Paperback Friday: Miller & Norton

Here are the book covers that I currently have scanned for Walter Miller and Andre Norton.

The View from the Stars
Copyright 1964 by Walter M. Miller Jr.
First Ballantine Printing: January 1965
Ballantine Books, Inc. , 101 Fifth Ave. New York, N. Y. 10003
The View from the Stars is a collection of Mr. Millers short stories which first appeared in the pulps form 1952 to 1954. I read this one last year. These tales certainly testify to the talent of a writer who would win the Hugo Award for for his novel Canticle for Leibowitz which I also have but have not read.

A Canticle For Liebowitz
Copyright 1959, Walter M. Miller Jr.
Parts of this book appeared in a different for in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, copyright 1955, 1956, Fantasy House, Inc.
J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York
Book Club Edition

"a dedication is only
a scratch where it itches --
for Anne, then
in whose bosom Rachel lies
muselike
guiding my clumsy song
and giggling between the lines
-- with blessings, Lass
W"
_____________________

Quag Keep by Andre Norton
Copyright 1979, Andre Norton
A DAW Book by arrangement with Antheneum Publications.
A Margaret K. McElderry Book.
First DAW printing, September 1979.


I have read Quag Keep twice. Once during the '80s, as a school boy, after reading a review of the book in Dragon magazine. Quag Keep is, of course, set in Greyhawk and was the first novel I ever read where the characters are rpg players who become their game characters. I read the book again within recent years, it is a light fun read, not unlike simple joy of a R. E. Howard novel.

The Time Traders by Andre Norton
Publication Date: 1958
Publisher: Ace

Ms. Norton's novel The Time Traders is one of the 501 Must Read Books and I found it through Paperback Swap. (Canticle for Leibowitz is also a 501 Must Read Book.) The Time Traders is available through Google Books, Project Gutenberg and I reviewed it at The Polyhedral Dicebag and compared it to Howard as well.

Next up on Paperback Friday will be Frederik Pohl.

Paperback Friday: Philip Jose Farmer

Flesh; Copyright 1960, Galaxy Publishing Company
Copyright 1968, Philip Jose Farmer
First Paperback printing, May 1969.

The guy on the cover of this book looks like a young James Taylor.



The Fabulous Riverboat
Copyright 1971, Philip Jose Farmer
Berkly Medallion Edition, April, 1973
Eighth Printing

For the unholy trinity of Bobs:
Bloch, Heinlein, and traurig --
may I meet them on
the banks of the River,
where we'll board the
fabulous Riverboat.



I found these two at the Friends of the Knox Co. Library Sale last month. I got Flesh because after reading These Lawless Worlds I thought I'd try anything. And, it's by P.J.F. so I feel certain that it will be an enjoyable read.

To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Copyright 1971, Philip Jose Farmer
Berkley Medallion Edition, September 1971
Eleventh Printing

1972 Hugo Award, Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year



I bought this one a couple of years ago at the same book sale and read it right away. I may read these other two after I've finished reading through my Lin Carter library. To Your Scattered Bodies Go is one of the sci-fi books on the 501 Must Read Books list.

Paperback Friday: Chalker & de Camp

A Del Rey Book, Published by Ballantine Books
Copyright 1978; Jack L Chalker
First ed: November 1978
Sixth printing: dec 1984


A Del Rey Book, Published by Ballentine Books
Copyright 1939, Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Copyright 1941, Henry Holt & Co. Inc.
Copyright 1949, L. Sprague de Camp
First Ballantine edition: August 1974
Third Printing: August 1979

Publishers note: This story, in a shorter version, appeared in the December, 1939 issue of Unknown.


A Del Rey Book, Published by Ballantine Books
Copyright 1951; Wings Publishing Co. Inc. (abridged)
Copyright 1953; L . Sprague de Camp (complete version)
First Ballantine Books edition: March 1977

I found these two de Camp books at McKay Used Books in Knoxville, Tn. I got The Quest for the Well of Souls from Paperback Swap. I read the Tritonian Ring right after acquiring the book but have yet to read the other two books. Lest Darkness Fall is one of the Sci-Fi books on the 501 Must Read Books list.

Paperback Friday; Anderson & Bester

I was at one of the local libraries last week and found another Poul Anderson book for twenty-five cents in their book sale.

The Earth Book of Stormgate by Poul Anderson, original copyright 1956. Copyright Poul Anderson/Berkley Books 1978. This is a collection of Anderson's short stories which originally appeared in various Sci-Fi magazines over a span of twenty years.

Now we move on to the books in B by author's last name:
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester, copyright 1951 Galaxy Publishing Corp, Copyright 1953 Alfred Bester. Winner of the original Hugo Award 1953.
This editon copyright 1987 Nelson Doubleday under arrangement with Simon and Schuster.
A member of the 501 Must Read Books list.


The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, copyright 1956 Galaxy Publishing Corp. This edition copyright 1961 Signet Books.