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The UK's largest and best online purveyor of out
of print books, rare books and used books in the genres of science
fiction, fantasy, horror,
crime, thrillers, ghost
stories, weird tales and macabre fiction,
historical fiction, vintage SF, Horror &
Crime, small press and graphic
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TTA Press, we still have the three Stoker Nominee's from Bad Moon
Books "Doc Good's Travelling
Show" by Gene O'Neill, ,
"The Hunger of Empty Vessels"
by Scott Edelman and "The Lucid
Dreaming" by Lisa Morton,
all signed limited editions. Black
Static 14 and Black
Static 14 from TTA Press and
Strange Tales Vol.3 from Tartarus Press and "The
Push" by Dave Hutchinson, signed
limited edition. For more information
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We buy and sell the following genres and the books by some of
our favourite authors listed below:
Science Fiction (SF or Sci Fi)
- stories or books about an imaginary fantastic future,
especially about space travel or about other planets or a science
fantasy, typically based on scientific discoveries or scientific
developments, environmental changes, space travel, or life on other
planets, forms part of the plot or background. Sometimes referred
to as Speculative Fiction, sub genres include Alternate History,
Robert Conroy, Harry
Turtledove and Keith
Roberts write in this sub genre, and Slipstream Fiction as well
as Star Trek, Star
Wars, Doctor Who
and other TV and film related material. Popular SF authors include
Robert Adams,
Brian Aldiss, Roger
MacBride Allen, Kevin
J Anderson, Poul
Anderson, Catherine
Asaro, Neal Asher,
Isaac Asimov, Margaret
Atwood, J G Ballard,
Iain Banks, John
Barnes, Stephen
Baxter, Barrington
J Bayley, Elizabeth
Bear, Greg Bear,
Gregory Benford,
Alfred Bester, James
Blish, Terry Bisson,
Ben Bova, John
Boyd, Leigh Brackett,
Ray Bradbury, David
Brin, Eric Brown,
Fredric Brown, Tobias
S Buckell, Lois
McMaster Bujold, Richard
Calder, Orson
Scott Card, Jack
L Chalker,
C J Cherryh, Deborah
Chester, Arthur
C Clarke, Hal
Clement, Adrian Cole,
Edmund Cooper, John
Dalmas, Jack Dann,
Philip K Dick,
Gordon R Dickson, William
C Dietz, Thomas
M Disch, Harlan
Ellison, Christopher
Evans, Mick Farren,
Philip Jose
Farmer, Paul di
Filippo, Michael
Flynn, Jeffrey Ford,
Alan Dean Foster,
William Fortschen,
David Gerrold, William
Gibson, Jon
Courtenay Grimwood, Harry
Harrison, Joe
Haldeman,
Edmund Hamilton, Peter
F Hamilton, Robert
A Heinlein, Frank
Herbert, Arthur
Herzog, Philip E
High, James P Hogan,
Fred and Trevor
Hoyle, John Kessel,
Garry Kilworth,
C M Kornbluth, R
A Lafferty, Sterling
Lanier, Keith Laumer,Murray
Leinster, Ursula
Le Guin, Ken Macleod,
Ian R Macleod, Anne
McCaffrey, Paul McAuley,
Jack McDevitt, Ian
McDonald, Vonda
N Mcintyre, Barry
Malzberg, R M Meluch,
Walter M Miller,
L E Modesitt Jr. Elizabeth
Moon, C L Moore,
Richard Morgan,
Janet Morris, Larry
Niven, Andre Norton,
Alan E Nourse, H
Beam Piper, Charles
Platt, Frederik
Pohl, Christopher
Priest, John Rankine,
Mike Resnick, Adam
Roberts, Kenneth
Robeson, Kim
Stanley Robinson, Spider
Robinson, E F Russell,
Geoff Ryman, Fred
Saberhagen, Nick Sagan,
Pamela Sargent,
Robert J Sawyer,
John Scalzi, Charles
Sheffield, Sharon
Shinn, Robert
Silverberg, Clifford
Simak, John Sladek,
E E "Doc" Smith,
Brian Stableford,
Olaf Stapledon,
Christopher Stasheff,
Allen Steele, Neal
Stephenson, Bruce
Sterling, S M Stirling,
Bob Shaw, Charles
Stross, William Tenn,
Sheri S Tepper,
Walter Tevis,
Patrick Tilley, James
Tiptree Jr, E C Tubb,
Wilson Tucker, Jack
Vance, John Varley,
Jules Verne, Vernor
Vinge, Howard Waldrop,
Lawrence Watt-Evans,
Ian Watson, Jack
Williamson, David
Weber, H G Wells,
James White, Kate
Wilhelm, Connie
Willis, Robert
Charles Wilson, Gene
Wolfe,John Wyndham,
Timothy Zahn, Roger
Zelazny and David
Zindell. The best selling UK science fiction magazine is Interzone.
Comic SF is enjoyed by many particularly through the writings of
the late, great Douglas
Adams, Ron Goulart,
Rob Grant and Robert
Sheckley. Edgar
Rice Burroughs was one of the earliest exponents of interplanetary
romance. Terry Carr, John
Carnell, Gardner
Dozois, Damon Knight
and Martin Greenberg
have edited many SF anthologies
Fantasy -
stories or books of an imaginative or fantastical nature, especially
one dealing with supernatural or weird and unnatural events or characters.
Fantasy can take place on other planets or on various forms of Earth.
Current sub genres include Contemporary Fantasy, Urban Fantasy,
Dark Fantasy, High Fantasy, Historical Fantasy and Science Fantasy.
Favourite authors include Joe
Abercrombie, Piers
Anthony, Kelley
Armstrong, Robert
Asprin, James Barclay,
James Blaylock,
Marion Zimmer
Bradley, Chaz Brenchley,
Terry Brooks, Emma
Bull, Jonathan
Carroll, Lin Carter,
Susanna Clarke, Glen
Cook, Louise Cooper,
Susan Cooper, Richard
Cowper, John Crowley,
L Sprague de Camp,
Charles De Lint,
Stephen Donaldson,
David Drake, Lord
Dunsany, David Eddings,
Steven Erikson,
Raymond E Feist,
Esther Friesner,
Neil Gaiman, Alan
Garner, Jane Gaskell,
Mary Gentle, Terry
Goodkind, John Grant,
Simon R Green, Ed
Greenwood, Barbara
Hambly, Elizabeth
Hand, Kim Harrison,
Simon Hawke, Robin
Hobb, Robert
Holdstock, Robert
E Howard, Robert
Jordan, Guy Gavriel
Kay, Katherine
Kurtz, Mercedes
Lackey, Stephen
R Lawhead, Tanith Lee,
Jane Lindskold,
Patricia McKillip,
Juliet Marillier,
George R R Martin, Michael
Moorcock,China
Mieville, Andrew
J Offut, John Norman,
Naomi Novik, K
J Parker, Mervyn
Peake, Tim Powers,
Christopher Rowley,
Sean Russell, R
A Salvatore, Michael
Shea, Lucius Shepard,
Will Shetterly,
Thomas Burnett
Swann, Lisa Tuttle,
J R R Tolkien,
Jeff Vandermeer,
Robert E Vardeman,
Margaret Weis, Tad
Williams, Scott
Westerfield,Janny
Wurts and Sarah Zettel.
Comic fantasy is a sub genre best typified by the author
Terry Pratchett, Robert
Rankin, Tom Holt
and Craig Shaw
Gardner. Animal fantasy stories are also popular,
Richard Adams, Brian
Jacques and William
Horwood write in this sub genre. Fantasy that can be enjoyed
by adults and young people as well is typified in the works of Eion
Colfer, J K Rowling,
Philip Pullman
and Jonathan Stroud.
Conan is the most recognised
S&S hero of all time. Mike
Ashley and Ellen
Datlow have edited a number of fantasy anthologies.
Horror
- books or stories intended to scare the living daylights, unsettle,
or horrify the reader. Many argue that SF was born from horror.
Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has
often been the intrusion of an evil and/or, occasionally, misunderstood
supernatural elements into everyday human experience, Vampires,
Ghosts and Zombies would fall into this category. Popular horror
writers include Robert
Aickman, Clive
Barker, Michael
Bishop, Algernon
Blackwood, William
Peter Blatty, Robert
Bloch, Poppy Z Brite,
Jim Butcher, Ramsey
Campbell, Trudi
Canavan, Hugh B Cave,
Basil Copper, Simon
Clark, August Derleth,
Joe Donnelly, John
Farris, Christopher
Fowler, Stephen
Gallagher, Ray Garton,
Charlaine Harris,
William Hope
Hodgson, James Herbert,
Joe Hill, Charlie
Huston, Shaun Hutson,
Carl Jacobi, K
W Jeter, Graham Joyce,
Brian Keene, Jack
Ketchum, Stephen
King, T E D Klein,
Sarah Langan, Richard
Laymon, Stephen Laws,
Edward Lee, Bentley
Little, Frank
Belknap Long, Tim Lebbon,
Fritz Leiber, Ira
Levin, H P Lovecraft,
Brian Lumley, John
Lymington, Robert
McCammon,
Graham Masterton, Richard
Matheson, Stephenie
Meyer, Thomas
F Monteleone, David
Morrell, Mark Morris,
Edgar Allen Poe,
Anne Rice, Phil
Rickman, Dan Simmons,
Clark Ashton Smith,
Guy N Smith, Peter
Straub, Whitley
Strieber,Thomas
Tessier, Peter
Tremayne, Karl
Edward Wagner, Manly
Wade Wellman, J
N Williamson, F
Paul Wilson, Colin
Wilson, Dennis
Wheatley and Chelsea
Quinn Yarbro. Horror anthologies are popular, Peter
Haining, Stephen
Jones, and Herbert
Van Thal have edited many. Black
Static is a UK magazine with dark fantasy and horror.
Dracula is arguably the most memorable horror anti hero.
Crime - stories
or books that deal with crimes, their detection, criminals, and
their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction
and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction,
but boundaries can be blurred. It has several sub-genres, including
detective fiction (including the whodunnit), legal thrillers, police
precedural fiction, courtroom dramas, and hard boiled fiction. Notable
crime authors include Stephen
Booth, Lawrence
Block, Ken Bruen,
James Lee Burke,
Michael Connelly,
John Connolly, Harlan
Coben, Agatha
Christie, Robert
Crais, Jeffery
Deaver, Colin Dexter,
Michael Dibdin,
Arthur Conan Doyle,
James Ellroy, Tess
Gerritsen, Sue Grafton,
Peter James, Carl
Hiaasen, Jonathan
Kellerman, Simon
Kernick, Philip Kerr,
Donna Leon, Elmore
Leonard, Stuart
McBride, Walter
Mosley, Ngaio Marsh,
George P Pelecanos,
Ian Rankin, Kathy
Reichs, Craig Russell,
Jim Thompson
and Joseph Wambaugh.
Arguably the finest fictional detective of all time is Sherlock
Holmes. Historical crime can be considered a sub-genre and popular
exponents include Ellis
Peters, Lindsey
Davis, P C Doherty
and C J Sansom.
Thrillers -
books that deal with fast paced, frequent action, and resourceful
heroes and heroines who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and
better-equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red
herrings, and cliffhangers are used extensively. David
Baldacci, Mark
Billingham, Sam Bourne,
Christopher
Brookmyre, Dan Brown,
Brian Callison,
Lee Child, Tom
Clancy, Michael
Crichton, Clive
Cussler, William
Diehl, Michael Dobbs,
Ian Fleming, Nicci
French, Frederick
Forsyth, John Gardner,
Lisa Gardner, Robert
Goddard, Ed Gorman,
Mo Hayder, Hammond
Innes, Dean Koontz,
Joe R Lansdale,
Robert Ludlum, Alistair
Maclean, Andy McNab,
James Patterson,
Douglas Preston,
Andrew Pyper, Michael
marshall Smith, Tony
Strong and Stuart
Woods are renowned for writing quality thrillers.
Weird Tales and Macabre
- books and stories that are characterized by a grim or ghastly
atmosphere. Probably the best examples of this type of fiction were
published in Weird Tales
which started in 1923. Peter
Ackroyd, Robert
W Chambers, Rhys Hughes,
Sheridan Le Fanu,
Arthur Machen, A.
Merritt, Seabury
Quinn, Saki, Bram
Stoker, Sax Rohmer
and Henry Rider Haggard
are often quoted as writers within this genre.In these works, there
is an emphasis on the details and symbols of death. Macabre themes
are often preoccupations in the Goth subculture.
Ghost stories -
books or stories that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise
the possibility of ghosts or the belief of some character(s) in
them. M R James is considered
by many to be the best ever writer of ghost stories. Ambrose
Bierce, A. E. Coppard,
Nathaniel Hawthorne,
R Chetwynd-Hayes,
Susan Hill and M
P Shiel are favourites of ours.
Historical fiction-
a novel or a story in which the story is set among historical events,
or more generally, in which the time of the action predates the
lifetime of the author. As such, the historical novel is distinguished
from the alternate-history genre. Notable authors include .Patrick
O'Brian. Bernard
Cornwell, Cecelia
Holland, Alexander
Kent, George
McDonald Fraser, Conn
Iggulden, John Jakes,
Allan Mallinson,
Valerio Massimo
Manfredi, Robert
Harris, Wilbur Smith
and Robyn Young
Vintage Paperbacks and Magazines
- We do have some stock of these items, some of our favourite
publishers with the lovely lurid covers are Curtis
Warren, Scion, Digit
and John Spencer
who published the Badger books. We also have stocks of New
Worlds and Science
Fantasy Magazines as well as a host of Doc
Savage titles. John
Russell Fearn is a great favourite of ours.
Small Press -
We are delighted to be able to support small press publishing through
the site, currently we stock books from the legendary Arkham
House, Ash-Tree
Press, British
Fantasy Society, Dead
Letter Press, Eibonvale
Press, Elastic Press,
Fedogan & Bremer,
Gray Friar Press,
GrimGrin Studio,
The Haunted Library,
HumDrumming Books,
Mythos Books, Necronomicon
Press, award winning PS
Publishing, Rainfall
Books, Sarob Press,
Tartarus Press,
Telos Publishing
and TTA Press, though
this list is not exhaustive and we stock a wide range of small press
items.
Graphic Novels -
A graphic novel is a type of comic book, usually with a lengthy
and complex storyline similar to those of novels, and often aimed
at mature audiences. Some of the finest comic book writers include
Alan Moore and Frank
Miller. Titan Books
here in the UK publish very fine graphic novels in the States it's
DC Comics Marvel
Comics and Dark Horse
Comics. Heavy Metal
is a graphic magazine that is well respected and loved.
Pirate Books, Books about Sharks, and Dinosaur Books
- not sure if these are sub-genres we just think they are cool.
(Author footnotes from Wikipedia unless otherwise
specified)
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