Monday, January 5, 2009

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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