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6 a cunningham b 42 currey page 499 stephenson payne benson jack vance a fantastic imagination 2nd revised edition b36 hubin page 408 later republished as bird isle in my experience this is the hardest of vance s first edition novels to find bought off ebay for 32 and even in this condition copies usually go for over 100 tags books ebay jack vance mystery science fiction posted in books science fiction no comments shoegazer sunday cigarettes after sex s nothing s gonna hurt you baby june 21st 2026 with 59 million views on youtube i may be late to the party for this one the obvious point of comparison is mazzy star s fade into you the band hails from el paso tags cigarettes after sex el paso music shoegazer texas posted in music no comments library addition signed first of dan simmons the abominable june 15th 2026 this was the last simmons title i didn t own simmons dan the abominable little brown 2015 first edition hardback a fine copy in a fine dust jacket signed by simmons bought off ebay for 50 the opening bid the only simmons first i lack is the trade first of the fifth heart which preceded the subterranean press limited edition which i have tags books dan simmons horror posted in books horror 1 comment library addition micheal swanwick s basil pepper salt and garlic greens june 9th 2026 been a while since the last dragonstairs swanwick chapbook swanwick michael basil pepper salt and garlic greens a year in a witch s kitchen dragonstairs press 2026 first edition chapbook original 16 of 80 signed numbered copies a fine copy short stories tied to seasonal dishes i will have copies of this available in the next lame excuse books catalog probably novemberish tags chapbooks dragonstairs press fantasy michael swanwick signatures small press publishers posted in books fantasy no comments library addition signed first of greg bear s take back the sky june 8th 2026 i picked this up because i had the first two books in the war dogs trilogy and i found this signed first for less than cover price bear greg take back the sky orbit 2016 first edition hardback a fine copy in a fine dust jacket signed by bear third book in the war dogs trilogy bought off a fellow biblio dealer for 20 66 plus shipping tags books greg bear science fiction signatures posted in books science fiction no comments marcia lucas rip june 7th 2026 marcia lucas the oscar winning editor of star wars and wife of george lucas died at the end of may marcia lucas the oscar winning editor who first took audiences to a galaxy far far away with 1977 s star wars has died at the age of 80 her family confirmed marcia part of the editorial team for both star wars and return of the jedi was married to the franchise s founder george lucas from 1969 to 1983 she died after a battle with metastatic cancer marcia will be remembered as a brilliant storyteller a trailblazer for women in film a loving mother and grandmother a generous host and a loyal friend whose humor and sparkle filled every room she entered the family said in a statement her influence on film is indelible but those who knew her best will remember the way she made life feel more vivid more beautiful more fun and more full of love snip she won an academy award for best film editing for her work on the original star wars movie an award that came four years after she was nominated for editing george s previous film american graffiti she additionally edited his debut feature thx 1138 beyond these collaborations with her then husband marcia worked as an editor with other acclaimed filmmakers like martin scorsese and francis ford coppola she was credited as sole editor for scorsese s alice doesn t live here anymore and served as supervising editor for taxi driver and new york new york marcia served as part of a three person crew editing both star wars and return of the jedi on the first film she worked alongside paul hirsch and richard chew and was personally responsible for editing the battle of yavin otherwise known as the iconic trench run sequence near the end of the film i wanted to do this obit because the attack on the death star is one off the greatest best edited action scenes in all of film history the swift inter cutting between different shots does a great job of ratcheting up the tension indeed the state of the film when marcia lucas started working on it included two luke trench attack runs the first where he used the targeting computer that was unsuccessful she had a huge role in salvaging a film that george lucas thought was a failure upon viewing the first rough cut helping turn it into a masterpiece tags movies obituary science fiction star wars video posted in movies obituary video no comments library addition signed first of andrew vachss flood june 1st 2026 another half price books find vachss andrew flood donald i fine 1985 first edition hardback a fine copy with slight bumping at head and heel in a near fine dust jacket with a 3 4 hairline crease at bottom front panel and slight bumping at head heel and points signed by vachss his first novel a mystery vachss died in 2021 replaces an unsigned copy bought for 5 39 from half price books i have two other things signed by vachss the shaolin cowboy adventure magazine no 1 and the signed hardback edition of veil s visit his collaboration with joe r lansdale tags andrew vachss books half price books mystery signatures posted in books no comments library addition franz kafka s a little scarlet book of the surreal may 20th 2026 another borderlands little book kafka franz a little scarlet book of the surreal borderlands press 2026 first edition hardback 463 of 350 copies signed by editor ben keefe borderlands we only print 350 copies but if anyone has matching numbers above 350 we make sure they continue to get it a fine copy in decorated boards sans dust jacket as issued collection including eight stories of which in the penal colony is probably the most famous white smudges are scanner artifacts i will have a small number of copies of this available in the next lame excuse books catalog currently in progress tags borderlands press franz kafka horror small press publishers surrealism posted in books horror no comments library addition dozois year s best sf 28th may 19th 2026 the final library addition from that dozois auction buy dozois gardner editor the year s best science fiction twenty eighth collection st martin s press 2011 first edition hardback a fine copy in a fine mylar protected dust jacket new and unread one of the years st martin s printed this on thin paper so the volume is slimmer than usual even though it has the same number of pages as other dozois volumes note what look like whitish smudges near the top are scanner reflections from the mylar dust jacket protector now the only dozois year s best volume i lack from my want list is fifteenth if you re looking for individual dozois year s best hardback first volumes i m going to have a whole bunch of pristine copies of carious years in the next lame excuse books catalog currently in progress tags books gardner dozois science fiction posted in books science fiction no comments highlights from the david aronovitz auction may 18th 2026 that heritage auction of the david aronovitz collection happened last week and there were some truly breathtaking prices achieved here s a look at some of them an unsigned first edition of j r r tolkien s the hobbit went for a jaw dropping 450 000 pretty sure that smashes the record for that title speaking of tolkien an unsigned but exceptionally nice first edition first state set of the lord of the rings went for a similarly astounding 325 000 an inscribed first edition of stephen king s salem s lot in a first state dust jacket father cody and unclipped original 8 95 price on the dust jacket pretty much a holy grail for king collectors went for a breathtaking 68 750 speaking of king an asbestos bound firestarter went for 75 000 somehow aronovitz had gathered all three dedicate copies of robert a heinlein s stranger in a strange land to robert cornog frederic brown and philip jose farmer and the lot went for a whopping 118 750 i only have an ex library first of this an associational copy of isaac asimov s i robot inscribed to john w campbell which is a great associational copy went for an eye popping 87 500 00 a first english language edition in dust jacket of eugene zamiatin yevgeny zamyatin classic dystopia we went for 52 500 i m not sure i ve seen a copy offered in the dust jacket i have a reprint of a later translation bruce sterling gave me i should probably read it some time a green jacketed first of george orwell s nineteen eighty four went for 32 500 interestingly a copy of the more desirable red jacked version with the paper evening standard recommendation band went in a freeman s auction for 48 000 i have a less attractive copy in a green jacket a nice but unsigned first of philip k dick s do androids dream of electric sheep went for 37 500 00 i only have an ex library first of this in a really inexplicable result a signed currey d binding pretty much the ordinary hardback state of ray bradbury s fahrenheit 451 went for 42 500 which is much more than the much rarer asbestos bound copy went for in the same auction 25 000 and than an association copy of the presentation state b inscribed to longtime friend and fan forrest j ackerman went for 23 750 00 similar signed currey d copies can be had for much less online my own less desirable d state copy is covered here a very nice inscribed first of frank herbert s dune went for 75 000 i only have an ex library first of this a copy of the gollancz hardback first of larry niven s ringworld in the very rare proof state dust jacket i know of only one other copy went for 8 125 a very nice but unsigned trade first of aldous huxley s brave new world in dust jacket went for 32 500 which is more than the one of 324 signed limited copies went for 8 125 i have an unsigned jacketless copy of the trade first a nice but not pristine first of h g wells first men in the moon signed by astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin went for 10 625 i have a less attractive first of first men in the moon i also have a first of another book signed by buzz aldrin a partial manuscript first draft of gene wolfe s the shadow of the torturer went for 16 875 not everything went for crazy money an e e doc smith history of civilization set with box and lid went for 7 500 less than 2 000 more than a similar set with lid sold for all the way back in 2008 a copy of stanley g weinbaum s dawn of flame went for 1 250 or all of 50 more than i paid for my copy back in 2013 a nice copy of h p lovecraft s the outsider and others went for 5 625 which seems around market to me a signed gollancz neuromancer went for 6 875 down considerably off recent over 10 000 highs though 3 500 for a signed first of the pbo is probably a new record but generally the very highest highpoint firsts of sf f h seem to be appreciating 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