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Somehow this wound up in the $2 clearance section. Twenty previously published works that represent a retrospective of Ellison's short stories from 1956-1969. The common theme in these stories is man's isolation and alienation; alienation from his time, from his planet, from others, and even from himself. Cover artist is #BradJohannsen.

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Stanley G. Weinbaum is most likely best known for his highly influential 1934 short story "A Martian Odyssey". Unfortunately, he died 17 months after its publication, with most of his work not yet published. This is the first of his 3 posthumously released novels. The story is about a superman (Übermensch). Not in the Nietzschean sense of a human being whose fitness, potency and power are elevated to the nth degree, nor like the contemplative, serene and intellectual human superman of H.G. Wells. Edmond Hall, the titular new Adam, is the first person to appear in the further evolutionary development of homo sapiens. He was born with a "double mind", each of which can be working on a separate track simultaneously. Each half is capable of independent thought, engaging in conversation with the other, and individually developing different solutions to problems. Cover artist is #JeffJones.

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First US paperback edition of this collection of 12 previously published stories by one of the strangest writers from the Golden Age of Sci Fi. "The Replicators" first appeared in the 2/1956 issue of Worlds of If Magazine, "The First Martian" first appeared in the 8/1951 issue of Marvel Science Fiction Magazine, "The Purpose" first appeared in the 5/1945 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, "The Replicators" first appeared in the 4/1949 issue of Super Science Stories Magazine, "The Cataaaaa" first appeared in the 7/1947 issue of Fantasy Book Magazine, "Automaton" first appeared in the 9/1950 issue of Other Worlds Science Stories Magazine, "Itself!" first appeared in the 7/1963 issue of Gamma Magazine, "Process" first appeared in the 12/1950 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, “Not the First" first appeared in the 4/1941 issue of Astounding Science-Fiction Magazine, "Fulfillment" first appeared in the "New Tales of Space and Time" anthology in 1951, "Ship of Darkness" first appeared in the 2/1948 issue of Fantasy Book Magazine, and "The Ultra Man" first appeared in the 5/1966 issue of Worlds of Tomorrow Magazine. Cover artist is #JeffJones.

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This fix-up novel was a nominee for the 1972 Locus Award for Best Novel, being beaten out by Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Lathe of Heaven". It takes place on Earth in the year 2381, where population has grown to a staggering 75 billion. The Government has adapted to this situation by housing people in massive skyscrapers, "Urban Monads", each a thousand stories high and containing close to a million residents per building. The population growth has skyrocketed due to a quasi-religious belief in human reproduction as the highest possible good. The six stories that comprise the novel were previously published: "A Happy Day in 2381" first appeared in the "Nova 1" anthology in 1970, "Science Against Man" first appeared in the "Science Against Man" anthology in 1970, "All the Way Up, All the Way Down" first appeared in the 7/1971 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, "The Throwbacks" first appeared in the 7/1970 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, "We Are Well Organized" first appeared in the 12/1970 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine , and "The World Outside" first appeared in the 10/1970 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. Cover artist is #JamesStarrett.

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Excellent collection of 12 stories written by a wide range of authors from Dostoevsky to Bierce to Kuttner to Borges and more. All of the stories have theme of dreams; funny dreams, frightening dreams, puzzling dreams and thought-provoking dreams. Not a stinker in the bunch. Cover artist is uncredited and unknown.

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Collection of 24 short stories that were all previously published in various magazines. A few of these stories were adapted for other media: "All the Time in the World" was adapted into an episode of "Tales of Tomorrow" which aired on 13.Jun.1952. "The Star" was adapted into an eponymous short which aired on the 20.Dec.1985 episode of the first reboot of "The Twilight Zone". Mike Oldfield released an entire album based on, and entitled, "The Songs of Distant Earth" in 1994. It was also released as an Enhanced CD with multi-media interactive exploration animation software on some of the locations from the book. Cover artist is #FernandoFernandez.

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I probably should have posted this on 1/2 on what would have been ol' Izzy's 101st birthday. This is a fixup novel of previously published stories, which Asimov wanted to call "Mind and Iron". Over his objections, publisher Gnome Press instead chose "I, Robot" which was actually already the title of a book by Eando Binder that had influenced Asimov. "Robbie" was first published in the 9/1940 issue Super Science Stories Magazine as "Strange Playfellow", "Runaround" was first published in the 3/1942 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, "Reason" was first published in the 3/1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, "Catch that Rabbit" was first published in the 2/1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, "Liar!" was first published in the 5/1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, "Little Lost Robot" was first published in the 3/1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, "Escape!" was first published in the 8/1945 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine as "Paradoxical Escape", "Evidence" was first published in the 9/1946 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, and "The Evitable Conflict" was first published in the 6/1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. Cover artist is uncredited and unknown.

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First and only US paperback edition of Neville's 2nd novel. This is a reworked and expanded version of his story "Earth Alert!" which first appeared in the 2/1953 issue of Imagination Magazine. Alien race hiding behind the moon while planning an Earth invasion. Clones. Psychic powers. Double crosses. And mutants!

Cover artist is uncredited and unknown.

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Another Ace Double that was hidden in the clearance section.

"Demons' World" takes place on a world where Humans live in warrens and survive by making raids into the food supplies of the “Demons”, which are beings that are hundreds of feet high. Civilization has developed into strict stratum: Controllers, Soldiers (who wage wars against other warrens of people), Foragers (who get food) and Laborers. Only the Foragers ever encounter the Demons, who are widely believed to be a myth among the dwellers of the warrens. Class war ensues.

"I Want the Stars" is Purdom's first novel. It takes place hundreds of years in the future where humanity has reached the stars. Humans and all of the other starfaring races are peaceful beings, with war being a concept confined to the planet-bound races. After a disastrous encounter with a telepathic, xenophobic alien race, a human expedition team seek help from a benevolent alien race who runs a "planetoid university". These aliens have made it their mission to enlighten the warlike races still lacking space travel. Things do not go as planned.

Cover artist on "Demons' World" is #JackGaughan. Cover artist on "I Want the Stars" is #EdEmshwiller.

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First US paperback edition of this collection of 3 previously published stories: "Hiding Place" appeared in the 3/1961 issue of Analog Science Fact/Fiction Magazine, "Territory" appeared in the 6/1963 issue of Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction Magazine & "The Master Key" appeared in the 7/1964 issue of Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction. It is also the second book in the "Future History of the Polesotechnic League" series, preceded by "War of the Wing-Men" (1958) and followed by "The Trouble Twisters" (1966).

The Polesotechnic League is a loose confederation of free enterprise merchants and corporations bound together for protection. One of the most powerful companies in the League is the Solar Spice & Liquors Company. These stories follow its president: the corpulent, flamboyant, capitalist adventurer Nicholas van Rijn.

Cover artist is #PaulLehr.

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Oh, I’m festive...I’m very festive...fa la la la la la la. See?