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The Issue At Hand

By: James Blish

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For several years, hiding under a cloak of anonymity, the most penetrating critic of the field of magazine science fiction was known as 'William Atheling, Jr'. it soon became a challenge to guess his real identity. And that was no easy game, for Atheling's dissection did not spare even his alter ego, the noted science fiction writer James Blish. Here, then, is a collection of William Atheling's critiques of SF magazines covering the period 1952 - 1963. no subject is too sacred or taboo for Atheling's shredding typewriter: from sex to God, from religion to satirical poetry. No author, however fragile, is spared the bloody mark of his relentless ;ash; from Anderson to Heinlein to Wyndham, and all stops in between. A vastly entertaining collection in its own right, The Issue at Hand is also a first-class primer for new writer and seasoned professional alike.

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Hachette UK

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0575104201

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A Case of Conscience

By: James Blish

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A Case of Conscience

By: James Blish

A space-traveling Jesuit priest confronts a moral but godless alien race in this Hugo Award–winning novel by the author of the Cities in Flight saga. Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man, a Jesuit priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He doesn’t feel any genuine conflicts in his belief system—until he is sent to Lithia. The reptilian inhabitants of this distant world appear to be admirable in every way. Untroubled by greed or lust, they live in peace. But they have no concept of God, no literature, and no art. They rely purely on cold reason. But something darker lies beneath the surface: Do the Lithians pose a hidden threat? The answers that unfold could affect the fate of two worlds. Will Ruiz-Sanchez, a priest driven by his deeply human understanding of good and evil, do the right thing when confronted by a race that is alien to its core? The Science Fiction Encyclopedia lauds A Case of Conscience as “one of the first serious attempts to deal with religion [in science fiction], and [it] remains one of the most sophisticated. It is generally regarded as an SF classic.” Readers of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy, Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow, or Walter M. Miller Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz will find this award-winning novel a gripping, compelling exploration of some of the most intractable and important questions faced by the human species. Includes an introduction by Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Greg Bear.

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167

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Open Road Media

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1504042441

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9781504042444

The Thing in the Attic

By: James Blish

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The Thing in the Attic

By: James Blish

A small group of intellectuals from a primitive culture of modified monkey-like humans are banished from the treetops for heresy. In their exile on the ground they have to adapt to vastly different circumstances, fight monsters resembling dinosaurs, and finally happen upon the godly giants, whose existence they had questioned.

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Simon and Schuster

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1681462990

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9781681462998

Star Trek

The Classic Episodes

By: James Blish

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Star Trek

The Classic Episodes

By: James Blish

Contains 25 stories adapted from Star Trek's dazzling second season.

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660

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Spectra

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0553291394

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9780553291391

Black Easter

By: James Blish

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Black Easter

By: James Blish

A novel about a practitioner of witchcraft who is asked to use his powers to kill a powerful politician

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172

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0380595680

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9780380595686

Star Trek

The Classic Episodes 3

By: James Blish,J. A. Lawrence,Norman Spinrad

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Star Trek

The Classic Episodes 3

By: James Blish,J. A. Lawrence,Norman Spinrad

Features twenty-four classic adaptations from Star Trek's third season, plus a new introduction, production credits, and production stills

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627

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Spectra

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0553291408

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9780553291407

The Tale that Wags the God

By: James Blish

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The Tale that Wags the God

By: James Blish

This is a posthumous collection of Blish essays, mostly on science fiction and fantasy. These include studies of Poul Anderson, James Branch Cabell, and the application of Spengler to science fiction. Other pieces range from "Music of the Absurd" (modern music--more fantastic than any fiction!) to the autobiographical "A Science Fiction Coming of Age" (focused on Blish's childhood), and a conversation with Brian Aldiss that reveals the emotion behind Blish the man and his fiction, as well as his intellect. Blish's comments in his two previous Advent books (The Issue at Hand and More Issues at Hand) were intended primarily for writers, although readers found his criticism fascinating as well. The essays in this collection are more generalized and theoretical. The five essays in Part I are thematically linked, and present a mosaic of Blish's view of science fiction, helping place it in the general context of art, literature, and life. Together, these essays seem to form part of the extended theoretical and historical work that many critics and writers wished Blish would write. Alas, he died too soon. Last but not least is a very detailed 96-page Bibliography of the Works of James Blish, by his widow, Judith Lawrence Blish.

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Advent Pub Incorporated

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0911682295

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9780911682298

Star Trek

The Classic Episodes

By: James Blish

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Star Trek

The Classic Episodes

By: James Blish

Features 27 stories adapted from Star Trek's landmark first season.

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Spectra

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0553291386

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9780553291384

Welcome To Mars

A Haertel Scholium Book

By: James Blish

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Welcome To Mars

A Haertel Scholium Book

By: James Blish

Dolph Haertel had made history. An incredible anti-gravity discovery, made entirely through his own efforts, had put him miles ahead of the professionals in the space race - and now he was setting off to prove his theories by travelling alone to Mars! The journey went perfectly - until Dolph actually landed on the Red Planet. There, he discovered a fault in his ship that couldn't be repaired without a vital - and missing - spare part. And Dolph Haertel, first Martian explorer, was marooned. His situation was critical. And his only hope lay with the one person to whom he had confided his secret of space travel. But would that person be able to find him in time . . . ?

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109

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Hachette UK

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0575104198

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9780575104198

Three for Tomorrow

Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction

By: Robert Silverberg,Roger Zelazny,James Blish

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Three for Tomorrow

Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction

By: Robert Silverberg,Roger Zelazny,James Blish

Three tales of science fiction: "How It Was When the Past Went Away," "The Eve of RUMOKO," "We All Die Naked.

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0575005467

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9780575005464

Cities in Flight

By: James Blish

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Cities in Flight

By: James Blish

Cities in Flight brings together the famed "Okie novels" of science fiction master James Blish. Named after the migrant workers of America's Dust Bowl, these novels convey Blish's "history of the future," a brilliant story where cities roam the Galaxy looking for work and a sustainable way of life. In the first novel, They Shall Have Stars, man has thoroughly explored the Solar System, yet the dream of going even further seams to have died in all but one man. His battle to realize his dream results in two momentous discoveries--antigravity and the secret of immortality. In A Life for the Stars, it is centuries later and antigravity generations have enabled whole cities to lift off the surface of the earth to become galactic wanderers. In Earthman, Come Home, the nomadic cities revert to barbarism and marauding rogue cities begin to pose a threat to all civilized worlds. An armada of renegade cities attempts to destroy Earth, their ancient birthplace. In the final novel, The Triumph of Time, history repeats itself as the cities once again journey back in to space making a terrifying discovery which could destroy the entire Universe. A serious and haunting vision of our world and its limits, Cities in Flight marks the return to print on one of science fiction's masterpieces.

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324

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Baen Books

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0671720503

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9780671720506

And All the Stars a Stage

By: James Blish

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And All the Stars a Stage

By: James Blish

A somewhat abridged version of this novel first appeared in Amazing science fiction stories, vol. 34, nos. 6 and 7, June and July 1960.

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0380617390

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9780380617395

The Star Trek Reader

By: James Blish,Gene Roddenberry

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The Star Trek Reader

By: James Blish,Gene Roddenberry

Episodes from the popular TV series, many of which have been selected by fans themselves, have been adapted into short stories

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422

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E P Dutton

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0841504679

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9780841504677

A Torrent of Faces

By: James Blish,Norman L. Knight

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A Torrent of Faces

By: James Blish,Norman L. Knight

Science fiction-roman.

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Arrow

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0099170604

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9780099170600

Book's by James Blish

The Issue At Hand

The Issue At Hand

A Case of Conscience

A Case of Conscience

The Thing in the Attic

The Thing in the Attic

Star Trek

Star Trek

Black Easter

Black Easter

Star Trek

Star Trek

The Tale that Wags the God

The Tale that Wags the God

Star Trek

Star Trek

Welcome To Mars

Welcome To Mars

Three for Tomorrow

Three for Tomorrow

Cities in Flight

Cities in Flight

And All the Stars a Stage

And All the Stars a Stage

The Star Trek Reader

The Star Trek Reader

A Torrent of Faces

A Torrent of Faces

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