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The Ape, the Idiot, and Other People. William C. Morrrow.

September 16, 2018

By Scott Givens

The Ape, the Idiot, and Other People William C. Morrow Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1897. The nineteenth century is capped by monsters: Frankenstein in the beginning (1818) and Dracula … Read more »

A Timeline For Star Wars

January 28, 2014

By Scott Givens

The Books and Book versions of the Movies From 89 years before A New Hope To 35 years after Return of the Jedi Compiled by Kevin Straw with … Read more »

The Outlaw of Torn. Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Outlaw of Torn
January 28, 2014

By Scott Givens

This is the Grosset & Dunlap reprint of 1927 (first reprinting), done after the success of Tarzan. This copy includes the hard-to-find dustjacket – check out that cover … Read more »

Eric/Faust first edition. Terry Pratchett

Eric by Terry Pratchett
January 22, 2014

By Scott Givens

This is a video of the true first edition of Eric by Terry Pratchett.  It will show you how to identify a first.  Sorry about the black stuff in … Read more »

Game of Thrones first edition. George R. R. Martin

Game of Thrones
January 22, 2014

By Scott Givens

This video will show you what a true first edition of Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin look like, and how to identify it.

Piers Anthony Bibliography and Price Guide

January 16, 2014

By Scott Givens

Real Name: Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob. Signature value: $15 All prices below are “good deal” prices as of May, 2002. Hardcover prices assume first editions in at least … Read more »

Jack Chalker Bibliography and Price Guide

January 16, 2014

By Scott Givens

Signature value: $5 Editor of Mirage magazine, which ran from 1960-1971 for a total of 10 publications. All prices below are “good deal” prices as of December, 2002. … Read more »

A Funny Bookstore Anecdote from a 1950s Science Fiction Fanzine. (Might even be true!)

December 18, 2011

By Scott Givens

A certain New York fan and mag dealer catered to the well known fannish taste for future art (commonly known as pornography) and had a code.  You ordered … Read more »

FDR the SF fan and JRR Tolkien the plagiarist?

October 27, 2011

By Scott Givens

That great one-liner of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself” (well, he actually said “the only thing we have to fear is fear … Read more »

The Great Big Paley Hoax. Robert Silverberg

April 13, 2011

By Scott Givens

Here’s another article by a major author that’s not (until now) Google-able. “The Great Big Paley Hoax.”  Bob Silverberg.  in: The Eight-Page Hink-Cup. Joel Markman, ed. New York, … Read more »

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