I'll kick things off with Cixin Liu. These are his complete works (and adjacent) available in English. All books are first printings.
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Note to self: crop yer pics, foo'! 11-14-2019 09:40 AMur2ndbiggestfanI've heard of this guy, never read any of his novels, but I think I read a translated story in F&SF. Nice un-cropped pictures though! 11-14-2019 10:08 AMWeDealInLeadHe's great. It's hard to talk about why he's great without spoiling the story. The Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy is proof there are still fresh concepts in SF.
If you're at all a fan of Clarke, Asimov, Niven, and even the Hyperion Cantos, chances are you'd like Liu too. Expansive, multi-century, galaxy-wide settings + fresh ideas and moreover, a fresh approach to those ideas.
The trilogy is by far his best work but if you're looking for a standalone novel, The Supernova Era is really good too. It's like The Lord of the Flies but with modern weapons.
Edit: the movie Wandering Earth is on Netflix. 11-14-2019 02:21 PMHunchback JackAgree with the Cixin Liu recommendation. The Remembrance of Earth's Past is a solid, old-school SF trilogy, equal parts hard SF and space opera.
Congrats on the first editions. Very nice, indeed. 11-15-2019 05:45 PMWeDealInLeadThe Tower of Power aka Hyperion Cantos. First printings. I sold the Subterranean set and kept the original editions. I've thought long and hard about it and decided I was pretty underwhelmed by the ascetic approach Subterranean took when they published the series. It didn't make sense to me; a series incredibly rich in imagery and not a single illustration and not even a slipcase to house each of the tomes. I do believe that sometimes less is more but in this case it was a misstep. Anyway, here are the four books.
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Just look at this beauty of cover art in all its wraparound glory:
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I also have the first editions of The Terror and Summer of Night. Once I get The Crook Factory and possibly Prayers to Broken Stones, my personal Simmons set will be complete. 11-15-2019 05:54 PMHunchback JackI tend to agree with you about the SubPress editions - and I'm a huge fan of SubPress. I have both the SubPress and US first editions you display above, but if I had to sell a set, my SubPress ones would go.
Very nice indeed. A very entertaining series. Simmons has been posting new Hyperion-related prose snippets on his Facebook page with new illustrations done by various artists. No explanation as to whether he's noodling with ideas for a new novel, a short story collection, an illustrated guide to the Hegemony of Man, or none of the above. But there may be new Hyperion fiction in our future.
HBJ 11-15-2019 06:17 PMur2ndbiggestfanVery colorful. Another author I've yet to explore. 11-16-2019 01:37 PMWeDealInLeadHere's the complete set of PKD's short stories. Published by Subterranean Press in two states. I chose the trade editions as the signed ones didn't have any extras. Yes, I've read them all.
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Spoiler: 11-16-2019 01:50 PMHunchback JackThat’s a great collection! Congrats! 11-16-2019 03:47 PMur2ndbiggestfanNow those I really like! 11-26-2019 04:04 PMWeDealInLeadHere are more point and click pics taken with my ancient phone. I gave it a push and, hey, it turned on. This is almost everything I have by Harlan Ellison. He's super fun to collect; he wrote a lot and most of the books aren't too expensive.
The family:
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A little bit closer:
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I love me a good omnibus edition so here's a full set of Abbey Edgeworks hardcovers:
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Closeups of the few limited editions I'm lucky enough to have:
Slippage from Ziesings.
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No Doors, No Windows. Borderlands Press.
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Ellison Wonderland with the bonus hardcover Pebbles from the Mountain. PS Publishing. 200 made.
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Ellison's bibliography. It's an indispensable resource for fans and collectors both:
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Spoiler: 11-26-2019 08:07 PMur2ndbiggestfanThe Ellisons are GREAT! I have those plus a couple more. 11-27-2019 03:42 AMStockerloneSUPERNICE COLLECTION !!! 11-27-2019 09:17 AMWeDealInLead 12-16-2019 07:38 PMWeDealInLeadChildhood's End is okay I suppose...
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The two book ACC set Centipede has already published wasn't a total catastrophe either.
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Matched numbers are just terrible too. Who cares, right?
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The set is The City and the Stars and Against the Fall of Night. I'd love it if CP would keep on publishing Clarke's classic books. 12-16-2019 07:47 PMur2ndbiggestfanYeah, what a bunch of just 'okay' stuff!!! 12-16-2019 07:51 PMGarrellVery pretty books, well done 12-16-2019 11:18 PMLurkerGreat, especially Cixin and Simmons. Now I'm going to have to check cause I'm not sure I have all those Cixins 12-18-2019 01:45 PMBrian861Great new collection thread! 12-18-2019 09:41 PMScoogsChildhood's End really turned out great! 12-22-2019 04:09 PMlotuzLoving this thread! Those are some great sets.
I also agree with the general dissatisfaction with the Sub Press treatment of the Hyperion cantos. Maybe dissatisfaction is too strong a word. I just love that series so much, and I think they deserve something special. What they got was a B-series Sub Press treatment, when they deserve so much more. Especially the lettered - Sub Press can do a great lettered edition when they really try. I'd love to see another publisher take a go at them!
Thanks for sharing - excited to see more :) 12-22-2019 08:30 PMHunchback JackAgree (again). As much as I loathe to be negative about SubPress - they have done some stunning editions over the years - I think they fell short on the Hyperion Cantos. They elected to do an oversized edition, which added cost at the expense of features such as a slipcase, two-color printing, or any interior illustrations. Even the lettered editions were somewhat lacklustre (which is why I don't have a set, despite my enthusiasm for the series).
(Compare to, say, the lettered edition they did of Black Hills, which is absolutely stunning, it's really surprising they made the choices they did for Hyperion, which is far more popular and revered. Or Drood, for pity's sake.)
Anyway, great additions, WeDealInLead! That CP Childhood's End is just stunning. Congrats!
HBJ 03-13-2020 02:22 PMWeDealInLeadFour new Ellison acquisitions. I updated the master Ellison post with individuals and closeups. The four books are as follows: Under Glass from Charnel House, unsigned but still very limited with only 250 made; signed first printing of Strange Wine (this wasn't easy to find in good condition), trade edition of Mefisto in Onyx (found it for four bucks in the Frank Miller section at my comic store), S/L of The Beast that Shouted Love.... from Borderlands at half the usual price.
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I wonder what the holdup is on the signed and lettered editions of ELLISON UNDER GLASS? They are overdue. 03-13-2020 02:49 PMWeDealInLeadThree new Powers books. Yes, this means a Powers "master" post is finally coming. I've decided to figuratively get off my ass and literally sit on it to upload the billion pics I took today. Anyway, top to bottom it's as follows:
The Drawing of the Dark, lettered edition of 30 (weird, huh?) from Hypatia, Where They Are Hid S/N from Charnel House, The Stress of Her Regard S/N from Charnel House. I know the lettered Drawing looks damaged but that's just the seam on the slipcase.
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