods Themselves'. OPUS 200 is Asimov at his sparkling best in selections carefully culled from his second hundred books. Drawing on novels (which have won both the Hugo and Nebula... (VG-)
	Asimov, Isaac - Science Past - Science Future - Ace - 9072493 € 5,00 Science - 1977 - 1st Ace printing - thick pocket - 431 p. - Collects forty-three articles in which the prolific science writer examines, speculates on, and evaluates various aspects, achievements, and impacts of science and technology in the past and in the future. (VG-, mild wear)
	Asimov, Isaac - The Beginning and the End - Pocket Books - 4110212 € 3,50 Science / Futurology - 1978 - 1st Pocket Books printing - pocket - 253 p. - Asimov's collection of essays reprinted from various publications touches on topics such as chemistry, physics, electronics and astronomy as well as the philosophy of humanity's usage and development of these sciences. Asimov... (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - The Stars in their Courses - Panther - 4155194 € 3,00 Astronomy - 1979 - pocket - 222 p. - A collection of seventeen essays which offers everyone a chance of improving his understanding about stars and planets. (VG-, previous owner signature on titlepage)
	Asimov, Isaac - Today and Tomorrow - Coronet - 4130814 € 2,50 Science - 1976 - pocket - 176 p. - Science Fact from the master of Science Fiction. (VG)
	Asimov, Isaac - Words of Science and the History Behind Them - BCA - 9132756 € 8,50 Science - 1974 - updated and revised edition - HC with dust jacket - 416 p. - Asimov explains the meaning and history of scientific words under 250 headings from "Absolute Zero" to "Zodiac". (VG-, name on title page)
	Ballard, Jim G. - De Dag van de Schepping - de Boekerij / Amber - 8101557 € 4,25 Roman - 1989 - paperback - 236 blz - Ballard beschrijft de illusies en werkelijkheid van een arts in een door droogte geteisterd Afrikaans land. (VG)
	Ballard, Jim G. - De Zachtheid van Vrouwen - Arbeiderspers - 9129615 € 5,50 Historische Roman - 1995 - paperback - 332 blz - Hoewel Ballard tussendoor romans en detectives schreef, is deze omvangrijke roman het vervolg op de verfilmde bestseller 'Het keizerrijk van de zon'. Ook dit driedelige autobiografische verhaal begint in het vooroorlogse Shanghai en het door de bezettende Japanners ingerichte kamp Lungua. Het geweld, dat Ballards alter ego James hier als jongetje ondergaat, loopt als een rode draad door de rest van zijn leven: opleidingen, relaties (vooral met vrouwen) en experimenten met seks en drugs. De beschrijving van zijn idyllische gezinsleven in Engeland doet denken aan de betrokkenheid en fantasierijke atmosfeer bij John Irving. (VG)
	Ballard, Jim G. - Het Keizerrijk van de Zon - Muntinga - 4102242 € 2,25 Historische Roman - 1989 - Rainbow pocket 68 - 362 blz - Een verhaal dat zich afspeelt in China tijdens de 2e Wereldoorlog. Met autobiografische elementen en verfilmd door Steven Spielberg. (VG-, naam voorin)
	Ballard, Jim G. - Millenniummensen - Arbeiderspers - 8146218 € 8,00 Roman - 2004 - paperback - 286 blz. - Wanneer er op Heathrow een bom explodeert denkt David Markham, een psycholoog, dat het het zoveelste geval van lukraak geweld is. Dan ontdekt hij dat zijn ex-vrouw Laura een van de slachtoffers is. Hij gaat op onderzoek uit in kringen van politieke activisten in Londen, en raakt verzeild in een onduidelijke groep in het chique Chelsea Marina... (VG)
	Banks, Iain M. - Canal Dreams - Abacus - 4143592 € 4,00 Thriller - 1995 - paperback - 198 p. - By the author of "The Wasp Factory" and "Walking on Glass", this book is set in Japan and on the Panama Canal. It concerns a world famous Japanese cellist, who refuses to fly, and as a result finds herself involved in the ominous realm of global "realpolitik". (VG)
	Boulle, Pierre - De Brug over de Rivier Kwai - Veen - 4093045 € 3,50 Oorlog - 1980 - gebonden met stofomslag - 184 blz - Twee groepen Engelsen, Japanse krijgsgevangenen en leden van de geheime dienst, komen door eenzelfde plichtopvatting tegenover elkaar te staan. Een onverbiddelijke bestseller onder de oorlogsromans, van een auteur die Essef liefhebbers vooral kennen van zijn andere bestseller 'Planet of the Apes'. (VG)
	Bundel - Moorddadig Menu - Loeb - 8102458 € 4,00 Misdaad - 1994 - 3e druk - Toren pocket - 287 blz. - Een bundel misdaadverhalen met een inleiding van Isaac Asimov en verhalen van o.a. Dahl, Rendell, Asimov, Lord Dunsany, en Janwillem van de Wetering. (VG)
	Burroughs, Edgar R. - The Girl from Faris's - Charter - 4148670 € 7,00 Adventure - early 1970's - pocket - 150 p. - Preceded only by the original magazine serial, and an unauthorized, poorly produced 250 copy edition in hardcover. (VG-, rear cover puncture, name inside)
	Clarke, Arthur C.; Fairley, John & Welfare, Simon - Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World - BCA - 8110456 € 6,00 Mysteries - 1980 - HC with dust jacket - illustrated - 217 p. - Beyond the world we can quantify, classify and analyse there is another, more mysterious world. In this book Arthur C. Clarke investigates this supra-scientific world. Under his direction, Simon Welfare and John Fairley travelled five continents... (VG)
	Clarke, Arthur C.; Fairley, John & Welfare, Simon - Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers - BCA - 8073224 € 6,00 Mysteries / Paranormal - 1984 - HC with dust jacket - illustrated - 248 p. - This is a book dealing with things like clairvoyancy, mind over matter, medical miracles, stigmata, ghosts and lots of other things. The text is written by the co-authors. Clarke himself wrote the introduction and epilogue. (VG- name inside)
	Clarke, Arthur C. - Glide Path - NEL - 4072499 € 2,50 Second World War - 1980 - pocket - 234 p. - During World War II, as an RAF officer, Arthur C. Clarke was in charge of the first radar 'talk-down' equipment, the Ground Controlled Approach, during its experimental trials. His novel GLIDE PATH is based on this work. (VG-, name inside)
	Clarke, Arthur C. - Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations - Pan - 4130377 € 3,00 Science - 1984 - pocket - 225 p. - A collection of 23 essays / stories. Just excellent! (VG-, previous owner signature on titlepage)
	Clarke, Arthur C. - Tasten in de Toekomst - Het Spectrum - 4123477 € 2,25 Futurologie - 1964 - Prisma pocket 1015 - 221 p. - Speculeren over de toekomst is boeiend, vooral als Arthur C. Clarke uw gids is. Dit boek is verschenen in 1964, dus dan is het een genoegen om te constateren of Clarke het al dan niet bij het rechte eind heeft gehad over het jaar 2001, 2010... (VG-, initialen voorin)
	Clarke, Arthur C. - Tasten in de Toekomst - Het Spectrum - 4123478 € 2,00 Futurologie - 1964 - Prisma pocket 1015 - 221 p. - Speculeren over de toekomst is boeiend, vooral als Arthur C. Clarke uw gids is. Dit boek is verschenen in 1964, dus dan is het een genoegen om te constateren of Clarke het al dan niet bij het rechte eind heeft gehad over het jaar 2001, 2010... (G+, wat slijtage rugrand)
	Clarke, Arthur C. - The View from Serendip - Ballentine / Del Rey - 4104337 € 2,50 Science / Space travel -1978 - pocket - 245 p. - Memoirs of a British ex-patriot, who happened to be a celebrated novelist and social commentator. Speculations on space, science and the sea, together with fragments of an equatorial autobiography... The personal universe of Arthur C. Clarke; life at home on his island paradise, in ancient times called Serendip, then Ceyon and now Sri Lanka. Speculations on life in space... and life on Earth! (VG)
	Clarke, Arthur C. - Voices from the Sky - Mayflower - 4094048 € 2,25 Space travel - 1969 - pocket - 202 p. - Previews of the coming Space Age by the author of 2001. (VG-)
	Farmer, Philip J. - A Rough Knight for the Queen - Meteor House - 4101040 € 12,50 Biography - 2020 - paperback - illustrated - 106 p. - Sir Richard Francis Burton, the protagonist of Philip Jose Farmer's To Your Scattered Bodies Go, had even more adventures in real life than he did in fiction. His exploits include journeying to Mecca in disguise, at a time when Europeans were... (F)
	Hoyle, Fred & Geoffrey - The Westminster Disaster - Penguin - 4109902 € 2,50 Thriller - 1980 - pocket - 189 p. - The Westminster Disaster' is based on the present (then 1978) world shortage of high-grade uranium and the action turns on a Soviet threat to use nuclear blackmail against London. When the British Ambassador to the U.N. seeks to veto a Soviet demand for sanctions against South Africa, the threat becomes a hideous reality... (VG)
	King, Stephen - Joyland - Luitingh-Sijthoff - 4071223 € 4,50 Thriller - 2014 - paperback - 318 blz - Een jonge student krijgt door zijn vakantiebaan in een pretpark te maken met de onopgeloste moord op een jonge vrouw wier geest nog altijd in het spookhuis zou ronddwalen. (VG)
	Knight, Damon; Eickholt, Fons & Gijsen, Lidy - Hoe schrijf ik een goed verhaal - Het Spectrum - 4131555 € 3,00 Nederlands - 1985 - paperback - 183 blz - De voor het Nederlands taalgebied bewerkte versie van Damon Knight's 'Creating Short Fiction', waarbij de structuur van het boek van het origineel is afgeleid, maar veel van de voorbeelden afkomstig zijn uit Nederlandstalige literatuur en fictie... (G+, enige slijtage aan voorkaft)
	McCaffrey, Anne - The Carradyne Touch - Futura - 8115654 € 5,00 Novel - 1988 - pocket - 416 p. - a.k.a. 'The Lady'. They are the Caradynes, who for over 200 years have bred and trained horses of the finest caliber on Coernanagh. But all is not idyllic at hearth and home. Catriona, the youngest child, longs to ride her family's big jumpers and show horses. Her father Michael, recognizes her gift, but her mother hates the very idea. All is in a stalemate until Lady Selina Healy enters their lives, and provides for Catriona and her father a stunning example of how the reins of power can be held by a glorious, fearless woman. (VG+)
	McCaffrey, Anne - The Lady - Ballantine - 4115656 € 3,50 Novel - 1988 - pocket - 369 p. - a.k.a. 'The Carradyne Touch'. They are the Caradynes, who for over 200 years have bred and trained horses of the finest caliber on Coernanagh. But all is not idyllic at hearth and home. Catriona, the youngest child, longs to ride her family's big jumpers and show horses. Her father Michael, recognizes her gift, but her mother hates the very idea. All is in a stalemate until Lady Selina Healy enters their lives, and provides for Catriona and her father a stunning example of how the reins of power can be held by a glorious, fearless woman. (VG-, rear cover corner fold 4 cm)
	McCaffrey, Anne - The Year of the Lucy - Corgi - 4142485 € 3,50 Novel - 1987 - pocket - 333 p. - Ashamed of her illegitimate birth, Mirelle Martin, a dutiful wife and mother, meets the warm, accepting concert pianist James Howell and emerges from her heartache to discover her talent as a sculptress and become her own woman. (VG-, light corner fold)
	McCaffrey, Anne - Three Women - TOR - 9142490 € 6,00 Novel - 1992 - pocket - 693 p. - This is a three-in-one omnibus of Anne McCaffrey's early works. Ring of Fear + The Mark of Merlin + The Kilternan Legacy. (VG)
	Moorcock, Michael - Colonel Pyat Quartet 1: Byzantium Endures - Random House - 9142039 € 12,50 Historical Novel - 1981 - first American edition - HC with dust jacket - 373 p. - Meet Maxim Arturovitch Pyatnitski, also known as Pyat. Tsarist rebel, Nazi thug, continental conman and reactionary counterspy: the dark and dangerous antihero of Michael Moorcock's most controversial work. Published in 1981 to great critical acclaim - then condemned to the shadows and unavailable in the United States for 30 years - Byzantium Endures, the first of the Pyat quartet, is not a book for the faint-hearted... (VG-)
	Moorcock, Michael - Letters from Hollywood - Harrap - 8142033 € 8,00 Travel - 1986 - HC with dust jacket - with drawings by Michael Foreman - 232 p. - Michael Moorcock, one of Britain's foremostscience fiction and fantasy writers, recounts his adventures in the movie capital of the world in the form of letters to his old friend Jimmy Nallard. (VG-, dust jacket not prefect)
	Moorcock, Michael - The Chinese Agent - Mayflower - 4146558 € 2,00 Espionage - 1979 - pocket - 159 p. - A comic caper involving the crown jewels, Red Agent Kung Fu Tzu, British Intelligence, Scotland Yard, a night-club stripper, and a mad chase through merry London. (VG-)
	Mundy, Talbot - Caesar dies - Centaur Press - 4074102 € 3,25 Historical Novel - 1973 - pocket - 157 p. - Venture back to the heart of the Roman Empire in Talbot Mundy's "Caesar Dies," a thrilling work of historical fiction. This vintage edition plunges readers into a world of emperors and adventure, capturing the grandeur and... (VG)
	Orwell, George - Keep the Aspidistra Flying - Penguin - 4136376 € 2,25 Novel - 1978/80 - reprinting - pocket - 264 - A novel about a copywriter who embarks on a new life as a poetry writing bookseller, an action that has disastrous consequences. Determined to rebel against dull respectability he sets off on a voyage of discovery, accompanied by a faithful female companion. (VG-)
	Rey, Lester del - Per Raket de Ruimte in - Het Spectrum - 4105311 € 1,50 Ruimtevaart - JEUGD - Prisma Juniores - nr J 112 - 186 blz. - Ruimtevaart - Populair wetenschappelijk boekje voor jonge lezers. (G, naam voorin)
	Rice, Anne - The Feast of All Saints - Ballantine - 9105990 € 6,25 Historical Novel - 1991 - 16th printing - pocket - 640 p. - Set in New Orleans before the American Civil War, this is the story of the "Free People of Color", descended from slaves, and their French and Spanish owners. Among their number is Marcel, an artist in the making, also his gentle sister Marie and Anna Bella, a beautiful young courtesan. (VG-)
	Robert Sheckley - Hob Draconian 3 : Soma Blues - Forge - 4105921 € 6,00 Mystery - 1998 - paperback - 224 p. - Science fiction author Robert Sheckley also writes mysteries. Here is the third novel in the wry and atmospheric series about Hob Draconian and the Alternative Detective Agency. This book takes Hob through some evocative landscapes - Paris, London... (VG-, as new, but with black stripe on bottom edge)
	Sheckley, Robert - Meesterspion X - Bruna - 4109164 € 2,25 Spionage - 1966 - ZB 1003 - pocket - 186 blz - Spionageroman. (VG-)
	Silverberg, Robert - Lord of Darkness - Bantam - 4109111 € 3,50 Historical Novel - 1984 - pocket - 613 p. - This huge historical novel is based on one of the most astonishing true stories in history. In 1589 Andrew Battell sails from England to seek his fortune on board a privateer bound for the Indies, but he is captures by the Portuguese and sent as a prisoner to Africa, where he renmains for twenty years... (VG-, some browning inside)
	Silverberg, Robert - The Mound Builders - Berkley - 8142149 € 6,00 Archaeology - 1986 - paperback - abriged edition - 276 p. - Silverberg recounts the outlandish myths devised to explain the curious earthworks of the eastern United States, which he then accurately restores to Native American prehistory. (G+, underlinings in first few chapters)
	Spinrad, Norman - The Druid King - Time Warner - 9136741 € 7,00 Historical Novel - 2004 - pocket - 564 p. - By 60 BC the Romans had conquered much of the known world, for few dared to oppose the relentless expansion of the Republic, and those who did . failed. And now Julius Caesar has turned his attention to the invasion of Gaul. Victory there will give him the power he craves - but one man stands against him: Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix knows that the people of Gaul must fight, or else face the destruction of their culture and enslavement to another... (VG)
	Stewart, Mary - The Ivy Tree - Fawcett Crest - 4115539 € 4,50 Suspense - 1963 - pocket - 272 p. - Mary Grey has nothing to look forward to except a future as colorless as her name. So if she looks, walks, and smiles so much like the glamorous missing heiress Annabel Winslow, why not be her for a little while?Because fairy tales do not come true... and someone wants Annabel to stay missing. (VG)
	Vance, Jack - De Loslopende Gek - Het Spectrum - 4083074 € 3,00 Detective - Ellery Queen reeks - Prisma Detective 452 - 179 blz - Vance als ghostwriter. Vertaling van "The Madman Theory" (1966). (VG-)
	Vance, Jack - De Stille Getuige - Rostrum - 4073935 € 7,00 Thriller - 1982 - paperback - 173 blz - De in Japan geboren, negenjarige Luellen wordt als weeskind naar haar naaste familie in San Fransico gestuurd. Behalve dat ze haar onaangenaam behandelen, ontdoen ze Luellen ook nog van haar kostbare erfenis. Tenslotte wordt ze beschuldigd en veroordeeld voor moord, maar aan het slot zegeviert de vergelding... (VG)
	Vance, Jack - Een Plaats om te Sterven - Het Spectrum - 4109452 € 3,00 Detective - 1979 - 2e druk - Ellery Queen reeks - Detective 437 - 152 blz - Vance als ghostwriter. vertaling van "A Room to Die in" (1965) - (VG)
	Vance, Jack - Ellery Queen: A Room to Die in - Pocket Books - 4091587 € 10,00 Mystery - 1965 - 1st printing - pocket - 172 p. - Jack Vance as ghostwriter in the Ellery Queen series: How could a man have been murdered in a room locked from the inside? Click on the cover for a full overview of Jack Vance books which do not fall in the Essef / Fantasy genre. (VG-)
	Vance, Jack - The Deadly Isles - The Bobbs-Merrill Company - 8166217 € 60,00 Mystery - 1969 - First edition - HC with dust jacket - 158 p. - SF Grandmaster Jack Vance spun most of his yarns in realms of far-off time and space, with a style to make unusual settings and events feel familiar and immediate. Bringing his talent to the mystery genre, his novels are sublimely atmospheric, written with firsthand knowledge of period and locale. The Deadly Isles delivers a fast-moving plot, swept with the ambience of picturesque French Polynesia in the 1960s. Rare. (G+, ex-library but virtually unchanged, except that it has some stamps, labels etc.)
	Vance, Jack - Uw Liefhebbende Moordenaar - Het Spectrum - 4062617 € 3,50 Detective - 1978 - 2e druk - Ellery Queen Reeks - Oorspronkelijke titel: 'The four Johns' - Prisma Detective 410 - 158 blz - Ontdek een andere Jack Vance, door deze detective eens te lezen... Moeilijk te vinden boek. (VG)
	Vance, Jack - Uw Liefhebbende Moordenaar - Het Spectrum - 4123691 € 2,75 Detective - 1966 - Ellery Queen reeks - Prisma Detective 59 - 158 blz - Vance als ghostwriter. Vertaling van "The Four Johns" (1964) - (VG-, naam voorin)
	Vermeulen, John - De Erostoren - Kramat - 8010330 € 3,50 Humor / Theologie - 2006 - paperback - 217 blz. - Hoogstandjes uit het Oude Testament... (VG)
	Vermeulen, John - De Rivier van de Tijd - Kramat - 9001249 € 9,00 Historische Roman - 2006 - paperback - 505 blz. - Roman over het leven en werk van Nostradamus. Wie was Michel de Nostredame, alias Nostradamus? En wat zijn de verborgen betekenissen in zijn beroemde, mysterieuze kwatrijnen? Vijf eeuwen na zijn dood, waarvan hij de datum voorspeld had, houdt die vraag nog steeds miljoenen mensen bezig. Was de dokter, pillendraaier en astroloog, een échte profeet zoals velen nog steeds geloven, of was hij een lepe charlatan en een dief van het werk van anderen? Verwierf hij misschien roem en rijkdom door beide eigenschappen te combineren? Michel de Nostredame, bijgenaamd 'de wandelende jood', was in ieder geval hoogst intelligent en bovendien had hij een fotografisch geheugen. Maar er moet meer geweest zijn dan dat. (M)
	Zelazny, Roger & Hausman, Gerald - Wilderness - Forge - 4114503 € 3,50 Western - 1994 - pocket - 304 p. - Two legendary men, John Colter and Hugh Glass, define the spirit of wilderness survival, pushing their minds and bodies to the limit as they each narrowly escape the obstacles of nature and the threats of life on the western frontier. (VG-)

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