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Possible Worlds of Science Fiction
Groff Conklin, ed; A E van Vogt, Malcolm Jameson, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimoov, Margaret St Clair, Murray Leinster (William Fitzgerald Jenkins), H B Fyfe, John Berryman, Clifford D Simak, Poul Anderson
Verlag: Berkley Publishing Corp, New York, NY, 1960
- Softcover
Anbieter: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, USALazy S Books
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Fair-Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. A 1st thus (Berkley Medallion G-471) of a collection of sci-fi stories from the 1940s and early 1950s. "The solar system and the outer stars." Light edge wear. Damp stain to the fore edge of the pages and the bottom corner. Moderate browning to the pages. A decent reader.
Astounding Science Fiction, January 1946 (Volume XXXVI, No. 5) [The Fairy Chessmen; Veiled Island; Fine Feathers; N Day, A Matter of Length, The Planets; Hearing Aid, Electrical Yardsticks]
Campbell, John, Jr, Ed. ; Isaac Asimov, Raymond F. Jones, George O. Smith, Malcolm Jameson, Lewis Padgett [Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore], Emmett McDowell; George O. Smith; Philip Latham [R.S. Richardson]; Ross Rocklynne [Ross Louis Rocklin]; Murray Leinster; Earl Welch , art William Timmins
Verlag: Street & Smith Publications, Incorporated, New York, 1946, 1946
- Softcover
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USAJoseph Valles - Books
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Good. 178pp. 5.5 x 7.5 in. ; color pictorial cover by Timmons ; "The lead and cover story is part one (of two) of "The Fairy Chessmen" by Lewis Padgett (a pseudonym for Henry Kuttner working with C.L. Moore.) It is roughly a century into the future, and the world is at war.again. After World War Two, the gov…ernments of Eurasia had crumbled, and reformed as the Falangists. They and America are the two superpowers and implacable enemies. Thanks to atom-bomb-proof shields and robot warfare, the war has stalemated for years. Most Americans live deceptively peaceful lives in scattered communities on the surface, while the warmen toil in vast underground cities whose actual locations are closely guarded secrets. Low Chicago might be below the ruins of Old Chicago, or anywhere in the Midwest. Of course, in such conditions claustrophobia and other mental illnesses are a continuing concern, and it's up to the Department of Psychometrics to keep the warmen in good mental health. Which is why it's concerning that Cameron, the head of the department, has been having hallucinations of eyeball doorknobs and talking clocks. He's trying to keep it a secret, but his help is desperately needed by the War Department. It seems they have captured a scientific formula from the enemy, one that drives anyone who studies it mad (sometimes giving them strange powers in the process. For example, the levitating man who thinks he's Muhammad's corpse.) There are time travel shenanigans involved, and one character seems determined to produce a specific future. The title comes from "fairy chess", variants of the strategy game that use changed rules, such as a knight that can only capture backwards, or a 10×10 board. The formula changes the rules of physics, sometimes in mid-equation, and scientifically trained minds crack under the strain. A nifty throwaway (probably) bit is the existence of "fairylands", miniature cities with tiny robots that people play with ala the Sims. There's also an amusing typo when one character claims he's "half misogynist" when he means "misanthrope.".The cliffhanger is neat: "The edges of the spoon thickened, curled, spread into cold metallic lips. And kissed him." ; "N Day" by Philip Latham (pen name of R.S. Richardson) concerns an astronomer who discovers the sun is about to go nova. He tells the world, but is dismissed as a crackpot. (Had there been more time, someone would have checked his math and found him correct.) As a result, he finds his spine for the first time in decades.; "Veiled Island" by Emmett McDowell takes place on Venus (the pulp Venus of swamps and jungles.) A three-person anthropological team goes in search of the title island to investigate reports of a new variant of human. Apparently, unlike Earth, Venus just keeps producing new human variants out of the swamps which then climb up the ladder of civilization as they travel to the other side of the planet.; "A Matter of Length" by Ross Rocklynn (pen name of Ross Louis Rocklin) takes place in a far future with galactic travel. A stable mutation has created a new kind of human, the "double-brained" Hypnos, who have the ability to hypnotize ordinary humans. They are not physically distinguishable from other humans, but can be detected by "Sensitives." Hypnos face severe prejudice, and there's a war going on between societies that want to exterminate them and those that tolerate them. ; "The Plants" by Murray Leinster takes place on a planet with only one form of life. Plants with flowers that follow the sun.or anything unusual that happens. Four men whose spaceship was sabotaged crash-land on the planet. Are they more in danger from the pirates that sabotaged the ship for its precious cargo.or from the plants? ; "Fine Feathers" by George O. Smith is the final fiction piece. It's a science fiction retelling of the fable "The Bird with Borrowed Feathers" -- SKJAM! reviews ; wear, else G. Book.
Weitere BilderAir age gas models, a collection of 21 outstanding gas models of all classes and types, A, B, C, control line, tailless, designed by America's top-ranking modelers. Also, instructiv articles, charts and diagrams to aid the gas model enthusiast [The K.G. lives again : how you can build a modern streamline version of the old record-breaking K.G. in which are combined super soaring qualities and a skyrocket climb -- Fokker D-8 contest scale : A realistic gas model of a famous World War fighter that performs like a contest plane -- Army Grasshopper : A flying model Taylorcraft O-57 that provides thrills of a full scale plane --- The answer fro gas fans :build this dual purpose national record holder, it can be flownin either Class A or B contes
Air Age Inc ; Henry Struck, Earl Stahl, Sydney Struhl, Gordon Murray, Sal Taibi, Frank Ehling, William B Schwab, Chester Lanzo, Leon Schulman, Malcolm J Abzug, Russell Simmmons, Elbert J Weathers, Geo Evalenko, Francis P Conant, Joseph Kovel, Donald Mertens, Dick Everett, Vernon Boehle, George H Tweney, Chrster greenberg, Hershel Tumim, H A Thomas, Christian Dean Berger, Roy Marquardt, Frank Tlush, Carl Goldberg, Duane Webber
Verlag: Air Age, New York, [ 1943] c1959?, 1943
- Softcover
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USAJoseph Valles - Books
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Fine. 144 pages 27 cm OCLC 1090892 ; LCCN 44004124 LC TL770 .A38 color art deco design on stiff paper wrappers ; "The present day emphasis on old timers has progressed to the point where it has become necessary to reprint this very popular book of the forties. It was reprinted three times, and then with the…movement to glow engines anre more sophisticated model aircraft it was allowed to go into limbo. Now with the growth of S.A.M. (Society of Antique Modelers) and the trend to nostalgia and the good old days, suddenly Air Age's Gas Models is a thing of the present. Just how timely is unbelievable until one reads the note on page 6, describing the shortage of balsa. Today's shortage of the same product has forced model kit manufacturers to all sorts of extremes to continue manufacturing the products which we cannot do without. In modeling, timeliness is not only today but also the yesterdays and the tomorrows, for which we should be very thankful." ; Contents: The K.G. lives again : how you can build a modern streamline version of the old record-breaking K.G. in which are combined super soaring qualities and a skyrocket climb -- Fokker D-8 contest scale : A realistic gas model of a famous World War fighter that performs like a contest plane -- Army Grasshopper : A flying model Taylorcraft O-57 that provides thrills of a full scale plane --- The answer fro gas fans :build this dual purpose national record holder, it can be flownin either Class A or B contests -- The winged Yankee : A high performance Class A gas model that is wasy to build and operate -- The G.E. Cabinette takes wing -- Controlled Lightning (Control line) -- Gas model Army Scout : a scale model of the Curtiss O-52 observation plane that is easy to build and a most consistent flier -- A record breaking gas model -- How to build a universal one-wheeler -- How to build a three-foot gas model -- Meteor on wings -- The gas Champ -- A four-foot Westerner -- Building the power-house -- An Ercoupe from Lilliput -- Timer's nightmare -- Building the Hornet -- Bird Wing gas model -- The Nationals winning Pacer -- Victory Tailless -- Ways and means of gas model success : Suggestions from an expert that will help to eliminate your crack-ups and increase flight duration -- Model airplane engine directory -- Ellipse area chart -- Wiring system diagram -- Have you discovered crinoline? -- Single-blade free-wheeling prop -- Tricky props for flighty ships -- Does aspect ration increase duration? -- Gas model wing loadings chart -- Stepping up your power -- Taming balky motors -- N.A.C.A. airfoil sections -- Gas model performance chart -- A true pitch gas prop -- Plotting sections the easy way -- Design for performance : a simple method of calculating performance of model planes by a combination of theory and experiment -- Grant airfoil sections -- How to put revs into your gas motor -- A gas model Range Finder -- Bring them down safely! : practical developments of dethermalizing models so they do not fly out of sight ; Copy of Lt. Col. Charles Oliver Fikes (1935-2020), who served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years, at first as an aviation cadet in B-47s at Chennault AFB in 1955, and later as a B-52 pilot. He retired as a Lt. Colonel, and began a career with Eastern Airlines. He retired from Eastern in 1985. Book.
Verlag: Crafts Council, UK, 1984
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Marcus Campbell Art Books, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichMarcus Campbell Art Books
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In den WarenkorbHardback. Zustand: Very good. 19 x 25cm 96pp very good hardback in dust jacket. Contents include: The Yeoman Pottery 1915-1919 and Murray's Teaching and Influence, all supported by colour plus black and white reproductions. William Staite Murray was born in Deptford, London and attended pottery classes at Camberwell School of Ar…ts and Crafts from 1909 - 1912. He worked with Cuthbert Hamilton, a member of the Vorticist group,at the Yeoman Pottery in Kensington before joining the army in 1915. In 1919, after his military service, he set up his own pottery in Rotherhithe, London in the premises of his brother's engineering and foundry works. Although initially influenced by the avant-garde art of the time he became increasingly interested in early Chinese ceramics, under the influence of which he began making high-fired stoneware in an oil-fired kiln.
