ABORIGINAL SF #1-3 Tabloids 1986-87 Great Stories, Art!

ABORIGINAL SF #1-3 Tabloids 1986-87 Great Stories, Art! - eBay (item 310113789247 end time Jan-08-09 19:37:50 PST)

These are the first three issues of Aboriginal SF, Tales of the Human Kind, back when it was in tabloid format. They are #1, October 1986, #2, December 1986 and #3, February-March 1987. The science fiction stories and art are fabulous.

Contents #1:

• Our Alien Publisher by a crazy alien
• Why Aboriginal SF? by Charles C. Ryan
• Aborigines by Laurel Lucas
• Books by Darrell Schweitzer
• The Reel Stuff by Jessie Horsting
• The Home System by Hal Clement, art by Bob Eggleton
• Fixing Larx by Lou Fisher, art by Carol Ann Gaffney
• The Phoenix Riddle by John A. Taylor, art by Bob Eggleton
• Sight Unseen by John Moore, art by Charles J. Lang
• Prior Restraint by Orson Scott Card, art by Larry Blamire
• Boomerangs, fill this page

Contents #2:

• Our Alien Publisher by a crazy alien
• Editor's Notes by Charles C. Ryan
• Boomerangs, our readers respond
• Aborigines by Laurel Lucas
• Bridge of Silence by George Zebrowski, art by Carl Lundgren
• The Reel Stuff by Jessie Horsting
• Finder's Fee by Joel H. Sherman, art by Ken Macklin
• Books by Darrell Schweitzer
• Almost 11 by Greg Cox, art by Carol Gaffney
• Regeneration by Rory Harper, art by Ron Lindahn
• Quantum Leap by Louie Thelug, art by Cortney Skinner
• Second Best Friend by Elizabeth Anne Hull, art by Val Lakey Lindahn
• Cartoon by Tom Mason
• Poems
• Einstein's Cold Equation Blues by David Lunde
• Icarian by Robert Frazier
• Classifieds

Contents #3:

• Our Alien Publisher by a crazy alien
• Editor's Notes by Charles C. Ryan
• Boomerangs, our readers respond
• Aborigines by Laurel Lucas
• The Reel Stuff by Jessie Horsting
• Books by Darrell Schweitzer
• Sing by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, art by Bob Eggleton
• Blood Brothers by Patricia Anthony, art by Cortney Skinner
• Containment by Dean Whitlock, art by Charles Lang
• One Spring in Wyoming by Charles L. Grant, art by Val Lakey Lindahn
• Trackdown by John F. Moore, art by Wendy Snow-Lang
• Circus Story by Connie Willis (A "Home System" Story), art by N. Taylor Blanchard
• A Lunar Cycle by Peg Libertus
• Cartoons by Sandy Dean

These copies have a persistent fold, slight soiling and stains on the front cover. The rest of the pages are excellent.

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Vintage DOLL WASHBOARD 7x3.5 Wood Frame Metal Rub Board

Vintage DOLL WASHBOARD 7x3.5 Wood Frame Metal Rub Board - eBay (item 310113551149 end time Jan-07-09 19:15:02 PST)

This vintage doll-size washboard has a wooden frame and metal rub board. The upper front panel is marked, "Made in U.S.A." It's about seven inches high by three and a half inches wide and has seen a few laundry days in its time.

The upper back panel has patina and there's wear and a small dent in the corrugated part, some minor dents and a chip out of the wood frame.

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Entire Year 1985 ANALOG Science Fiction, Fact Magazine!

Entire Year 1985 ANALOG Science Fiction, Fact Magazine! - eBay (item 310113544302 end time Jan-07-09 18:40:16 PST)

This lot of 13 issues is the entire year of Analog Science Fiction Science Fact magazines from 1985, published by Davis Digests. Lots of great reading here. I went to list the highlights, leafed through January, saw some art and got sucked into a short story I couldn't put down till I read it all.

Contents:

• Serials
• The Plague Star by George R.R. Martin (both parts in Jan, Feb)
• Between the Strokes of Night by Charles Sheffield (all 4 parts in Mar-June)
• Spinneret by Timothy Zahn (all 4 parts in July-Oct)
• Novelettes (usually 2 per mag)
• Painkillers by Joseph H. Delaney
• The Singing of the Vestry, The Praying for the Sky by Rick Shelley
• The Cajamarca Project by Charles Harness
• Bluff by Eric G. Iverson
• Field Trial by W.R. Thompson
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore by Ray Brown


• When the High Lord Arrives by Eric Vinicoff
• Mother of the Year by James Gunn
• Will of the Wisp by James Gunn
• Earthgate by J. Brian Clarke
• Trading Run by Walter L. Fisher


• George Washington Slept Here by Charles L. Harness
• Trader's Secret by Charles Sheffield
• Y Games by Eric Vinicoff
• Les Mortes D'Arthur by Eric G. Iverson
• See Now, A Pilgrim by Gordon R. Dickson (novella)
• Vilest Beast by Eric G. Iverson


• Loaves and Fishes by George R.R. Martin (novella)
• World of Crystal, Sky of Fire by Bob Buckley
• The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove
• Second Helpings by George R.R. Martin
• The Darkling Plain by P.M. Fergusson
• Runner by Bob Buckley


• The Case of the Gring's Mill Goblin by Thomas R. Dulski
• The White Box by Rob Chilson and Lynette Meserole
• Manna From Heaven by George R.R. Martin
• Rockabye Baby by S.C. Sykes
• The Vicious Circle by Edward A. Byers
• Fair Exchange by Phyllis Eisenstein
• Science Fact
• Short Stories
• State of the Art
• Reader's Departments
• The Editor's Page
• In Times to Come
• On Gaming, Dana Lombardy
• The Alternate View, G. Harry Stine
• Biolog, Jay Kay Klein
• The Reference Library, Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks
• The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events

I didn't list the many short stories or their authors, or the Science Facts. These issues are in very good to excellent condition, most with the mailing label on the front cover.

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