Farmer, Philip Jose; Woodcott, Keith [as John Brunner]; Cummings, Ray; Kline, Otis Adelbert; White, James

5 Vintage Ace Science Fiction Pulps: The Gates of Creation; The Martian Sphinx; The Shadow Girl; The Port of Peril; The Escape Orbit

New York: Ace Books, 1960s.

+++ Farmer, Philip Jose; The Gates of Creation; 1981 Cover Art by Gray Morrow. Modest shelf handling; The bindings are tight with a slight lean. Text clean, age-toning is the only flaw to note.

+++ Woodcott, Keith [as John Brunner]; The Martian Sphinx; 1965. First Printing.  Cover Art by John Schoenherr The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, age-toning is the only flaw to note. Appears unread; no spine crease. The interior art is not credited; has Gaughan's initials "JG". Ace F-320

+++ Cummings, Ray; The Shadow Girl; 1962, Minimal shelf handling; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, heavy age-toning is the only flaw to note. Appears unread; no spine crease. Ace D535.

+++ Kline, Otis Adelbert; The Port of Peril; 1964 Cover Art by Roy G. Krenkel, Jr. shelf handling; The bindings are tight with a slight lean. Text clean, age-toning and used book-store stamp. Ace F-294

+++ White, James; The Escape Orbit; 1965 Cover Art by Jack Gaughan; shelf handling; The bindings are tight with a lean. Text clean, age-toning Ace F-317

+++ The Gates of Creation is the second novel in the World of Tiers series. The story continues the adventures of Robert Wolff (also known as Jadawin), who, as a demigod-like Lord, must traverse an elaborate and deadly universe created by his estranged father, Urizen, to rescue his wife, Chryseis. The novel features Farmer’s signature themes of intricate world-building and existential dilemmas.

+++ The Martian Sphinx written by John Brunner under the pseudonym Keith Woodcott, is a short science fiction novel exploring themes of overpopulation, energy crises, and alien discovery.

+++ The Shadow Girl; A science fiction story originally published in Argosy All-Story Weekly in 1929. The novel blends time travel and intrigue, focusing on a mysterious girl from the future who suddenly appears in 1945 New York.

+++ The Escape Orbit (also known as Open Prison) is a classic science fiction novel. It centers on Warren, a Sector Marshal and the highest-ranking officer stranded on a prison planet controlled by an alien race called the Bugs. These aliens confine their prisoners on the planet, ensuring they can't develop advanced technology, while allowing them to organize their lives. The novel explores themes of survival, leadership, and human resilience.

+++ The Port of Peril is the third and final installment in his Venusian series, originally serialized in Weird Tales in 1932 under the title Buccaneers of Venus. The story follows Robert Grandon as he battles pirates, rescues his kidnapped wife Vernia, and leads an alliance against the Huitsenni, a buccaneering race on Venus.

Item #19653

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