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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Idle Pleasures: Available Copies
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IDLE PLEASURES by Effinger, George Alec
Paperback
ISBN: 9780425057445
Publisher: Berkley, NY (1983)
Seller: Books from the Crypt (N. Potomac, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $2.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $7.50
[1st printing] Jan. 1987. Cover art by David Mattingly. Paperback original. Collected Creased; edge nicks and wear; small stain at lower front. Reading copy.
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Idle Pleasures by George Alec Effinger
Paperback
ISBN: 9780425057445
Publisher: Berkley January 1983 (1983)
Seller: Magus Books Seattle (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $5.66
Shipping: $4.50
TOTAL Cost: $10.16
used mass market paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners a bit bumped, some scuffing/wear to covers. light creasing to spine is noticable but does not compromise binding, which is straight and tight with no marks to text or other serious flaws.
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Seller: Cameron-Wolfe Booksellers (Taos, NM, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $8.75
Shipping: $4.75
TOTAL Cost: $13.50
[First Thus] Eight remarkable stories "from the Wide Universe of Sports" [basketball with aliens, a global ice hockey rink, aleatoric chess, and more] by one of the acknowledged masters of imaginative fiction. 197 pages. CONDITION: A solid VERY GOOD PLUS copy - bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased and likely unread, with light shelf-wear and a touch of age-tanning inside. This attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. NOTE: This small item will be shipped, securely packed, with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class.
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