A Book of Numbers ( ISBN 0906798191) is a book by John Grant published in 1982 by Ashgrove Press of Bath.
A Book of Numbers is a book of information relating to numbers, arranged in order numerically. [1]
Dave Langford reviewed A Book of Numbers for White Dwarf #39, and stated that "So you find the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus amid 12 pages of entries for mystical 7; under 90 is Theodore Sturgeon's famous law '90% of everything is rubbish'; the 159 entry records the 159 SF/fantasy titles hacked out in 13 years by notorious Lionel Fanthorpe; and so on. Enormous fun." [1]
Equal Rites is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the third novel in the Discworld series and the first in which the main character is not Rincewind. The title is a play on words related to the phrase "Equal Rights".
Robot Dreams (1986) is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie. The title story is about Susan Calvin's discovery of a robot with rather disturbing dreams. It was written specifically for this volume and inspired by the McQuarrie cover illustration. All of the other stories had previously appeared in various other Asimov collections. Four of the stories are robot stories, while five are Multivac stories.
Roderick at Random is a novel by John Sladek published in 1983. It is the sequel to Roderick, or The Education of a Young Machine (1980); both novels were reissued together in 2001 as The Complete Roderick.
Valentine Pontifex is a novel by Robert Silverberg published in 1983.
Deadeye Dick is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut originally published in 1982.
Golem in the Gears is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the ninth book of the Xanth series.
The Damnation Game is a horror novel by English writer Clive Barker, published in 1985. It was Barker's first novel.
Software is a 1982 cyberpunk science fiction novel written by Rudy Rucker. It won the first Philip K. Dick Award in 1983. The novel is the first book in Rucker's Ware Tetralogy, and was followed by a sequel, Wetware, in 1988.
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon is a book by American writer Philip K. Dick, a collection of 10 science fiction short stories and one essay. It was first published by Doubleday in 1985 and was edited by Mark Hurst and Paul Williams. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy and Science Fiction, Worlds of Tomorrow, Amazing Stories, Interzone, Rolling Stone College Papers, The Yuba City High Times, Omni and Playboy.
Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite is a popular mathematics book by American mathematician, computer scientist, and science fiction writer Rudy Rucker.
The Merchants' War is a 1984 satirical science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl. Set in a near future commercial dystopian interplanetary society, the novel was a sequel to The Space Merchants, and was originally co-published with it as Venus, Inc. Pohl's collaborator in the first novel, C.M. Kornbluth, died in 1958, and so did not contribute to this sequel.
The Sun Shines Bright is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the fifteenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1981.
Mantissa is a novel by British author John Fowles published in 1982. It consists entirely of a presumably imaginary dialogue in a writer's head, between himself and an embodiment of the Muse Erato, after he wakes amnesiac in a hospital bed.
Anatomy of Wonder — A Critical Guide to Science Fiction is a reference book by Neil Barron.
Science Fiction Puzzle Tales is a book written by Martin Gardner. It is a book of puzzles and short stories that relate to them.
The Science Fiction Film Source Book is a book by David Wingrove published in 1985. It is a book consisting of list of science fiction film plot summaries, with information about producers, directors, and more.
Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction, commonly referred to as Trillion Year Spree, is a 1986 book by Brian W. Aldiss and David Wingrove. The book is an expanded version of Aldiss's 1973 Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction.
Gráinne is a novel by Keith Roberts published in 1987.
Arthur C. Clarke's July 20, 2019: Life in the 21st Century is a book by Arthur C. Clarke, in collaboration with other contributors, published in 1986.
Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy is a book by Michael Moorcock published in 1987.
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