Prehoda robert w (14 Ergebnisse)

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good-. First Edition. 1st printing, Jan. 1979. Cover art by Michael Whelan. Paperback original. Includes "Good-by Forever to Mr. Pain" by Robert Sheckley; "Domino Domine" by Dean Ing; "The Speckled Gantry" by Joseph Green & Patrice Milton; "To Be or Not" by Ben Bova; "Time Guide" by Gregory Benford; "The Schumann Computer" by Larry Niven; "The Ways of Love" (bovelet) by Poul Anderson; "Second Chance" (novelet) by Orson Scott Card; "Cultural Conflict" (novelet) by David Drake. Speculative Fact: "Good-by to All That" by Frederik Pohl; "New Beginnings" by J. E. Pournelle; "Why Go Into Space?" by G. Harry Stine; "Spder Vs. the Hax of Sol III" by Spider Robinson; "Science Fiction and Science" by B. D. Wyatt; "Malthusian Crisis and Methusaleh's Children" by Robert W. Prehoda. Illustrated by Steve Fabian, David Egge, E. T. Steadman, Don Brautigan, and Grant Canfield. Rubbed; minor creasing. Fabian, Steve (illustrator). Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing, Jan. 1979. Cover art by Michael Whelan. Paperback original. Includes "Good-by Forever to Mr. Pain" by Robert Sheckley; "Domino Domine" by Dean Ing; "The Speckled Gantry" by Joseph Green & Patrice Milton; "To Be or Not" by Ben Bova; "Time Guide" by Gregory Benford; "The Schumann Computer" by Larry Niven; "The Ways of Love" (bovelet) by Poul Anderson; "Second Chance" (novelet) by Orson Scott Card; "Cultural Conflict" (novelet) by David Drake. Speculative Fact: "Good-by to All That" by Frederik Pohl; "New Beginnings" by J. E. Pournelle; "Why Go Into Space?" by G. Harry Stine; "Spder Vs. the Hax of Sol III" by Spider Robinson; "Science Fiction and Science" by B. D. Wyatt; "Malthusian Crisis and Methusaleh's Children" by Robert W. Prehoda. Illustrated by Steve Fabian, David Egge, E. T. Steadman, Don Brautigan, and Grant Canfield. Several small spine stains, looks like foxing. Fabian, Steve (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Soiled on the edges of the page block.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Softcover in Very Good condition. Clean pages. Good binding. Minimal wear to the exterior. Carefully packaged to avoid damage in shipping.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A book about "the research possibility that may allow man to conquer the limiting chains of time." An early book on the field we now call cryogenics. Clear-plastic dust-jacket is very nice, with a Dewey label on the spine. Brown binding has some old tape marks and some wear at the edges. Interior has some tape marks on the front free endpapers. Usual library markings. 211 pgs.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. As new, never read.

Mass Market Paperback. Ace 95221. 1st printing, January 1980. Cracked at pp 106-7, otherwise VG.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (technology) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (technology, innovation) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFirst edition. Very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Minus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uncommon First edition/printing. ex-Library copy with no evidence of pocket removal but tape remnants on boards - Very Good Minus condition book and Very Good condition dust jacket - nice looking copy. Early non-fiction effort about a commonly used concept in Science Fiction.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Signed by author to celebrated aerospace engineer and science fiction writer Jesco von Putthamer; 348 p., immaculate and otherwise unmarked; binding tight; glossy pictorial wrapper clean but with a small closed tear on upper corner that keeps it from being "like new.

First Edition. Hardcover in jacket, very with slight fading and edgewear to jacket. inscribed by Futurisr and Cryonics pioneer Prehoda to NASA scientisr, Science Fiction writer and Star Trek film consultant Jesco von Puttkamer: "To Jesco von Puttkamer, a fellow student of the 'shadowy sjape of things to come'. With my vwey best wishes for THE FUTURE".…

First Edition, First Printing. Signed and inscribed by the author / chemist & futurist Robert W. Prehoda: ÒFor my good friends Sev and Ina, Who are also students of the Ôshadowy shape of things to comeÕ. With my very best wishes for THE FUTURE. Bob Prehoda, September 1, 1967Ó. Near fine copy with some minor foxing to the edges in a very good slightly dust soiled dust jacket with some minor edge wear. Robert Prehoda (1931 - 2009) was an author and scientist and one of the early pioneers in cryonics, participating in the first cryonic suspension of a human being, psychology professor James Bedford. Amongst PrehodaÕs works is the landmark, Suspended Animation: The Research Possibility That May Allow Man to Conquer the Limiting Chains of Time. From the publisher: ÒThe exciting possibilities for future technological development are explored in this pioneer work on technological forecasting in American society. The author demonstrates that it is not utopian thinking to expect that we will be able to ÔcureÕ the aging process, extending the lifespan 100 years, 200 years, or indefinitely. Human hibernation or suspended animation may allow many to bypass the immediate future and emerge in a golden age with the vigor and industry of youth reawakened.Ó.…