A trip back in time.: seanan

A trip back in time.

So there's a used record store near me that will occasionally get estate sale lots of paperback books. I go hunting there for crumbling manuscripts that

chimera_fancies can use in her jewelry. This evening, I wandered over and discovered that they had apparently become The Land of Amazingly Old Science-Fiction and Fantasy.

For serious.

Below is a list of all the books I bought, along with the publication years of the specific editions. All of them were in mint to very good condition, and in a lot of cases, the degradation seems to be more 'age' than actual wear and tear.

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Andre Norton

The Stars Are Ours (1954)
Sargasso of Space (1955)
Star Born (1957)
Sea Siege (1957)
Star Gate (1958)
The Time Traders (1958)
Shadow Hawk (1960)
Lord of Thunder (1962)
Judgment on Janus (1963)
Night of Masks (1964)
Key Out of Time (1963)
Quest Crosstime (1965)
Three Against the Witch World (1965)
Operation Time Search (1967)
Sorceress of the Witch World (1968)
Lavender-Green Magic (1974)
Spell of the Witch World (1974)
Knave of Dreams (1975)
No Night Without Stars (1975)
Red Hart Magic (1976)
Lore of the Witch World (1980)
High Sorcery (1970)

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Stormqueen! (1978)
Sword of Chaos (1982)

Anne McCaffrey

Get Off the Unicorn (1977)
Dragonsong (1977)
Dragonsinger (1978)
Dragondrums (1980)

Jack Vance

Big Planet (1957)

James Blish

Anywhen (1971)

Tanith Lee

The Birthgrave (1975)

Diane Duane

The Door Into Fire (1979)
The Door Into Shadow (1984)

Cordwainer Smith

Norstrilia (1975)

Alida Van Gores

Mermaid's Song (1989)

David R. Palmer

Emergence (1984)

P.C. Hodgell

Dark of the Moon (1987)

Brian Aldiss

Moreau's Other Island (1985)

Evangeline Walton

Prince of Annwn (1974)
The Children of Llyr (1975)

Will Shetterly

Cats Have No Lord (1985)
Witch Blood (1986)

John Christopher

When the Tripods Came (1988)

E.L. Konigsburg

The View From Saturday (1996)

Peter David

Imzadi (1992)

Anton Strout

Dead to Me (2008)

Tom Glazer

A New Treasury of Folk Songs (1961)

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Now that you've viewed the list, care to guess how much I paid for this amazing trove? Well, counting the CD I bought, and the four books for my housemate...

...$42.12.

I win at life. Also, I have just purchased your childhood.

markbernstein

December 14 2008, 13:02:59 UTC 8 years ago

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* sigh * You've just proven that even when I was young, there was too much new SF and fantasy being published for me to keep up with. Out of that entire list, the only book that I know for certain I've read is Norstrilia (which is very, very good). Other than that, well, a loooong time ago, I read one Norton, and didn't care for it, but I don't remember which one. Oh, and I read a few Darkover novels once upon an age, but don't recall the titles.

Excellent bargain hunting. If you ever stumble on a copy of Janet Kagan's Mirabile, please let me know. (Aside from hearing that it's excellent, I want it because I bought Rick Sternbach's cover painting at this year's Worldcon.)

seanan_mcguire

December 17 2008, 01:34:03 UTC 8 years ago

Wow. You need to read Emergence and Mermaid's Song, absolutely. And define 'stumble upon.' I keep three copies in my possession at all times, because I'd be heartbroken if I ever didn't have one.

December 17 2008, 03:12:45 UTC 8 years ago

I'd heard of Emergence before, but Mermaid's Song is new to me. I'll keep an eye out.

And if you'd be willing to part with one of those three copies, well, I'll be at Conflikt, and I'm happy to pay for it.

December 17 2008, 22:07:43 UTC 8 years ago

It's difficult to find, but there are several copies listed on ABEBooks right now. One of them is even confirmed to exist, since I've seen it on the 'used and rare' shelf down at Other Change.

Let me confirm that I can find more than one of them, and we'll talk!

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