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Down and Out in Purgatory: Available Copies

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Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Baen, 2017. first printing. cover art Adam Burn. Minor shelfwear, flat spine, very good mass market paperback.

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Twenty pulse-pounding, mind-bending tales of science fiction, twisted metaphysics, and supernatural wonder from the two-time World Fantasy and Philip K. Dick Award winning author of The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides.A complete palette of story-telling colors from Powers, including acclaimed tale "The Bible Repairman," where a psychic handyman who supernaturally eliminates troublesome passages of the Bible for paying clients finds the remains of his own broken soul on the line when tasked with rescuing the kidnapped ghost of a rich man's daughter. Time travel takes a savage twist in "Salvage and Demolition," where the chance discovery of a long-lost manuscript throws a down-and-out book collector back in time to 1950s San Francisco where he must prevent an ancient Sumeric inscription from dooming millions in the future. Humor and horror mix in "Sufficient unto the Day," when a raucous Thanksgiving feast takes a dark turn as the invited ghosts of relatives past accidentally draw soul-stealing demons into the family television set. And obsession and vengeance survive on the other side of death in "Down and Out in Purgatory," where the soul of a man lusting for revenge attempts to eternally eliminate the killer who murdered the love of his life. Wide-ranging, wonder-inducing, mind-bending-these and other tales make up the complete shorter works of a modern-day master of science fiction and fantasy.Praise for Down and Out in Purgatory:"Powers is a writer whose senses and soul are attuned to a cosmic symphony most of us would not hear without his deft channeling of the music."-Paul di Filippo, LocusAbout Tim Powers:"Powers writes in a clean, elegant style that illuminates without slowing down the tale. . . . [He] promises marvels and horrors, and delivers them all."-Orson Scott Card". . .  immensely clever stuff. Powers' prose is often vivid and arresting . . . All in all, Powers' unique voice in science fiction continues to grow stronger."-Washington Post Book World"Powers is at heart a storyteller, and ruthlessly shapes his material into narrative form."-The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction"On Stranger Tides . . . immediately hooks you and drags you along in sympathy with one central character's appalling misfortunes on the Spanish Main, [and] escalates from there to closing mega-thrills so determinedly spiced that your palate is left almost jaded."-David Langford"On Stranger Tides . . . was the inspiration for Monkey Island. If you read this book you can really see where Guybrush and LeChuck were -plagiarized- derived from, plus the heavy influence of voodoo in the game. . . .  [the book] had a lot of what made fantasy interesting . . ."-legendary game designer Ron Gilbert"Powers's strengths [are] his originality, his action-crammed plots, and his ventures into the mysterious, dark, and supernatural." Los Angeles Times Book Review"[Powers' work delivers] an intense and intimate sense of period or realization of milieu; taut plotting, with hum

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1st ed/1st printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. This book is square, solid, and unread; the boards are solid and unblemished, and the lovely dustjacket is in a protective Brodart cover. No price clippings, no remainder marks. You'll feel like you've eaten too much Narnian Turkish Delight and wandered away with Lord Dunsany, over the hills and far away, beyond the fields we know, once you've received this book!

712 pages. 7.00x4.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Fine copy in green cloth and fine DJ. Signed by author on the title page.

First trade edition of this novella. Has never been read. A beautiful copy encased in a Brodart protective cover to keep it that way. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. I do NOT use padded envelopes. Most orders are proceesed within 24 hours.

book and dust jacket - Like New

HC in dust jacket (trade edition). 1st Printing. Original novella by Powers. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Signed by author in person on Title page in black pen, signature only. Signing event on 3/19/23 at the Glendale Paperback Show. First printing November 2017 stated with complete number line. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight with fine gilt titles to spine, boards straight and clean; mild toning to top and bottom edges else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($25.00) has mild bumping to mostly spine ends with three short closed tears to edges. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Deluxe hardcover, first edition. Fine in like jacket. Laid in is a bookplate signed by Powers.

HC in dust jacket (trade edition). 1st Printing. An original novella. This copy signed by Powers. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

An Outstanding Copy - Signed By Tim Powers On The Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.

An Outstanding Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. Signature Only. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.

Twenty pulse-pounding, mind-bending tales of science fiction, twisted metaphysics, and supernatural wonder from the two-time World Fantasy and Philip K. Dick Award winning author of The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides.A complete palette of story-telling colors from Powers, including acclaimed tale "The Bible Repairman," where a psychic handyman who supernaturally eliminates troublesome passages of the Bible for paying clients finds the remains of his own broken soul on the line when tasked with rescuing the kidnapped ghost of a rich man's daughter. Time travel takes a savage twist in "Salvage and Demolition," where the chance discovery of a long-lost manuscript throws a down-and-out book collector back in time to 1950s San Francisco where he must prevent an ancient Sumeric inscription from dooming millions in the future. Humor and horror mix in "Sufficient unto the Day," when a raucous Thanksgiving feast takes a dark turn as the invited ghosts of relatives past accidentally draw soul-stealing demons into the family television set. And obsession and vengeance survive on the other side of death in "Down and Out in Purgatory," where the soul of a man lusting for revenge attempts to eternally eliminate the killer who murdered the love of his life. Wide-ranging, wonder-inducing, mind-bending-these and other tales make up the complete shorter works of a modern-day master of science fiction and fantasy.Praise for Down and Out in Purgatory:"Powers is a writer whose senses and soul are attuned to a cosmic symphony most of us would not hear without his deft channeling of the music."-Paul di Filippo, LocusAbout Tim Powers:"Powers writes in a clean, elegant style that illuminates without slowing down the tale. . . . [He] promises marvels and horrors, and delivers them all."-Orson Scott Card". . .  immensely clever stuff. Powers' prose is often vivid and arresting . . . All in all, Powers' unique voice in science fiction continues to grow stronger."-Washington Post Book World"Powers is at heart a storyteller, and ruthlessly shapes his material into narrative form."-The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction"On Stranger Tides . . . immediately hooks you and drags you along in sympathy with one central character's appalling misfortunes on the Spanish Main, [and] escalates from there to closing mega-thrills so determinedly spiced that your palate is left almost jaded."-David Langford"On Stranger Tides . . . was the inspiration for Monkey Island. If you read this book you can really see where Guybrush and LeChuck were -plagiarized- derived from, plus the heavy influence of voodoo in the game. . . .  [the book] had a lot of what made fantasy interesting . . ."-legendary game designer Ron Gilbert"Powers's strengths [are] his originality, his action-crammed plots, and his ventures into the mysterious, dark, and supernatural." Los Angeles Times Book Review"[Powers' work delivers] an intense and intimate sense of period or realization of milieu; taut plotting, with hum

Preface by David Drake. 488 pages. Each story has an ''Author's Note'' as an afterword. First printing with ''10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'' on copyright page. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

(New York: Baen 2017). First Thus. ISBN: 978-1-4814-8279-0. A very fine copy in like D/W. As new. Contains the first appearance oif "Sufficient Unto the Day" previously only available as a download. In addition, each story has a newly-written "Author's Note" exclusive to this Edition. N.B: not be confused with the separately issued chapbook Down And Out In Purgatory published by Subterranean Press the year before. Photographs/scans available upon request.