Secondhand Analog Science Fiction Magazine Bargain Book Box SP3039

Secondhand Analog Science Fiction Magazine Bargain Book Box SP3039

Fifteen issues of Analog from 1980 to 1983, the Stanley Schmidt years: the fiftieth anniversary issue, George R.R. Martin’s Hugo-winning Nightflyers in its first appearance, David Palmer’s Emergence, Zahn, Niven and Barnes, Haldeman, Sheffield, Asimov, Clarke and Pohl. The covers alone are worth the box.

1. November 9, 1981 — Petals of Rose by Marc Stiegler, a Hugo-nominated novella about a species that lives a lifetime in a day; Tim Poston and Ian Stewart on the science.
2. December 7, 1981 — The Trelph Is a Solitary Creature by Thomas Dulski; John Gribbin’s science fact; and Bischoff and Monteleone’s Dragonstar serial continuing.
3. October 12, 1981 — Guardians by George R.R. Martin, a Haviland Tuf story that became part of Tuf Voyaging, plus Spider Robinson. The Tuf stories are the funniest Martin ever wrote.
4. February 1980 — David R. Palmer’s Seeking, the first half of what became Emergence, the novel about an eleven-year-old genius after the bombs. Plus Robert Forward and Frederik Pohl.
5. July 1983 — Warlord by Timothy Zahn, an early Blackcollar-era novella; Arthur C. Clarke; Lee Correy.
6. May 1983 — Manna by Lee Correy, the near-future space-industry novel serialised; Marc Stiegler; Timothy Zahn.
7. September 1982 — The Manna Hunt by Charles Sheffield, hard SF from the Proteus author, with Andrew Offutt.
8. September 14, 1981 — Dragonstar by Bischoff and Monteleone begins, plus Joe Haldeman and Gary Alan Ruse.
9. February 1981 — Savage Planet by Barry Longyear, from the Enemy Mine author; Lisa Tuttle and George R.R. Martin.
10. March 1980 — World in the Clouds by Bob Buckley, a Venus-colony novella; Mack Reynolds.
11. October 1982 — The Descent of Anansi by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes, a space-shuttle hijack thriller later expanded to a novel.
12. January 1980 — The Fiftieth Anniversary Issue: Asimov, Ben Bova, John Gribbin, and One-Wing by Lisa Tuttle and George R.R. Martin, the sequel to The Storms of Windhaven. A collector’s issue.
13. July 1982 — Rings of Glory by Thomas Dulski; Timothy Zahn; Gordon Woodcock on space construction.
14. April 1980 — Nightflyers by George R.R. Martin: a haunted starship, a telepath and the captain who never leaves his cabin. Won the Locus Award, lost the Hugo narrowly, and became a Netflix series. The first printing.
15. June 1980 — The Humanoid Universe by Jack Williamson, revisiting The Humanoids; plus John W. Campbell and Spider Robinson.