These are books that we have for the most part read and enjoyed. They were obtained by us through special bulk purchases or as remainders. They are all in very good to fine condition unless otherwise noted. Orders for these books may be combined with other Tachyon titles or ordered separately. Postage is $2.00 per book for the two books with no charge thereafter. For first class priority mail add an additional $1.20. All UPS shipments are $6.00.

The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S. Beagle
$8.50 ($16.95 retail) Turner Publishing, hardcover
". . . holds the same magic as The Last Unicorn . . . . There's laughter and grief and courage and self-sacrifice-and faith in all these things that make life worth living. I am grateful to Peter Beagle for continuing to be one of my favorite authors."
-Madeline L'Engle

Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick
$11.50 ($23.00 retail) Avon, hardcover
". . . madly ambitious and brilliantly executed, recasting the entire history of science in a wholly original version of our culture’s central myth of knowledge, power, and sorrow."
-William Gibson

Cloud’s End by Sean Stewart
$10.00 ($19.95 retail) Ace, hardcover
One of the best novels by one of our favorite authors. If you haven’t yet read Stewart’s Mockingbird, you’ve missed the best fantasy novel written in the last ten years.

Once Around the Block by Robert Bloch
$7.50 ($14.95) Tor, paperbound
Learn how a couple of science fiction fans changed the face of Minnesota politics in this hysterically funny autobiography by the author of Psycho. "Brilliant, loopy, Blochian"
-Kirkus Reviews

Escape from Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson
$6.50 ($12.95 retail) Orb, paperbound
Humorous adventure novel by the author of Red Mars.

Don’t Tell the Grown-Ups by Alison Lurie
$7.00 ($14.00 retail) Back Bay Books, paperbound
Subtitled The Subversive Power of Children’s Literature, this excellent collection contains essays about A.A. Milne, Beatrix Potter, J.R.R Tolkien. Kate Greenaway, and others.

Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
$11.50 ($23.00 retail) Avonova/Morrow, hardcover
The novella version of this novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. The novel version was nominated for both awards. "A stunningly good book."
-John Clute

Bloodchild by Octavia Butler
$9.00 (18.00 retail) Four Wall Eight Windows, hardcover
Short collection by one of the few black women to write science fiction. Includes all of Butler's published short fiction, and two essays. In addition to "Bloodchild" and "Speech Sounds," which both won the Hugo Award, it includes the lesser known but equally poignant "The Evening and the Morning and the Night." Small remainder mark across bottom.

Time on My Hands by Peter Delacorte
$11.50 ($23.00 retail) Scribner, hardcover
A fun read. Time travel novel in which a writer travels back in time to the Hollywood of the late 1930s to stop Ronald Reagan from becoming president and thus making the world a nicer place to live in. He attempts to divert Reagan from his political career by transforming him into a successful actor. This book, published as a mainstream novel, was one of the best books we read in 1997. "Full of . . . delicious ironies . . . especially for anyone with an interest in the politics and movies of the last sixty years." -Chicago Tribune

The Amber Gods by Harriet Prescott Spofford
$5.00 ($15.00 retail) Rutgers University Press, paperbound
Short story collection by a New England woman in the tradition of Poe and Hawthorne. Most of her stories were published in the 1860's.

Unconquered Countries by Geoff Ryman
$10.50 ($20.95 retail) St. Martin's Press, hardcover
Short story collection by author of Was and The Child Garden. The title novella won the 1985 World Fantasy Award. Ryman won both the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell awards in 1990. .

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
$11.50 ($23.00 retail) Villard, hardcover
Wonderful first novel. Story of Jesuits encountering a new world and making a mess of things. Some shelf wear and small remainder mark on bottom of book.

Children of God by Maria Doria Russell
$12.00 ($23.95 retail) Villard hardcover
Sequel to The Sparrow.

The Off Season by Jack Cady
$12.00 ($23.95 retail) St. Martin's Press, hardcover
". . . without a doubt Cady's funniest, weirdest, most original, and-literally-spookiest novel yet. His treatment of time, ghosts, and cats makes me downright envious. I couldn't have written this one, but I wish I'd thought of it."-Peter Beagle. Some shelf wear on top of spine.

The Sweetheart Season by Karen Joy Fowler
$11.50 ($23.00 retail) Henry Holt
Mainstream novel by the author of Sarah Canary, Artificial Things, and Black Glass. Its about cooking and baseball. Simply a great novel.

Black Glass by Karen Joy Fowler
$11.50 ($23.00 retail) Henry Holt
Wonderful collection of short stories. Remainder mark across top of book.

One Day Closer to Death by Bradley Denton
$12.00 ($23.95 retail) St. Martin’s Press, hardcover
Very strong collection of short stories, includes "The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians."

Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
$3.00 ($5.95 retail) Signet Classic, paperbound
Contains her early feminist utopian novel (1915) and the even better horror story "The Yellow Wallpaper." Also contains several previously uncollected stories.

Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn, Volume 2 edited by Peter S. Beagle and Janet Berliner
$3.00 (5.99 retail) HarperPrism, paperback
This second collection of unicorn stories features excellent stories by Peter S. Beagle, Karen Joy Fowler, and David Smeds, among others.

Classics of the Horror Film by William K. Everson
$8.50 ($17.95 retail) Citadel Press, oversized paperback
This large picturebook contains 39 extremely well written, thought-provoking essays on horror films from obscure silent movies like The Magician and The Man Who Laughs to The Exorcist. Many photographs all in black and white. This book is the best treatment of the horror cinema that we've ever seen.