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Living out his final days in a small midwestern town, an embittered elderly man, Alden Dennis Weer, explores his unique imagination, which has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality. Reprint.
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9780765334565 | Orb Books, December 11, 2012, cover price $15.99
9780312890339 | Reprint edition (Orb Books, June 15, 1995), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Living out his final days in a small midwestern town, an embittered elderly man, Alden Dennis Weer, explores his unique imagination, which has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality.
9780425046449 | Berkley Pub Group, February 1, 1982, cover price $2.25 | About this edition: An old man's reminiscences center on complex relationships and personal searchings in the midwestern town of his childhood

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Product Description: Lovecraft meets Blade Runner in a stand-alone supernatural horror novel. Gene Wolfe can write in whatever genre he wants—and always with superb style and profound depth. Now following his World Fantasy Award–winner, Soldier of Sidon, and his stunning Pirate Freedom, Wolfe turns to the tradition of H...read more
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9780765321336 | Tor Books, September 16, 2008, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Lovecraft mets Blade Runner.

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9780765360977 | Tor Fantasy, June 26, 2012, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Lovecraft meets Blade Runner in a stand-alone supernatural horror novel.
9780765321343 | 1 reprint edition (Tor Books, November 10, 2009), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Lovecraft meets Blade Runner in a stand-alone supernatural horror novel.

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9781429933537 | 1 edition (Tor Books, April 1, 2010), cover price $9.99

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Product Description: In a future North America at once familiar and utterly strange, a young man and woman, Skip and Chelle, fall in love and marry. But Chelle is enlisted in the military, there is a war on, and she must serve her tour of duty before they can settle down...read more
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9780765328199 | Reprint edition (Tor Books, January 17, 2012), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: In a future North America at once familiar and utterly strange, a young man and woman, Skip and Chelle, fall in love and marry.

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Product Description: The Ultimate Egoist, the first volume of The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, contains the late author's earliest work, written from 1937 to 1940. Although Sturgeon's reach was limited to the lengths of the short story and novelette, his influence was strongly felt by even the most original science fiction stylists, including Ray Bradbury, Arthur C...read more
By Ray Bradbury (foreword by), Arthur C. Clarke (foreword by), Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Williams (editor) and Gene Wolfe (foreword by)
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9781556436581 | North Atlantic Books, November 9, 2010, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The Ultimate Egoist, the first volume of The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, contains the late author's earliest work, written from 1937 to 1940.

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A young parish priest fresh out of seminary, Father Christopher finds himself inexplicably swept back in time to the Golden Age of Piracy, where he finds himself caught up in the life of a buccaneer, wooing a beautiful and enigmatic woman, at the helm of his own--possibly cursed--ship, and trolling the waters of the Caribbean in search of Spanish gold. 50,000 first printing.
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9780765318787 | Tor Books, November 13, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A young priest fresh out of seminary, Father Christopher finds himself inexplicably swept back in time to the Golden Age of Piracy, where he finds himself caught up in the life of a buccaneer and trolling the waters of the Caribbean in search of Spanish gold.

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Product Description: “One of the literary giants of science fiction.”--The Denver Post “Wolfe is a sophisticated stylist, and has more in common with writers such as Jorge Luis Borges than almost any science fiction writer both in terms of craft and themes...read more
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9780765321350 | 1 edition (Tor Books, March 17, 2009), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: From a literary perspective, this will certainly be the best collection of the year in science fiction and fantasy.

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9780765321367 | Reprint edition (Tor Books, April 13, 2010), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: “One of the literary giants of science fiction.

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9781429968379 | 1 edition (Tor Books, April 1, 2010), cover price $9.99

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Product Description: In a contemporary town in the American Midwest where he has no connections, an educated man recently released from prison is staying in a motel. He writes letters to his brother and to others, including a friend still in jail. When he meets a real estate agent who tells him he is the heir to a huge old house, long empty, he moves in, though he is too broke to even buy furniture, and is immediately confronted by supernatural and fantastic creatures and events...read more
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9780765324580 | 1 edition (Tor Books, March 16, 2010), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: In a contemporary town in the American midwest where he has no connections, Bax, an educated man recently released from prison, is staying in a motel.

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9780765324597 | Reprint edition (Tor Books, March 15, 2011), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: In a contemporary town in the American Midwest where he has no connections, an educated man recently released from prison is staying in a motel.

Miscellaneous:

9781429991773 | 1 edition (Tor Books, March 16, 2010), cover price $11.99

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9788445076057 | Minotauro Ediciones Avd, June 30, 2009, cover price $28.95

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9788498004762 | Italian edition edition (LA Factoria De Ideas, June 10, 2009), cover price $31.95

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Product Description: You are familiar with the salt of the earth. But did you know there is an even finer, more delicate essence? Take wisdom and imagination, responsibility and beauty, and mix them together in arcane proportions to form a rich and peculiar brine...read more
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9781607620358 | Norilana Books, April 30, 2009, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: You are familiar with the salt of the earth.
9780809557387 | Prime Books, September 30, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: You are familiar with the salt of the earth.

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9781607620365 | Norilana Books, April 30, 2009, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: You are familiar with the salt of the earth.
9780809557370 | Prime Books, September 30, 2006, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: You are familiar with the salt of the earth.

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Product Description: From Stargate and Droid to Zero Gravity and Force Field, this historical dictionary is filled with fun and fascinating entries on all things science fiction. It's a unique window into the entire genre, through the words invented and passed along by science fictions most talented writers, critics, and fans...read more
By Jeff Prucher (editor) and Gene Wolfe (introduced by)
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9780195387063 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, March 13, 2009), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: From Stargate and Droid to Zero Gravity and Force Field, this historical dictionary is filled with fun and fascinating entries on all things science fiction.

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Product Description: A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality. Very quickly transformed by magic into a grown man of heroic proportions, he takes the name Abel and sets out on a quest to find the sword that has been promised to him, a sword he will get from a dragon, the one very special blade that will help him fulfill his life ambition to become a knight and a true hero...read more
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9780765347015 | Reprint edition (Tor Fantasy, August 1, 2005), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Drawn from the real world into a magical realm of seven worlds, a teenager finds himself in the body of a mature warrior of heroic proportions and embarks on a perilous quest to find his destined sword and become a knight, encountering romance, danger, magic, and adventure along the way, in the first volume of a new fantasy series.

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9781439565698 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality.

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9788498003741 | 1 tra edition (LA Factoria De Ideas, June 10, 2008), cover price $26.95

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Product Description: A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality. Very quickly transformed by magic into a grown man of heroic proportions, he takes the name Able and sets out on a quest to find the sword that has been promised to him, a sword he will get from a dragon, the one very special blade that will help him fulfill his life ambition to become a knight and a true hero...read more
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9780765309891 | 1 edition (Tor Books, January 1, 2004), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Teenager Able is transported to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality where he is transformed into a grown man and faces both the dangers and pleasures of encounters with giants, wizards, elves, and dragons.

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9780765313485 | Reprint edition (Tor Books, December 1, 2004), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Drawn from the real world into a magical realm of seven worlds, a teenager finds himself in the body of a mature warrior of heroic proportions and embarks on a perilous quest to find his destined sword and become a knight, encountering romance, danger, magic, and adventure along the way, in the first volume of a new fantasy series.

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9781417823796, titled "Knight" | Turtleback Books, April 1, 2008, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality.

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Product Description: Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives him a poignantly tenuous hold on the world and his own identity. Latro finds himself in Egypt, a land of singing girls, of spiteful and conniving deities...read more
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9780765316646 | Tor Books, October 17, 2006, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A man who forgets everything while he sleeps and is dependent on his journal entries to keep his life together, Latro finds himself in Egypt, where he searches for a way to rid himself of the curse that causes him to lose his memory.

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9780765355881 | Reprint edition (Tor Fantasy, March 2, 2010), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Latro forgets everything when he sleeps.
9780765316707 | Reprint edition (Tor Books, December 10, 2007), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A man who forgets everything while he sleeps and is dependent on his journal entries to keep his life together, Latro finds himself in Egypt, where he and his companions become embroiled in a series of fantastical adventures as he searches for a way to rid himself of the curse that causes him to lose his memory.

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9781429925877 | 1 edition (Tor Forge, December 10, 2007), cover price $7.99

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9780853237983 | Liverpool Univ Pr, July 30, 2007, cover price $80.00

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9780853238089 | Liverpool Univ Pr, April 30, 2007, cover price $35.00

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9781429982481 | 1 edition (Tor Books, April 1, 2007), cover price $9.99

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9781429915472 | 1 edition (Tor Forge, April 1, 2007), cover price $9.99

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A sequel to The Knight finds young teen Able, previously transported to a magical world into the body of an adult hero, returning to Mythgarthr in possession of special powers that he has vowed he will not use, in an adventure that requires him to fight giants, gods, and a seductive sorceress in his service to the dragon king Anthor. Reprint.
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9780765350503 | Reprint edition (Tor Fantasy, August 29, 2006), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A sequel to The Knight finds young teen Able, previously transported to a magical world into the body of an adult hero, returning to Mythgarthr in possession of special powers that he has vowed he will not use, in an adventure that requires him to fight giants, gods, and a seductive sorceress in his service to the dragon king Anthor.
9780765314703 | Reprint edition (Tor Books, October 1, 2005), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Young teen Able, previously transported to a magical world into the body of an adult hero, returns to Mythgarthr in possession of special powers that he has vowed he will not use in his service to the dragon king Anthor.

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9781429915540, titled "Wizard" | 1 edition (Tor Books, April 1, 2007), cover price $7.99

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The shared language of science fiction is covered in this historical dictionary that shows how science-fiction words and their associated concepts have developed over time and includes more than three thousand terms and an analysis of the influence of science fiction on the English language.
By Jeffrey Prucher (editor) and Gene Wolfe (introduced by)
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9780195305678 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, May 7, 2007, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The shared language of science fiction is covered in this historical dictionary that shows how science fiction words and their associated concepts have developed over time and includes more than three thousand terms and an analysis of the influence of science fiction on the English language.

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The author of Innocents Abroad presents a follow-up collection of twenty-five primarily science fiction stories, in a volume that includes such tales as 'Viewpoint,' 'Petting Zoo,' and 'Empires of Foliage and Flower.' Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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9780765312020 | Tor Books, August 1, 2005, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Collects twenty-five short stories primarily from the science fiction genre, including such tales as 'Viewpoint,' 'Petting Zoo,' and 'Empires of Foliage and Flower.

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9780765312037 | Reprint edition (Orb Books, May 2, 2006), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The author of Innocents Abroad presents a follow-up collection of twenty-five primarily science fiction stories, in a volume that includes such tales as 'Viewpoint,' 'Petting Zoo,' and 'Empires of Foliage and Flower.

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A collection of twenty-two fantasy and horror stories written during the past ten years includes 'The Tree Is My Hat,' 'The Night Chough,' 'The Walking Sticks,' and 'Houston, 1943.' By the author of Strange Travelers. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
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9780765307903 | Tor Books, June 1, 2004, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: A collection of fantasy and horror stories written during the past ten years includes, 'The Tree is My Hat,' 'The Night Chough,' 'The Walking Sticks,' 'A Fish Story,' and 'The Sailor Who Sailed After the Sun.

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9780765307910 | Reprint edition (Orb Books, March 30, 2005), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A collection of twenty-two fantasy and horror stories written during the past ten years includes 'The Tree Is My Hat,' 'The Night Chough,' 'The Walking Sticks,' and 'Houston, 1943.

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A sequel to The Knight finds young teen Able, previously transported to a magical world into the body of an adult hero, returning to Mythgarthr in possession of special powers that he has vowed he will not use, in an adventure that requires him to fight giants, gods, and a seductive sorceress in his service to the dragon king Anthor. 50,000 first printing.
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9780765312013 | Tor Books, November 30, 2004, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Young teen Able, previously transported to a magical world into the body of an adult hero, returns to Mythgarthr in possession of special powers that he has vowed he will not use in his service to the dragon king Anthor.

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A collection of more than thirty short stories from a variety of genres is comprised of tales that follow variations on themes and situations found in folklore and fairy tales. By the author of the Book of the New Sun series. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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9780312931544 | Tor Books, March 1, 1989, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Wolfe, whose tetralogy The Book of the New Sun was the most acclaimed science fiction work of the 1980s, offered his second collection of short fiction in 1990 to universal acclaim.

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9780765310330 | Reprint edition (Orb Books, September 30, 2004), cover price $22.99 | About this edition: A collection of more than thirty short stories from a variety of genres is comprised of tales that follow variations on themes and situations found in folklore and fairy tales.
9780812507188 | Reprint edition (Tom Doherty Assoc Llc, March 1, 1990), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Offers a collection of science fiction stories featuring two tales--'The Cat' and 'The Map'--in the familiar setting of Urth

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Latro, a Roman mercenary soldier from the north, has suffered a head wound in battle, develops the ability to see and converse with all of the invisible gods, goddesses, ghosts, demons, and werewolves that inhabit the land, but forgets everything when he sleeps, writing down his experiences in his journal each day, in an omnibus edition containing Soldier of the Mist
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9780765302946 | Orb Books, March 1, 2003, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Latro, a Roman mercenary soldier from the north, has suffered a head wound in battle, develops the ability to see and converse with all of the invisible gods, goddesses, ghosts, demons, and werewolves that inhabit the land, but forgets everything when he sleeps, writing down his experiences in his journal each day, in an omnibus edition containing Soldier of the Mist

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