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Lacey, Alan - A Land Without Mercy - NEL - 4153173   € 3,00 Fantasy / Historical - 1974 - pocket - 110 p. - A tale of England's dawn at the time of King Arthur. It was a time of mists and dragons, when Ailin and his friends rode out in search of adventure and a golden future. Lacey was only fifteen when this sensitive and exciting story was published. (VG) |
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Lacey, Alan - The Love Warrior - NEL - 4153172 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1975 - pocket - 128 p. - This is the Second Empire of New Earth. The forces of Cheiron are massed in the craggy hills waiting to join battle with Xenephon. They are fierce... (VG) |
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Lacey, Alan - The Love Warrior - NEL - 4148598 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1975 - pocket - 128 p. - This is the Second Empire of New Earth. The forces of Cheiron are massed in the craggy hills waiting to join battle with Xenephon. They are fierce... (VG-, name inside) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Dixon, Larry - Darian's Tale 1: Owlflight - Daw - 4122328 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1998 - pocket - 342 p. - Darian is apprentice to the Wizard Justyn in a small Valdemaran village. He is unwilling to hone his skill in magic as he believes it is quicker more efficient to achieve your ends by purely physical methods. When Errold Green is suddenly and devastatingly attacked by a force of men accompanied by monstrous creatures of magic, Justyn makes a dramatic last stand, destroying the village in a cataclysmic spell that Darien witnesses... (VG-, creasing to the backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Dixon, Larry - Darian's Tale 2: Owlsight - Daw - 9122304 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1999 - thick pocket - 450 p. - Darian left his home at the edge of the Pelagiris Forest when barbarians attacked Errold's Grove and killed Wizard Justyn. Now, under the watchful eye of the Hawkbrothers, Darian is honing his craft and gaining new mage skills, not the least of which is an affinity for mind-speaking with his closest companion, the Hawk Owl Kuari. Keisha, a nartural-born healer, is proving indispensible in Errold's Grove, but her destiny seems ordinary when compared with her sister Shandi, who is Chosen to be a Herald... (VG-, creasing to the backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Dixon, Larry - Darian's Tale 3: Owlknight - Daw - 9153743 € 3,50 Fantasy - 2000 - thick pocket - 450 p. - Darian has just passed the tests to become Master Mage of the Vale and has been made a Knight of Valdemar and a Clanbrother. A new Herald-Mage arrives in k'Vfaldemar, bringing with him his new protege, Shandi, the Healer's sister, who is back looking for adventure. (G+, creasing to the backstrip, mild wear, corner fold) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Mallory, James - Enduring Flame 1: The Phoenix Unchained - TOR - 122308 € 4,50 Fantasy - 2008 - first MM printing - pocket - 391 p. - After a thousand years of peace, much Magick has faded from the world. The Elves live far from humankind. There are no High Mages, and Wild Mages are seen only rarely. Bisochim, a powerful Wild Mage, is determined to reintroduce Darkness to the world, believing that it is out of Balance. (VG) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Mallory, James - Enduring Flame 1: The Phoenix Unchained - TOR - 4153735 € 3,25 Fantasy - 2008 - first MM printing - pocket - 391 p. - After a thousand years of peace, much Magick has faded from the world. The Elves live far from humankind. There are no High Mages, and Wild Mages are seen only rarely. Bisochim, a powerful Wild Mage, is determined to reintroduce Darkness to the world, believing that it is out of Balance. (VG-, some wear on backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Mallory, James - Enduring Flame 2: The Phoenix Endangered - TOR - 4153736 € 3,50 Fantasy - 2009 - first MM printing - pocket - 468 p. - Fantasy - In The Phoenix Endangered, second in The Enduring Flame, Tiercel, a budding High Mage, and Harrier, a reluctant Knight-Mage, develop greater power - and learn of the evils of war when they see the devastation caused by the fanatical armies... (VG-, reading crease at the backstrip, weak spine) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Mallory, James - Enduring Flame 3: The Phoenix Transformed - TOR - 9153737 € 5,50 Fantasy - 2010 - pocket - 788 p. - With more than one twist in the telling, centering on a magic-plagued journey across a blistering desert, "The Phoenix Transformed" is the stunning conclusion to The Enduring Flame series. (VG-, creasing to the backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Bardic Voices 1: The Lark and the Wren - Baen - 9121576 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1992 - pocket - 488 p. - If Rune could get the proper training, she could become one of the finest bards her world has ever seen. But her advantages are few, so when she decides to play her fiddle for the Ghost of Skull Hill, he agrees to a bargain - an arrangement that could mean silver for her future quest... or her death at the hands of the ghost. (VG-, creasing to the backstrip, mild wear) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Bardic Voices 2: The Robin and the Kestrel - Baen - 4153752 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1998 - 4th printing - pocket - 373 p. - While traveling the open road together, Robin, a gypsy bard, and Kestrel, heir to a throne he does not want, try to tame a killer ghost and also foil a plot to drive all music from the land. (VG-) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Dragon Jousters 1: Joust - Daw - 121585 € 5,00 Fantasy - 2004 - first printing - pocket - 442 p. - For the first time ever, national best-selling legend Mercedes Lackey draws from her extensive knowlege of animals-and her professional background as an avian expert-to create something truly special... (VG) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Dragon Jousters 2: Alta - Daw - 122307 € 5,00 Fantasy - 2004 - first printing - pocket - 434 p. - In Alta, Mercedes Lackey's sequel to Joust, the young serf Vetch has escaped from an enemy stronghold - on the wings of a recently hatched dragon - to his homeland of Alta, with vengeance-filled hopes of sharing the invaluable secrets of dragon rearing and training with the Altan military. (VG) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Dragon Jousters 3: Sanctuary - Daw - 122318 € 6,00 Fantasy - 2006 - thick pocket - 436 p. - In the third novel of the best-selling Dragon Jousters series, The Altan serf Vetch has escaped the enemy kingdom of Tia, only to find his homeland, Alta, enslaved by the evil Priest-Kings. With a small band of followers, Vetch must gather a secret army of dragon riders to rid their world of war and magical domination once and for all. (VG) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar : Mage Storms 1: Storm Warning - Daw - 9153895 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1994 - pocket - illustrated - 428 p. - With her phenomenal Mage Winds trilogy, bestselling author Mercedes Lackey captivated fans across the country. Now in the first volume of the series sequel, she continues the same storyline, returning readers to a war-torn Valdemar in preparation to confront an ancient Eastern Empire - ruled by a monarch whose magical tactics by be beyond any sorcery known to the western kingdoms. (VG-, creasing to the backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar : Mage Storms 1: Storm Warning - Daw - 117985 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1994 - pocket - 428 p. - With her phenomenal Mage Winds trilogy, bestselling author Mercedes Lackey captivated fans across the country. Now in the first volume of the series sequel, she continues the same storyline, returning readers to a war-torn Valdemar in preparation to confront an ancient Eastern Empire - ruled by a monarch whose magical tactics by be beyond any sorcery known to the western kingdoms. (G+, cover fold, spine wear) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar : Mage Storms 2: Storm Rising - Daw - 9153896 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1996 - pocket - illustrated - 412 p. - The sequel to Storm Warning follows the efforts of the kingdoms of Valdemar and Karse - ancient enemies held together in an uneasy alliance - to find the source of the mysterious mage storms before they destroy the world. (VG-, creasing to the backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar : Mage Storms 3: Storm Breaking - Orion - 9130545 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1997 - pocket - 435 p. - Duke Tremane's allegiance to his emporer is stretched to breaking point. When besieged citizens of Hardorn offer him the chance to sit on its throne, he can see no point in refusing. The antiquated earth-taking ceremony of knigship proves he has an unsuspected talent for earth magic. It is a telent that will bind him to the future not only of Hardorn, but to his former enemies in Valdemar. When the final storm breaks, none but the most valiant will survive. (VG) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar : Mage Storms 3: Storm Breaking - Daw - 9122327 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1997 - pocket - illustrated - 463 p. - Duke Tremane's allegiance to his emporer is stretched to breaking point. When besieged citizens of Hardorn offer him the chance to sit on its throne, he can see no point in refusing. The antiquated earth-taking ceremony of knigship proves he has an unsuspected talent for earth magic. It is a telent that will bind him to the future not only of Hardorn, but to his former enemies in Valdemar. When the final storm breaks, none but the most valiant will survive... (VG-, creasing to the backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar: Heralds of Valdemar: Exile's Honor - Daw - 9121586 € 4,00 Fantasy - 2003 - first printing - pocket - 431 p. - The national best-selling novels of Valdemar are among the most beloved and acclaimed works of Mercedes Lackey's career. This brand-new, stand-alone book in the series tells the story of one of Valdemar's most popular continuing characters-the prickly weapons-master Alberich. (VG-, creasing to the backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar: Heralds of Valdemar: Exile's Valor - Daw - 9082898 € 4,00 Fantasy - 2004 - first printing - pocket - 438 p. - Once a heroic Captain in the army of Karse, a kingdom at war with Valdemar, Alberich becomes one of Valdemar's Heralds. Despite prejudice against him, he becomes the personal protector of young Queen Selenay. But can he protect her from the dangers of her own heart? (VG-, creasing to the backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar: Mage Winds 2: Winds of Change - Daw - 9122326 € 3,50 Fantasy - 1993 - first PB printing - pocket - 475 p. - Princess Elspeth journeys to the Vale of the Tayledras Clan to seek Mage training among the powerful Hawkbrother Adepts, only to find that she and renegade adept Darkwind must confront the malevolent magic of Ancar of Hardorn. (VG-, creasing to the backstrip) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar: Vows and Honor 1: Oathbound - Daw - 4122321 € 3,75 Fantasy - 1988 - 21st printing - pocket - 302 p. - She was Tarma. Born to the Clan of the Hawk of the nomadic Shin'a'in people she saw her entire clan slain by brigands. Vowing blood revenge upon the murderers, she became one of the sword-sworn, the most elite of all warriors. And trained in all forms of death-dealing combat, she took to the road in search of her enemies. (G+, faded backstrip with creasing) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar: Vows and Honor 2 : Oathbreakers - Daw - 4122305 € 3,75 Fantasy - 1989 - 17th printing - pocket - 318 p. - Evil had cast its shadow over the kingdom of Rethwellan. When Idra, leader of the Sunhawks mercenaries, failed to return from a journey to her home, Tarma and Kethry, warrior and mage, set out in search of their vanished leader. (G+, faded backstrip with creasing) |
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Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar: Vows and Honor 4: By the Sword - Daw - 9118764 € 4,50 Fantasy - 1991 - first printing - pocket - 492 p. - Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother's untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed, and when his bride became the lady of the keep, Kerowyn could return to her true enjoyments - training horses and hunting.But all Kerowyn's hopes and plans were shattered when her anscestral home was attacked, her father slain, her brother wounded, and his fiancee kidnapped... (VG-, faded backstrip with creasing) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Gellis - Doubled Edge 1: This Scepter'd Isle - Baen - 122031 € 5,00 Fantasy - 2005 - first PB printing - thick pocket - 662 p. - In this exciting historical fantasy from veterans Lackey (Exile's Valor) and Gellis (Bull God), Rhoslyn and Pasgen Silverhair, elven twins kidnapped by Vidal Dhu and raised as Unseleighe Sidhe, receive alternative visions of the future. In one, a red-headed child born to Henry VIII ascends to the throne after the king's death, leading Britain into a prosperous and joyous future. In the other, another child rules, and with her coronation opens Britain to the fires of the Inquisition... (VG) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Gellis - Doubled Edge 3: By Slanderous Tongues - Baen - 122302 € 7,25 Fantasy - 2008 - thick pocket - 745 p. - Great Harry is dead, and England is ruled by a dour Protector for 10-year-old Edward VI a Protector intent on keeping total control over the young king and no friend to Lady Elizabeth because of her brother's fondness for her. In the great lens and the dark pool that hold Visions for the FarSeers of the Bright Court and the Dark, the images change and waver. A pale, thin girl sometimes wears a crown and sometimes has no head; King Edward and his Court grow misty as he changes from boy to stripling. (F) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Guon - Bedlam's Bard (without dust jacket) - Guild America - 111343 € 7,00 Fantasy - 1992 - HC - 536 p. - Omnibus of two novels: Knight of Ghosts and Shadows + Summoned to Tourney. Eric Banyon is a talented musician whose lady has left him singing the blues in a deserted corner of the Renaissance Faire. He couldn't have known that the desperate sadness of his music would free Korendil, a young elven noble, from the magical prison he has been languishing in for centuries... (G, without dust jacket) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Larry Dixon - The Mage Wars 1: The Black Gryphon - Daw - 9120388 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1995 - pocket - 460 p. - The first in a trilogy, this is a tale of the adventures of the magical forces - wizards, empaths, telepaths and healers - fighting what will be an epic war. Chief amongst them is the magnificent warrior of the skies, the Black Gryphon. (VG) |
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Lackey, Mercedes & Shepherd - Bard's Tale 3: Prison of Souls - Baen - 122303 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1993 - first printing - 340 p. - A new novel based on the phenomenally popular role-playing computer game The Bard's Tale. The Dark Elf Naitachal, the hero of Fortress of Frost and Fire, is still going strong and training new apprentices. But his latest, the King's own son, Alaire, isn't ready for their new mission. (VG+) |
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Lackey, Mercedes a.o. - The Valdemar Companion - Daw - 8142294 € 8,75 Fantasy - 2002 - paperback - edited by: John Helfers and Denise Little - 497 p. - The authorized guide to the world of Valdemar, with an original novella by Mercedes Lackey. (VG-) |
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Lafferty, R. A. - Past Master - Ace - 4153856 € 2,25 Essef - 1986 - pocket - 248 p. - In a world where wealth and comfort were free to everyone, why did so many desert paradise for the slums? Why were so many people choosing lives of bone crushing work, squalor and disease? (G, deep saw blade mark on edge, small tear in rear cover) |
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LaHaye, Jim & Jenkins, Jerry B. - Left Behind 01: Left Behind - Tyndale House Publishers - 9139161 € 6,50 Essef - 1995 - paperback - 468 p. - After millions of people around the world vanish in one moment, in what many claim to be the Rapture, Rayford Steele begins a search for the truth amidst global chaos. (VG-, weak spine) |
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LaHaye, Jim & Jenkins, Jerry B. - Left Behind 01: Left Behind - Tyndale House Publishers - 9132483 € 12,50 Essef - 1995 - first edition, 1st printing - hardcover with dust jacket - 468 p. - After millions of people around the world vanish in one moment, in what many claim to be the Rapture, Rayford Steele begins a search for the truth amidst global chaos. (VG-, name inside) |
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LaHaye, Jim & Jenkins, Jerry B. - Left Behind 02: Tribulation Force : The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind - Tyndale House Publishers - 9142365 € 6,50 Essef - 1996 - USA edition - paperback - 452 p. - Rayford Steele and Cameron “Buck” Williams find themselves pressed into service for the man they believe could be the Antichrist. Nicolae Carpathia takes over the United Nations, signs a peace treaty with Israel, and begins to lure the nations of earth together to form one global village. As believers band together following the Rapture, their peaceful world is destroyed again when global war erupts. A repackage of the New York Times best-selling second book in the Left Behind series. (VG) |
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LaHaye, Jim & Jenkins, Jerry B. - Left Behind 04: Soul Harvest - Christian Art Publishers - 9135575 € 6,50 Essef - 1998 - paperback - 427 p. - The world is reeling from a great earthquake. As Nicolae Carpathia begins a worldwide rebuilding campaign, his rage is fueled by an evangelistic effort resulting in the greatest harvest of souls the world has ever seen. Meanwhile, Rayford Steele and Buck Williams search for their loved ones who haven’t been seen since before the earthquake. A repackage of the fourth book in the New York Times best-selling Left Behind series. (VG-) |
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LaHaye, Jim & Jenkins, Jerry B. - Left Behind 04: Soul Harvest : The World takes Sides - Tyndal House Publishers - 9142363 € 6,50 Essef - 1998 - USA edition - paperback - 426 p. - The world is reeling from a great earthquake. As Nicolae Carpathia begins a worldwide rebuilding campaign, his rage is fueled by an evangelistic effort resulting in the greatest harvest of souls the world has ever seen. Meanwhile, Rayford Steele and Buck Williams search for their loved ones who haven’t been seen since before the earthquake. A repackage of the fourth book in the New York Times best-selling Left Behind series. (VG) |
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LaHaye, Jim & Jenkins, Jerry B. - Left Behind 05: Apollyon : The Destroyer is Unleashed - Tyndale House Publishers - 8142364 € 6,50 Essef - 1998 - USA edition - paperback - 403 p. - As the world's thousands of believers gather in Jerusalem for a stadium rally, the Tribulation Force struggles with their own personal crises. Newspaper reporter Buck Williams and his wife, Chloe, question whether or not they should have a child when the future of the world is so uncertain. Meanwhile, Rayford Steele discovers the shocking truth about his wife, Amanda... (VG) |
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Lake, David J. - The Gods of Xuma or Barsoom Revisited - Daw - 103015 € 2,50 Essef - 1978 - first printing - pocket - 189 p. - A group on a spaceship ends up on a planet that, according to one of the crew who happens to be an Edgar Rice Burroughs fan, bears more than a passing resemblance to Barsoom. (VG) |
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Lake, David J. - The Right Hand of Dextra - Daw - 081959 € 2,50 Essef - 1977 - first printing - pocket - 173 p. - The planet Dextra could have been a duplicate of Earth. However on Earth the DNA helix of life has a left-hand turn and on Dextra it has a right-hand turn and thus there is no viable combination of the two life forms, the native and the invading Terran. The colonists start to replace Dextran ecology by Earth-born green. But the planet fought back in its own way... (VG) |
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Lake, David J. - The Ring of Truth - Daw - 123264 € 3,00 Essef - 1984 - first printing - pocket - 190 p. - The life of the village where the hero is from is slowly revealed, and it doesn't seem to agree with known-physics. So, is this a fantasy? No, it turns out that the world revealed is in a different universe, with different natural laws, which is the main interest in the story. Nothing very dramatic happens. (VG) |
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Lake, David J. - The Wildings of Westron - Daw - 075837 € 2,50 Essef - 1977 - first printing - pocket - 189 p. - A Dextra novel. Either the green of Earth must exterminate the purple of Dextra or be exterminated... (VG) |
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Lake, David J. - Walkers on the Sky - Fontana - 081617 € 3,00 Essef - 1978 - pocket - 222 p. - Sometimes the sky held only clouds, but at other times it could get quite busy. It could be full of sailing ships or bands of mounted warriors or even single figures strolling carefully across the empty air. From the viepoint of those below they were either apparitions or gods, but in any case to be ignored. From the viewpoint of the sky walkers, those below were neither phantoms nor gods, yet certainly always beneath their notice. Both viewpoints were wrong... (VG) |
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Lake, David J. - Walkers on the Sky - Daw - 081977 € 3,00 Essef - 1976 - first printing - pocket - 188 p. - Sometimes the sky held only clouds, but at other times it could get quite busy. It could be full of sailing ships or bands of mounted warriors or even single figures strolling carefully across the empty air. From the viepoint of those below they were either apparitions or gods, but in any case to be ignored. From the viewpoint of the sky walkers, those below were neither phantoms nor gods, yet certainly always beneath their notice. Both viewpoints were wrong... (VG) |
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Lake, David J. - Walkers on the Sky - Fontana - 4153460 € 2,25 Essef - 1978 - pocket - 222 p. - Sometimes the sky held only clouds, but at other times it could get quite busy. It could be full of sailing ships or bands of mounted warriors or even single figures strolling carefully across the empty air. From the viepoint of those below they were either apparitions or gods, but in any case to be ignored. From the viewpoint of the sky walkers, those below were neither phantoms nor gods, yet certainly always beneath their notice. Both viewpoints were wrong... (VG-, name and small stamp inside) |
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Lake, Jay - City Imperishable 1 : Trial of Flowers - Night Shade Books - 8150357 € 8,50 Fantasy - 2006 - First Edition - paperback - 300 p. - The City Imperishable's secret master and heir to the long-vacant throne has vanished from a locked room, as politics have turned deadly in a bid to revive the city's long-vanished empire. The city's dwarfs, stunted from spending their childhoods in... (VG) |
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Lake, Jay - City Imperishable 2 : Madness of Flowers - Night Shade Books - 8150358 € 9,50 Fantasy - 2009 - First Edition - paperback - 326 p. - The battle has been fought and won, and all have been transformed by the struggle. Imago of Lockwood has become Lord Mayor of the City Imperishable, though at a price beyond his wildest imagination. Bijaz the Dwarf has been imbued with a godlike... (VG) |
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Lake, Jay - Death of a Starship - MonkeyBrain - 4150349 € 7,50 Essef - 2009 - paperback - 182 p. - Working for a bureau that investigates anomalous events, operative Father Jonah Menard, pursued by the alien-killing Golliwog, looks into the bizarre reappearance of a long-lost battleship and hears an astonishing tale with links to mysterious... (VG+) |
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Lake, Jay - Green Universe 1: Green - TOR - 9150366 € 13,00 Fantasy - 2009 - First Edition - HC with dust jacket - 368 p. - She was born in poverty, in a dusty village under the equatorial sun. She does not remember her mother, she does not remember her own name—her earliest clear memory is of the day her father sold her to the tall pale man. In the Court of the... (F) |
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Lake, Jay - Green Universe 2: Endurance - TOR - 8150365 € 13,00 Fantasy - 2011 - First Edition - HC with dust jacket - 319 p. - Green is back in Copper Downs. Purchased from her father in sunny Selistan when she was four years old, she was harshly raised to be a courtesan, companion, and bedmate of the Immortal Duke of Copper Downs. But Green rebelled. Green killed the Duke... (F) |
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Lake, Jay - Green Universe 3: Kalimpura - TOR - 8150364 € 13,00 Fantasy - 2013 - First Edition - HC with dust jacket - 303 p. - A sequel to Green and Endurance returns Green to her service under the Lily Goddess in the city of Kalimpura, where she is hounded by gods that would render her a conduit for the supernatural while she attempts to rescue two Bittern Court hostages. (F) |
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Lance, Kathryn - Pandora 1: Pandora's Genes - Warner / Questar - 113457 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1985 - pocket - 279 p. - In this absorbing and unique novel, Kathryn Lance asks how far the folly of mankind can go, how much science can be substituted for nature, before the imbalance proves disastrous. In a world of the future, great machines lie rusting as their fuel has finally run out and humanity faces the possibility of extinction as altered strands of DNA run rampant through the gene pool... (VG-) |
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Lance, Kathryn - Pandora 1: Pandora's Genes - Warner / Questar - 121919 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1985 - pocket - 279 p. - In this absorbing and unique novel, Kathryn Lance asks how far the folly of mankind can go, how much science can be substituted for nature, before the imbalance proves disastrous. In a world of the future, great machines lie rusting as their fuel has finally run out and humanity faces the possibility of extinction as altered strands of DNA run rampant through the gene pool... (VG-, wear on spine) |
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Lance, Kathryn - Pandora 2: Pandora's Children - Warner / Questar - 121918 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1986 - pocket - 279 p. - Many centuries into the future, the planet earth has been torn apart by the ideals of two great powers that will never be able to resolve their differences. On the one side, there are the Traders who are fanatically against all of the teachings of science. On the other side are those who follow the Principal, a brilliant leader possessing the scientific knowledge of the human race. (F) |
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Landis, Arthur H. - Camelot 1: A World called Camelot - Daw - 112681 € 1,50 Fantasy - 1976 - first printing - pocket - 220 p. - This story takes place in the distant future, where humanity had long ago gained firm purchase to the stars. The Galactic Foundation is a far flung Terran body benignly keeping tabs on planets with primitive cultures. For the past two hundred years, observers from the Foundation had been avidly tracking the progress of Fregis, the second planet in the Fomalhaut star system. In the Galactic listings, this world is called Camelot. And with good reason. Magic works on Camelot. In this feudalistic society, knighthood is in full flower and chivalry holds sway. And for the Terrans, this makes for fascinating study. (G, foxing) |
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Landis, Arthur H. - Camelot 2: Camelot in Orbit - Daw - 114310 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1978 - first printing - pocket - 175 p. - The second book in the Camelot series. (VG) |
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Landis, Arthur H. - Camelot 2: Camelot in Orbit - Daw - 115480 € 1,75 Fantasy - 1978 - first printing - pocket - 175 p. - The second book in the Camelot series. (G, foxing) |
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Landis, Arthur H. - Camelot 3: The Magick of Camelot - Daw - 114298 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1981 - first printing - pocket - 207 p. - The third book in the Camelot series. (VG) |
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Langart, Darrel T. - Anything You Can Do - Mayflower - 4063095 € 2,25 Essef - 1963 - pocket - 190 p. - When an extraordinary alien creature becomes Earth's most feared master criminal, it becomes necessary to develop a super-human to do it battle. (VG-) |
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Lange, Oliver - Vandenberg - Panther - 114327 € 4,00 Essef - 1980 - pocket - 350 p. - In an America five-some years after the Soviet Union gained domination by a non-nuclear sneak attack, the originally "benevolent" occupation is tightening its coils around malcontents and non-cooperaters. Set in the mountains of northern New Mexico, a group of ranchers, hunters and others, all about 50-something) decide, after a night of drinking, to attack a Soviet "re-education site" (prison camp) as a show of opposition... (VG) |
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Langley, Noel - The Land of Green Ginger - Puffin - 4092797 € 2,00 Fantasy - JUVENILE - 1975 - pocket - illustrated - 157 p. - The adventures of Abu Ali, the son of Aladdin, who's only fault was that he was far too nice and who was sent by the genie of the Lamp to set free a magician from the spell which turned him into a Button-Nosed Tortoise... (VG-, writings on first page) |
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Langrish, Katherine - Troll 1: Troll Fell - Collins - 9132482 € 7,00 Fantasy - JUVENILE - 2004 - hardcover with dust jacket - 319 p. - An exciting adventure-filled story of Peer Ulfsson and his dog, Loki, Peer's hideous uncles Baldur and Grim Grimsson, and their hideous dog, Grendel, and the trolls of Troll Fell. Peer Ulfsson stood miserably at his father's funeral pyre, watching the sparks whirl up like millions of shining spirits streaking away into the dark. But someone else is also at the funeral. Peer's half-uncle, Baldur Grimsson... (VG-) |
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Lanier, Sterling E. - Hiero 1: Hiero's Journey - Bantam - 4122549 € 2,00 Essef - 1974 - pocket - 372 p. - A Frederik Pohl Selection. A holocaust world of strange beasts and savage men, he rode forth. As fantastic a chronicle as Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings'. (G, name on first page) |
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Lanier, Sterling E. - Hiero 2: The Unforsaken Hiero - Del Rey - 112683 € 3,00 Essef - 1984 - pocket - 247 p. - The long-awaited sequel to 'Hiero's Journey' reveals new and even more fascinating wonders about the world of the far future when the unclean seek to destroy man and civilization. (VG-, endpapers slightly foxed) |
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Larke, Glenda - Forsaken Lands 1: The Lascar's Dagger - Orbit - 9144779 € 6,50 Fantasy - 2013 - paperback - 465 p. - Saker appears to be a simple priest, but in truth he's a spy for the head of his faith. Wounded in the line of duty by a Lascar sailor's blade, the weapon seems to follow him home. Unable to discard it, nor the sense of responsibility it brings, Saker can only follow its lead... (VG) |
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Larke, Glenda - The Mirage Makers 1: Heart of the Mirage - Orbit - 9136738 € 8,25 Fantasy - 2009 - paperback - 466 p. - The Tyrans empire is ruled by the Exaltarch and maintained by slave labour. Tyrans has come to encompass a number of subjugated nations grouped around the Sea of Iss and these are kept in line through force by the Brotherhood. (F) |
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Larke, Glenda - The Mirage Makers 2: The Shadow of Tyr - Orbit - 9136736 € 6,50 Fantasy - 2008 - paperback - 471 p. - While Demitra struggles a rebellion against the Exaltarch, her young son, Arrant, struggles with his own inadequacies. He belives himself rejected by his father, and is alienated from his mother because of her relationship with her one time slave, Brand. |
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Larrabeiti, Michael de - The Borribles 1: The Borribles - The Bodley Head - 8150347 € 8,75 Fantasy - 1976 - First Edition - HC with dust jacket - 238 p. - This volume contains a trilogy on the Borribles, a tale of several street-wise Peter Pan types, setting out on three very different but related missions across the darker side of London. A fantasy adventure set against the backdrop of a weirdly... (VG-, faded spine) |
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Larrabeiti, Michael de - The Borribles 2: The Borribles go for Broke - Ace - 114284 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1982 - first printing - pocket - 267 p. - Discovering that Sam the horse is still alive, the adventurers seek him and are lured into danger, both by the SBG (Special Borrible Group) police and one of the most cunning of their own tribe, Spiff... The book contains a short story from R. A. Lafferty as a bonus: "Ginny Wrapped in the Sun" (VG) |
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Larson, Glen A. & Thurston - battlestar galactica 01: Battlestar Galactica - Futura - 4093972 € 4,00 Essef - 1978 - pocket - reprint - 244 p. - with 17 photo's from the TV series. Humanity is enjoying a Golden Age, having expanded through much of the galaxy and establishing many worlds as home. It is at the moment of celebrating lasting peace that the Colonial worlds are attacked by the dreaded Cylons, alien cybernetic creatures intent on wiping humanity out completely wherever it appears. A ragtag fleet of colonists and spaceships, including the battlestar GALACTICA, leaves to find the location of an earlier home of humanity, a place of legend, a place called Earth. During their voyage they encounter many strange races and threats, and are followed and attacked by the Cylon menace. This volume chronicles the Cylon attack, the Colonial escape, and the heroics of a few brave souls in their initial adventures in unknown space as they search for a new world to call home. (VG) |
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Laski, Marghanita - The Offshore Island - May Fair - 4148760 € 3,75 Essef - 1961 - pocket - 96 p. - Britain destroyed by nuclear war between Russia and America. Is this how it could be... Might yet be? (VG-, name inside) |
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Lassiter, Rhiannon - Rights of Passage 3: Shadowland - Oxford - 117651 € 4,75 Essef - 2010 - paperback - This is book three of the 'Borderland' trilogy. After the excitement of Borderland and Outland, the adventures continue for the world-travelling teenagers. Alex and Morgan have been sent back to Earth in disgrace. Can they be reunited with their friends, and disaster averted? (VG) |
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Laubenthal, Sanders A. - Excalibur - Ballantine - 4150032 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1973 - 1st printing - pocket - 236 p. - The glorious magic of Arthur and the fiery wrath of Heil awaited the seekers of the sword of swords... (VG-) |
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Laumer, Keith - A Plague of Demons - Paperback Library - 4110330 € 2,50 Essef - 1971 - pocket - 159 p. - The scene is present-day Algeria, where your basic world war has come down to a seemingly endless conflict between Algeria and Tunisia, with the rest of the world powers backing one side or the other. Jack Bravais, an American general, is sent to observe the fighting and report back to his superiors, or so we think... (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - A Plague of Demons - Penguin - 075222 € 2,50 Essef - 1967 - pocket - 170 p. - The scene is present-day Algeria, where your basic world war has come down to a seemingly endless conflict between Algeria and Tunisia, with the rest of the world powers backing one side or the other. Jack Bravais, an American general, is sent to observe the fighting and report back to his superiors, or so we think... (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - A Trace of Memory - Berkley - 4094643 € 4,00 Essef - 1963 - pocket - first printing - 174 p. - Great Pulp Space Adventure Classic from Hugo and Nebula and Hugo Nominee Author! From the Ruins of Stonehenge to the Starships of Vallon he sought the secret of a trace of memory. When the man named Legion signed on as a soldier of fortune he did not expect to end up as the master of a private island nor to cower in ancient druid pits nor fight for his life in the great hall of Okk-Hamiloth, on a planet galaxies away. Keith Laumer, the master storyteller of interstellar adventure sweeps you through time and space in a novel of retribution. (VG-, price inside) |
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Laumer, Keith - Assignment in Nowhere - Berkley - 4033279 € 2,50 Essef - 1968 - pocket - 143 p. - It seemed as though the world was eroding right under everyone's feet. Stories disappeared from magazines; the baron's silver coat of arms, polished in the morning, was pitted with corrosion by afternoon; toadstools were springing up from every corner. And these were but the first signs of the coming plague, a cancerous orgy of patternless vitality seeking to engulf the world... (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Bolo 1: Bolo - Berkley - 4110331 € 3,50 Essef - 1977 - pocket - 216 p. - The classic of space war. These are the action-packed Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade. The ultimate fighting machines tell their own fascinating, far-ranging and ultimately tragic story... (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Dinosaur Beach - Daw - 4110342 € 3,00 Essef - 1972 - pocket - 151 p. - The main character is a time traveler, on a mission to undo a lot of damage done to the timestream by previous time-travelers. The book starts, in typical Laumer fashion, with the main character being warned that he's about to be murdered. He's not impressed with the news, and asks what business the guy has telling someone they were going to die, even if it's true. Things get crazier and crazier, and in the end, make perfect sense. (VG-, name inside) |
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Laumer, Keith - End as a Hero - Ace - 105782 € 2,50 Essef - 1985 - pocket - 150 p. - Mankind was at war with the hideous Gool... and losing. Then, beyond Ganymede, one man fought the searing brain probe of an alien spy... and won. He mastered the power of its telepathic mind-control and eventually learned how to destroy the Gool Overlords. Not one of Laumers best, but at least it is short. (VG-, browning inside) |
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Laumer, Keith - Galactic Odyssey - Mayflower - 4090385 € 3,00 Essef - 1970 - pocket - 143 p. - It all starts when a poor, sad, underdog is walking and talking about his misery. After this he wanders off to a mysterious farm and goes to sleep in a silo... or what he thinks is a silo. He actually just put himself into a spaceship. He wakes up to hear the rest of the crew talking about what to do with him... (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Galactic Odyssey - Mayflower - 117775 € 2,00 Essef - 1970 - pocket - 143 p. - It all starts when a poor, sad, underdog is walking and talking about his misery. After this he wanders off to a mysterious farm and goes to sleep in a silo... or what he thinks is a silo. He actually just put himself into a spaceship. He wakes up to hear the rest of the crew talking about what to do with him... (G, writings inside) |
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Laumer, Keith - Imperium 1: Worlds of the Imperium - Berkley - 4152619 € 3,00 Essef - 1977 - second printing - pocket - 184 p. - A parallel-time-tracks story with van Vogtian wheels-within-wheels ramifications. Brion Bayard, of our own continuum, is snatched into one in which there never was a United States, in which Northern Europe, Britain, the Western Hemispher and Australia form one huge empire, in which Hermann Goering is a useful ally. He learns that there is still a third continuum, in which nuclear war has nearly shattered civilization, leaving a North American dictatorship headed by - himself. (VG-) |
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Laumer, Keith - Imperium 4: Zone Yellow - Baen - 4113475 € 3,00 Essef - 1990 - pocket - 247 p. - A book which is focused to a large extent on a war against the invading legions of giant plague-ridden rats who walked like men. (G+, cover punctures, browning inside covers) |
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Laumer, Keith - Judson's Eden - Baen - 4136714 € 3,00 Essef - 1991 - pocket - 379 p. - When Marl Judson, fleeing a rapacious government that wanted not just his fabulous wealth but his life, crash-landed on an uninhabited planet, he thought he was marooned without hope of rescue. He prepared himself to live out his remaining years. But things on the planet were not as they seemed. (G, cover punctures) |
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Laumer, Keith - Knight of Delusions - TOR - 4105804 € 3,25 Essef - 1982 - pocket - 287 p. - Contains 'Night of Delusions' and two other stories. 'Night of Delusions': A tough guy detective named Florin gets a very strange assignment. He is supposed to guard a senator during a last ditch effort to restore the senator's mental health. Or perhaps he is trying to guard the senator against the advisors who are actually trying to kill him? Or maybe he has some kind of future with the girl who seems to keep appearing in the bar with him? Or perhaps it really is all linked to giant alien lizards after all? (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Lafayette O'Leary 2: The World Shuffler - Ace - 110332 € 3,50 Essef - 1981 - first Ace printing - pocket - 236 p. - Twas boring in Artesia... or so thought Sir Lafayette O'Leary, ex-draftsman from Earth, and now seemingly ex-interdimensional swashbuckler extraordinaire as well. His battles were all won, his dragons all slain, and life was just the same boring round of riches, royal hunts and regattas. Boring, boring, boring; until he walked past the azalia... Suddenly Artesia was gone, and O'Leary was trapped in "Melange," a world of giants and pirates... (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Lafayette O'Leary 2: The World Shuffler - Coronet - 105783 € 3,50 Essef - 1978 - pocket - 159 p. - Twas boring in Artesia... or so thought Sir Lafayette O'Leary, ex-draftsman from Earth, and now seemingly ex-interdimensional swashbuckler extraordinaire as well. His battles were all won, his dragons all slain, and life was just the same boring round of riches, royal hunts and regattas. Boring, boring, boring; until he walked past the azalia... Suddenly Artesia was gone, and O'Leary was trapped in "Melange," a world of giants and pirates... (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Night of Delusions - Berkley - 062292 € 2,75 Essef - 1974 - pocket - 175 p. - A tough guy detective named Florin gets a very strange assignment. He is supposed to guard a senator during a last ditch effort to restore the senator's mental health. Or perhaps he is trying to guard the senator against the advisors who are actually trying to kill him? Or maybe he has some kind of future with the girl who seems to keep appearing in the bar with him? Or perhaps it really is all linked to giant alien lizards after all? (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Night of Delusions - Berkley - 4151107 € 2,75 Essef - 1974 - pocket - 159 p. - A tough guy detective named Florin gets a very strange assignment. He is supposed to guard a senator during a last ditch effort to restore the senator's mental health. Or perhaps he is trying to guard the senator against the advisors who are actually trying to kill him? Or maybe he has some kind of future with the girl who seems to keep appearing in the bar with him? Or perhaps it really is all linked to giant alien lizards after all? (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Once There was a Giant - TOR - 4142581 € 3,00 Essef - 1984 - pocket - 223 p. - A Collection of Eight short stories by Keith Laumer. John Keith Laumer (9 June 1925-23 January 1993) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and a U.S. diplomat. His brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Keith's The Other Side of Time). Stories: Prototaph, The Last Command, The Law Giver, Founder's Day, Worldmaster, Mind Out of Time, and Once There Was a Giant. (VG-) |
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Laumer, Keith - Retief 02: Galactic Diplomat - Berkley - 4090427 € 2,75 Essef - 1966 - pocket - 223 p. - Highlights in the career of James Retief, 27th-Century diplomat. (VG-, name inside) |
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Laumer, Keith - Retief 03: Retief's War - Baen - 4090251 € 3,50 Essef - 1986 - 2nd printing - pocket - 218 p. - The plot centers around one rascally race called the Voions who have been given police powers by the Diplomatic Corps and who are on the verge of taking over the planet. Thrown into the mix are a would-be dictator, a group of Terran rum traders, a spaceship full of beautiful girls that has crashed in the jungle, a number of bungling ambassadors, some villainous and calculating Groaci, several tribes of cannibals, some giant flying carnivores... and, of course, the unflappable Jame Retief. (F) |
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Laumer, Keith - Retief 04: Retief and the Warlords - Baen - 4090128 € 4,00 Essef - 1986 - pocket - 266 p. - The ambassadors of the Terran Diplomatic Corps have empowered both Terran space pirates and alien space invaders, known as the Hatracks, who are preying upon peaceful Terran colonists and traders. The Hatracks are planning to breed humans for food. Retief eventually straightens out the mess, escapes a firing squad ordered for him by a senior ambassador, and negotiates a peaceful settlement with his two-fisted diplomacy. There is also a marvelous rescue scene in which Ben Magnan, of all people, saves the day with style and cunning. As with the earlier Retief books, there is a balance between action and satire. (F) |
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Laumer, Keith - Retief 04: Retief and the Warlords - Berkley - 4090382 € 3,50 Essef - 1970 - pocket - 192 p. - The ambassadors of the Terran Diplomatic Corps have empowered both Terran space pirates and alien space invaders, known as the Hatracks, who are preying upon peaceful Terran colonists and traders. The Hatracks are planning to breed humans for food. Retief eventually straightens out the mess, escapes a firing squad ordered for him by a senior ambassador, and negotiates a peaceful settlement with his two-fisted diplomacy. There is also a marvelous rescue scene in which Ben Magnan, of all people, saves the day with style and cunning. As with the earlier Retief books, there is a balance between action and satire. (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Retief 04: Retief and the Warlords - Pocket Books - 108543 € 3,00 Essef - 1978 - pocket - 192 p. - The ambassadors of the Terran Diplomatic Corps have empowered both Terran space pirates and alien space invaders, known as the Hatracks, who are preying upon peaceful Terran colonists and traders. The Hatracks are planning to breed humans for food. Retief eventually straightens out the mess, escapes a firing squad ordered for him by a senior ambassador, and negotiates a peaceful settlement with his two-fisted diplomacy. There is also a marvelous rescue scene in which Ben Magnan, of all people, saves the day with style and cunning. As with the earlier Retief books, there is a balance between action and satire. (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Retief 05: Retief: Ambassador to Space - Berkley - 4110327 € 3,50 Essef - 1970 - pocket - 190 p. - How are thing on Rockamorra? Bad, very. Earth Ambassador Pinchbottle has contracted to fight a dinosaur, and it's up to troubleshooter Jame Retief to keep him from being stomped, mangled, or eaten. (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Retief 06: Retief of the CDT - Pocket Books - 4111249 € 3,25 Essef - 1978 - pocket - 191 p. - Follow the further adventures of Retief, the greatest starwarrior of them all! (VG) |
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Laumer, Keith - Retief 06: Retief of the CDT - Pocket Books - 4148429 € 2,50 Essef - 1978 - pocket - 191 p. - Follow the further adventures of Retief, the greatest starwarrior of them all! (VG-, name inside) |
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