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| Sphere paperback, 1972. Cover artist uncredited. |
"The development of modern science during the course of the past 400 years is merely the rediscovery of ancient knowledge.
ATOMIC THEORY
was worked out by Democritus 2500 years before Rutherford.
PENICILLIN
was used by the ancient Egyptians 4000 years before Fleming.
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
were used by the Babylonians 2000 years before König's cells.
SPACE TRAVEL
was described by the prehistoric Chinese 4000 years before the Apollo flights."
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| Panther SF paperback, 1977. Cover illustration by David Bergen. |
"When an atomic explosion destroys a huge expedition ship, Tansis becomes the sole survivor of the human race. A skilled space pilot, he manages to land his scout craft on the nearest planet. The alien world in which he finds himself is not hostile but has no means of supporting human life. Desperate for human contact, Tansis establishes a telepathic relationship with the extraordinary seal-like creatures who live in the planet's oceans. But just as things seem to be going smoothly, the craft computer warns Tansis that he energy supply is running out and he is forced to take drastic measures to safeguard his own survival..."
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| Coronet SF paperback, 1973. Cover by Chris Foss. |
"He was a man - but they changed him into a guinea pig.
The world is dying. A disease more terrible than cancer ravages its populace. Scientists struggle when people die in their thousands. There is no known cure.
Pete Bratton was a simple man. A drifter who let life nudge him from one day to the next. A nowhere man in a world of pre-destination and disease. A man who should have died, but who survived the terror of Virus Y and became a phenomenon. A human guinea pig for eager scientists to store the ideology of a dying civilization by memory transfer.
But what of the real Pete Bratton strapped of his rights as a few individual and strapped to an operating table for the cause of science?
And what of his own mind as it slowly dissolves into a jumble of conflicting ideas and personalities?"
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| Mentor paperback, 1978. Cover artwork by Paul Stinson. |
"Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip José Farmer, Kurt Vonnegut, Roger Zelazny, Frederick Pohl, Harlan Ellison, Larry Niven, Ursula K. Le Guin.From the depths of the earth to the farthest stars, from the day before yesterday to the end of time, here are magnificent tales of space and time by 36 masters of science fiction. From Robert A. Heinlein's mind-twisting story of the ultimate paradox to Clifford Simak's vision of "man's" conquest of Jupiter; from Theodore Sturgeon's tale of the day after atomic holocaust to Hal Clement's alternate life form below the earth's surface; from Harlan Ellison's computerized hell to Jjoanna Russ's world of women invaded by men for the first time in centuries... From Analog and Fantasy & Science Fiction through the new wave "revolution" and right up to the present day, The Road To Science Fiction #3 offers a spectacular tour of worlds to come and of those that might have been, complete with humans, aliens and machines to guide us along the way."
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| Grafton paperback, 1987. Cover illustration by Tim White. |
"WHO - NOT TO SAY WHEN, WHERE, HOW OR WHY - IS JERRY CORNELIUS?
We'll probably never know. Still, the contents of this book do provide a kind of kaleidoscopic biography of the immortal, ubiquitous assassin who has himself been the target of assassination attempts for his own brother Frank - and of several novels by Michael Moorcock, of course.
THE LIVES AND TIMES OF JERRY CORNELIUS
shows the enigmatic superhero about his business in Mandalay, London, the vatican and elsewhere (and elsewhen): they are a sharp, brilliantly witty satire of our times - and of time itself."
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| Ballantine paperback, 1975. Cover art by Darrell Sweet. |
"THE UNIVERSE OF CORDWAINER SMITH
A thousand planets acknowledged one power - the Instrumentality of Mankind. But the Underpeople - created by the Overlords to be their servants - owed fealty only to themselves...
HERE IN ONE VOLUME ARE THE 12 MOST IMPORTANT STORIES OF THE UNIQUE WRITER WHO FUSED WONDER AND POETRY INTO IMAGINATIVE TALES THAT TRANSCEND BOTH SCIENCE AND FICTION.
SCANNERS LIVE IN VAIN
Adam Stone had found the way for men to cross Deep Space alive - a discovery that might kill him!
THE LADY WHO SAILED THE SOUL
her name was Helen America, and she voyaged out to the stars - and into a timeless legend of romance...
ALPHA RALPHA BOULEVARD
They thought it was a road to a dream that would last forever - but dreams are made to be broken!
THE BALLAD OF THE LOST C'MELL
Never was there a girl quite like C'mell. She was not even a human being - but she was all woman!
A PLANET NAMED SHAYOL
Hell itself is not much to fear - if the people in it are good to each other!
AND 7 MORE STUNNING STORIES...BY A MAN WHO DREAMED THE FUTURE."
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| The Best Of Omni Science Fiction, No. 1, 1980. Painting by Pierre Lacombe. |
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| The Dynometer by Russell Mills, from Harry Harrison's Robots pictorial. |
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| Womandroid by Jennifer Eachus, from Harry Harrison's Robots pictorial. |
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| Painting by Jim Burns, from Harry Harrison's Robots pictorial. |
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| Painting by Jim Burns, from Harry Harrison's Robots pictorial. |
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| Spice Factory by Terry Oakes, from a pictorial showcasing the book Alien Landscapes by Robert Holdstock and Malcolm Edwards. |
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| Arrakeen by Terry Oakes, from a pictorial showcasing the book Alien Landscapes by Robert Holdstock and Malcolm Edwards. |
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| Painting by John Schoenherr that accompanied Ben Bova's Kinsman. |
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| Painting by Alan Daniels, from Harry Harrison's Space Cities pictorial. |
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| Painting by Jim Burns, from an excerpt of the book Planet Story by Jim Burns and Harry Harrison. |
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| Penguin SF paperback, 1974 reprint. Cover illustration by David Pelham. |
"'It's lucky for the world i'm willing to stop at one murder. Together we could rape the universe.'
Ben Reich, head of Monarch utilities and resources, risks everything in a last-ditch take-over bid for the massive D'Courtney Cartel. When it fails only murder, blackmail and bribery are left.
So Reich sets himself against the whole sophisticated paraphernalia of twenty-fourth century crime fighting, conducted by the peepers - trained telepathists with a strict code of ethics. And even if he can find a bent peeper, there's still the ultimate penalty if he fails - Demolition."
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| Pan SF paperback, 10th printing, 1976. Cover painting by Dean Ellis (thanks: Mark). |
"The setting is the Moon in the 21st century and it is depicted with brilliant imagination.
But the vital core of the novel is this: will the crew and passengers of the Dust-cruiser 'Selene', buried fifteen metres down in the Sea of Thirst, be rescued before half a dozen possible catastrophes overcome them?"
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| Orbit paperback, 1977. Cover artist uncredited. Possibly Paul Lehr? |
"A saboteur's bomb ripped through the hull of the seemingly indestructible galactic liner, leaving bare minutes for the survivors of the alien crew and human cargo to evacuate ship.
Giles Steel Ahsad, Adelman, found himself adrift in a tiny lifeboat with a group of human slaves and two Albanareth crewmen. Only the aliens knew how to pilot the vessel - and they had lost the will to live...
Gordon Dickson, author of the DORSAI trilogy, and Harry Harrison, creator of the DEATHWORLD stories, combine their talents in a magnificent novel of disaster and survival in the vastness between the stars."
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| Penguin SF paperback, 1967. Cover design by Alan Aldridge. |
"PROBLEM - to build a complete human consciousness out of computer hardware and desperation! By the author of DRAGON IN THE SEA and DUNE.
Soon after the start, they went mad. The three powerful, disembodied human brains that should have guided them for the 200-year journey to Tau Ceti. Could they manufacture a replacement before emerging from the Solar System into nothingness? Would the circuits reproduce the characteristics they needed, characteristics like conscience, love and guilt? Or would they end up with a zombie? A monster? A power-crazy fanatic? - or a genius? What they did build was fantastic, unguessable. Yet, looking back, it was always on the cards."
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| Orbit paperback, 1976. Cover painting by Peter Jones. |
"A pioneer in the new wave, winner of both Hugo and Nebula awards and an author with a tremendous cult following, Roger Zelazny's novels provide a fascinating blend of fantasy, mythology, excitement and adventure.
In Today We Choose Faces Zelazny has broken new mental and spacial barriers and produced a terrifyingly remote yet immensely impressive vision of the future."
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| Panther SF paperback, 1973. Cover painting by Bob Haberfield (thanks, Mark). |
"There's No Time Like the Future...
and here Brian W. Aldiss proves it brilliantly in fourteen stories of devastating power. From an outrageous satire to haunting fantasy, the renowned author of such science fiction classics as Greybeard and Hothouse displays his unmatched talent for creating tales that illuminate times-to-come with the disconcerting intensity of a cobalt bomb's heat-flash..."
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| Hamlyn paperback, 1983. Cover artist uncredited. |
"Jimson Alleca has twenty years to live - or just one. Twenty years if he stays on his home world, where his disease can be treated. One year if he follows his desire to travel the galaxy.
When he meets Leiko his mind is made up, and he follows her out into space. There they enlist as crew members on a dangerous and illegal voyage - to steal one of the fabulous crystal masks of distant Demea.
But it will prove a journey of immense problems and perils - and one that becomes a race against time for Jimson..."
