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Prime Press., 1949. Very good + with light staining to lower spine corner,same staining reflected in Very Good edge worn dustjacket, especially around the spine ends.. First printing. Author's science fiction book is a collection of twelve short Fantasy and Science Ficiton stories from the pages of Unknown and Astounding magazines.
Ballantine 246. Paperback original. Cover art by Richard Powers.
NY: Ballantine Books #U2236, 1965. First printing in near fine condition. Faint crease along the rear spine seam.
1st edition Ballantine 1976 paperback, vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
The Pyrotechnics of Lester del Rey SF's most protean personality--writer, editor, critic, publisher--sets off an incomparable fireworks display in these tales of robots and humans, animals and aliens, ghosts and gods, science and the supernatural . . . HELEN O'LOY If you want an ideal mate, build her! HEREAFTER, INC. This is Heaven? The hell it is! LITTLE JIMMY The invisible kid was a ghost for sure. But whose? INSTINCT The robots labored to re-create the extinct human species-- but there was one element they somehow left out. FOR I AM A JEALOUS PEOPLE "In God We Trust" is a great motto--until you find you can't. And much more! From the Trade Paperback edition.
War and Space collects apocalyptic science fiction and space operas written by Grand Master Lester del Rey . Including the novella " Nerves ," " My Name is Legion ," and " For I Am a Jealous People ," as well as 26 other stories, War and Space offers a quarter million words of fiction. The collection is introduced by Frederik Pohl , who was best man at del Rey's last wedding. John Picacio created the cover art. Edited by Steven H Silver . Table of Contents Introduction (Frederik Pohl) And It Comes Out Here And There Was Light The Band Played On Battleground Boiling Point Dark Mission The Deadliest Female Done Without Eagles Earthbound For I Am a Jealous People! Habit Helping Hand Kindness The Luck of Ignatz Mine Host, Mine Adversary Moon-Blind My Name Is Legion Nerves No Place Like Home Omega and the Wolf The One Eyed Man Operation Distress Return Engagement Shadows of Empire The Stars Look Down The Still Waters Uneasy Lies the Head Wind Between the Worlds
Lester del Rey (1915 - 1993) was a renowned American Science Fiction writer in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. He was awarded several Awards for his work in this field, including the Skylark Award, the Balrog Special Award and the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy. This volume contains six of his most compelling stories: - Dead Ringer - Let 'em Breathe Space - Pursuit - Victory - No Strings Attached - Police Your Planet