You say 'sigh-fi' I say 'skiffy'...
Feb. 19th, 2004 02:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blahflowersThanks for everyone that contributed to the graphic novels list, I've added pretty much everything anyone suggested so I'll let you know how i got on when I've been down there next week. If I can impose on your collective brainpower a bit more, I also have to spend £5,000 on science-fiction.
What follows is the list of stuff I'm buying, but I'm also buying everything from The Orion Science-Fiction/Fantasy Masterworks lists so if you don't see something immediately obvious in the list, if it's a 'classic' I'm getting it.
I've gone through the Gollancz sci-fi list as well and added a fair number of them in, despite their identikit, unappealing yellow covers. I feel I've got a good spread of 'golden age of sci-fi' stuff so I feel I should concentrate on adding more stuff from the last decade or so, so if anyone can make suggestions I'd be grateful. However, there is a different member of staff doing horror books, which is why I haven't got any Anne Rice or Stephen Kings in here.
Adams, Douglas The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (Omnibus)
Anderson, Poul Tau Zero (Gollancz SF)
Asimov, Isaac The Caves of Steel, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation’s Edge, Foundation and Earth, The End of Eternity (Gollancz SF)
Ballard, J.G. Crash
Banks, Iain M Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, The State of the Art, Against a Dark Background, Feersum Endjinn, Excession, Inversions, Look to Windward
Bear, Greg Eon, Eternity
Bishop, M No Enemy But Time (Gollancz SF), Philip K. Dick is Dead Alas
Bova, Ben Mars, Return to Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter,
Brooks, Terry The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, The Wishsong of Shannara, Jarka Ruus, Running With the Demon, A Knight of the Word, Angel Fire East
Brunner, John The Sheep Look Up, Zanzibar (Stand on Zanzibar?), The Jagged Orbit (Gollancz SF), Shockwave Rider
Butler, Octavia Wild Seed (Gollancz SF)
Cadigan, Pat Mindplayers (Gollancz SF)
Carroll, Jonathan The Marriage of Sticks, White Apples, The Wooden Sea,
Chesterton, G.K. The Man Who Was Thursday
Clark, Arthur C. 2001, 2010, 3001, Rendezvous with Rama, Rama II, Garden of Rama, Rama Revealed
Clement, Hal Mission of Gravity (Gollancz SF)
Constantine, Storm Wraeththu, Hermetech, Sea Dragon Heir, Crown of Silence, The Way of Light
Crowley, John Beasts (Gollancz SF)
Delany, Samuel R. The Jewels of Aptor (Gollancz SF)
Dick, Philip K. Our Friends From Frolix 8
Dick, Philip K. We Can Build You
Donaldson, Stephen Gap Into Conflict, Gap Into Vision, Gap Into Power, Gap Into Madness, Gap Into Ruin, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (omnibus)
Eddings, David Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magicians Gambit, Castle of Wizardry, Enchanter’s End Game, The Elder Gods, Regina’s Song
Fowler, Karen Joy Artificial Things
Frank, Pat Alas Babylon
Gaiman, Neil Smoke and Mirrors, American Gods
Galouye, Daniel F. Dark Universe (Gollancz SF)
Gemmell, David Drenai Tales, Stones of Power, The Swords of Night and Day, White Wolf
Gibson, William Difference Engine, Pattern Recognition, Neuromancer
Guess, Carol Switch
Haldeman, Joe Mindbridge (Gollancz SF)
Harrison, Harry A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! (Gollancz SF)
Heinlein, Robert A Stranger in a Strange Land, The Door into Summer (Gollancz SF)
Herbert, Frank (Getting Dune as part of masterworks series), Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapterhouse Dune
Herbert, Brian Prelude to Dune: House Atreides, House Harkonnen, House Corrino, Legends of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade
Holland, Cecelia Floating Worlds (Gollancz SF)
Jordan, Robert The Eye in the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Fires of Heaven
Knutter, Henry Fury (Gollancz SF)
Le Guin, Ursula The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, City of Illusions (Gollancz SF)
Leiber, Fritz The Big Time
McCaffrey, Anne Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, Dragonsdawn, Renegades of Pern, Dolphins of Pern
Mieville, China King Rat, Perdido Street Station, The Scar
Miller Jr, Walter M The Best of Walter M. Miler Jr (Gollancz SF)
Moorcock, Michael Von Bek, The Eternal Champion, Hawkmoon
Morrow, James This is the way the world ends (Gollancz SF)
Noon, Jeff Vurt, Pollen, Automated Alice, Nymphomation, Needle in the Groove
Peake, Mervyn Gormenghast Trilogy
Piercy, Marge Woman on the Edge of Time
Pohl, Frederick Wolfbane
Pratchett, Terry The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort, Sourcery, Wyrd Sisters, Pyramids, Guards Guards, Eric, Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, Witches Abroad, Small Gods, Lords and Ladies, Men at Arms, Soul Music, Interesting Times, Maskerade, Feet of Clay, Hogfather, Jingo, The Last Continent, Carpe Jugulum, The Fifth Elephant, The Truth, Thief of Time, Night Watch, The Last Hero, Monstrous Regiment, Good Omens
Pullman, Philip Northern Lights (Adult Edition), The Subtle Knife (Adult Edition), The Amber Spyglass (Adult Edition)
Rankin, Robert The Book of Ultimate Truths, Raiders of the Lost Car Park, The Greatest Show Off Earth, The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived, A Dog Called Demolition, Nostradamus Ate My Hamster, Sprout Mask Replica, Apocalypso, Snuff Fiction, Sex and Drugs and Sausage rolls, Waiting for Godalming, Web Site Story, Fandom of the Operator, Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, The Witches of Chiswick.
Robinson, Kim Stanley The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, Pacific Edge, Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (All books, Adult Editions)
Russ, Joanna The Female Man
Shaw, Bob Orbitsville (Gollancz SF) A Wreath of Stars (Gollancz SF)
Shepherd, Lucius Life During Wartime
Silverberg, Robert Downward to the Earth
Simak, Clifford D. Way Station (Gollancz SF)
Sladek, John The Reproductive System (Gollancz SF) Tik-Tok (Gollancz SF)
Smith, Michael Marshall Only Forward, Spares, One of Us, What You Make It
Sterling, Bruce Distraction
Sturgeon, Theodore The Dreaming Jewels (Gollancz SF)
Tolkien, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings (Single Volume and Trilogy)
Vance, Jack Big Planet (Gollancz SF)
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five, Cat’s Cradle, Mother Night
Watson, Ian The Embedding (Gollancz SF), The Jonah Kit (Gollancz SF)
Wilson, Robert Anton Illuminatus ! Trilogy, Schrodingers cat Trilogy
What follows is the list of stuff I'm buying, but I'm also buying everything from The Orion Science-Fiction/Fantasy Masterworks lists so if you don't see something immediately obvious in the list, if it's a 'classic' I'm getting it.
I've gone through the Gollancz sci-fi list as well and added a fair number of them in, despite their identikit, unappealing yellow covers. I feel I've got a good spread of 'golden age of sci-fi' stuff so I feel I should concentrate on adding more stuff from the last decade or so, so if anyone can make suggestions I'd be grateful. However, there is a different member of staff doing horror books, which is why I haven't got any Anne Rice or Stephen Kings in here.
Adams, Douglas The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (Omnibus)
Anderson, Poul Tau Zero (Gollancz SF)
Asimov, Isaac The Caves of Steel, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation’s Edge, Foundation and Earth, The End of Eternity (Gollancz SF)
Ballard, J.G. Crash
Banks, Iain M Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, The State of the Art, Against a Dark Background, Feersum Endjinn, Excession, Inversions, Look to Windward
Bear, Greg Eon, Eternity
Bishop, M No Enemy But Time (Gollancz SF), Philip K. Dick is Dead Alas
Bova, Ben Mars, Return to Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter,
Brooks, Terry The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, The Wishsong of Shannara, Jarka Ruus, Running With the Demon, A Knight of the Word, Angel Fire East
Brunner, John The Sheep Look Up, Zanzibar (Stand on Zanzibar?), The Jagged Orbit (Gollancz SF), Shockwave Rider
Butler, Octavia Wild Seed (Gollancz SF)
Cadigan, Pat Mindplayers (Gollancz SF)
Carroll, Jonathan The Marriage of Sticks, White Apples, The Wooden Sea,
Chesterton, G.K. The Man Who Was Thursday
Clark, Arthur C. 2001, 2010, 3001, Rendezvous with Rama, Rama II, Garden of Rama, Rama Revealed
Clement, Hal Mission of Gravity (Gollancz SF)
Constantine, Storm Wraeththu, Hermetech, Sea Dragon Heir, Crown of Silence, The Way of Light
Crowley, John Beasts (Gollancz SF)
Delany, Samuel R. The Jewels of Aptor (Gollancz SF)
Dick, Philip K. Our Friends From Frolix 8
Dick, Philip K. We Can Build You
Donaldson, Stephen Gap Into Conflict, Gap Into Vision, Gap Into Power, Gap Into Madness, Gap Into Ruin, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (omnibus)
Eddings, David Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magicians Gambit, Castle of Wizardry, Enchanter’s End Game, The Elder Gods, Regina’s Song
Fowler, Karen Joy Artificial Things
Frank, Pat Alas Babylon
Gaiman, Neil Smoke and Mirrors, American Gods
Galouye, Daniel F. Dark Universe (Gollancz SF)
Gemmell, David Drenai Tales, Stones of Power, The Swords of Night and Day, White Wolf
Gibson, William Difference Engine, Pattern Recognition, Neuromancer
Guess, Carol Switch
Haldeman, Joe Mindbridge (Gollancz SF)
Harrison, Harry A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! (Gollancz SF)
Heinlein, Robert A Stranger in a Strange Land, The Door into Summer (Gollancz SF)
Herbert, Frank (Getting Dune as part of masterworks series), Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapterhouse Dune
Herbert, Brian Prelude to Dune: House Atreides, House Harkonnen, House Corrino, Legends of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade
Holland, Cecelia Floating Worlds (Gollancz SF)
Jordan, Robert The Eye in the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Fires of Heaven
Knutter, Henry Fury (Gollancz SF)
Le Guin, Ursula The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, City of Illusions (Gollancz SF)
Leiber, Fritz The Big Time
McCaffrey, Anne Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, Dragonsdawn, Renegades of Pern, Dolphins of Pern
Mieville, China King Rat, Perdido Street Station, The Scar
Miller Jr, Walter M The Best of Walter M. Miler Jr (Gollancz SF)
Moorcock, Michael Von Bek, The Eternal Champion, Hawkmoon
Morrow, James This is the way the world ends (Gollancz SF)
Noon, Jeff Vurt, Pollen, Automated Alice, Nymphomation, Needle in the Groove
Peake, Mervyn Gormenghast Trilogy
Piercy, Marge Woman on the Edge of Time
Pohl, Frederick Wolfbane
Pratchett, Terry The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort, Sourcery, Wyrd Sisters, Pyramids, Guards Guards, Eric, Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, Witches Abroad, Small Gods, Lords and Ladies, Men at Arms, Soul Music, Interesting Times, Maskerade, Feet of Clay, Hogfather, Jingo, The Last Continent, Carpe Jugulum, The Fifth Elephant, The Truth, Thief of Time, Night Watch, The Last Hero, Monstrous Regiment, Good Omens
Pullman, Philip Northern Lights (Adult Edition), The Subtle Knife (Adult Edition), The Amber Spyglass (Adult Edition)
Rankin, Robert The Book of Ultimate Truths, Raiders of the Lost Car Park, The Greatest Show Off Earth, The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived, A Dog Called Demolition, Nostradamus Ate My Hamster, Sprout Mask Replica, Apocalypso, Snuff Fiction, Sex and Drugs and Sausage rolls, Waiting for Godalming, Web Site Story, Fandom of the Operator, Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, The Witches of Chiswick.
Robinson, Kim Stanley The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, Pacific Edge, Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (All books, Adult Editions)
Russ, Joanna The Female Man
Shaw, Bob Orbitsville (Gollancz SF) A Wreath of Stars (Gollancz SF)
Shepherd, Lucius Life During Wartime
Silverberg, Robert Downward to the Earth
Simak, Clifford D. Way Station (Gollancz SF)
Sladek, John The Reproductive System (Gollancz SF) Tik-Tok (Gollancz SF)
Smith, Michael Marshall Only Forward, Spares, One of Us, What You Make It
Sterling, Bruce Distraction
Sturgeon, Theodore The Dreaming Jewels (Gollancz SF)
Tolkien, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings (Single Volume and Trilogy)
Vance, Jack Big Planet (Gollancz SF)
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five, Cat’s Cradle, Mother Night
Watson, Ian The Embedding (Gollancz SF), The Jonah Kit (Gollancz SF)
Wilson, Robert Anton Illuminatus ! Trilogy, Schrodingers cat Trilogy
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Date: 2004-02-19 07:14 am (UTC)I've no idea whether any of these are in print on your side of the puddle, but if they are add: When the King Comes Home, Caroline Stevemer; Nobody's Son, Cloud's End, and Resurrection Man, Sean Stewart; The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Patricia McKillip; Norstrillia and any other collection of Cordwainer Smith.
---L.