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Mars981111863.604.000.95
Venus5369773.343.500.92
Return to Mars3985733.683.500.91
Jupiter4558713.493.500.93
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time4846634.144.000.79
Orion3683513.664.000.94
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time4135484.004.000.97
Moonrise4033483.604.000.98
Moonwar3703433.633.500.82
Saturn2785422.963.001.10
Titan2306403.183.001.14
The Precipice3614393.263.000.92
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection3263343.854.000.86
Colony4581323.383.500.81
Mars Life1195303.523.750.72
Mercury2112303.283.250.85
Privateers3022263.333.500.69
The Exiles Trilogy3192253.343.000.88
Voyagers2712242.833.000.96
The Rock Rats248 233.303.000.96
Powersat1663233.223.000.91
Orion In The Dying Time1462223.093.000.65
Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov2531193.744.000.64
The Silent War1741193.473.000.73
Millennium2504193.533.500.87
The Green Trap831182.422.250.95
Vengeance of Orion1941183.393.500.61
As on a Darkling Plain1921182.833.001.08
Death Dream1681162.693.000.73
Voyagers II: The Alien Within1972163.193.001.07
The Winds of Altair169 153.533.500.76
Empire Builders1411153.033.000.99
The Kinsman Saga174 153.804.000.57
Orion Among the Stars131 143.323.000.79
Orion and the Conqueror127 143.643.500.77
Test of Fire1312143.043.000.74
The Immortality Factor463133.654.000.86
The Peacekeepers170 132.963.000.87
The Trikon Deception1583133.083.001.00
The Dueling Machine1542123.463.000.63
The Aftermath1171113.053.000.94
City of Darkness87 113.183.000.96
Space Travel (Science Fiction Writing Series)931113.774.000.75
Triumph67 113.093.001.00
The Hittite43 112.913.001.00
Leviathans of Jupiter463113.594.000.70
The Sam Gunn Omnibus773113.643.500.61
Kinsman158 102.853.000.67
The Best of the Nebulas741104.204.500.84
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells113 103.653.750.90
Brothers107393.443.000.83
Able One38393.784.000.79
The Return: Book IV of Voyagers28193.503.500.62
Voyagers III: Star Brothers141193.283.500.75
Cyberbooks198282.693.000.56
Star Watchman83183.253.000.97
Sam Gunn, Unlimited128183.563.750.46
Notes to a Science Fiction Writer48 73.003.000.60
Laugh Lines31272.713.000.88
The Starcrossed170262.832.750.62
The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volumes Two A and B18 64.174.500.90
Sam Gunn Forever68 63.754.000.38
Tales of the Grand Tour78253.503.000.77
THX 1138139 53.203.001.03
To Fear the Light (sequel to To Save the Sun)69152.602.000.80
Escape Plus94 53.904.000.80
The Best of Analog46153.804.001.03
The Best of Omni Science Fiction18 44.004.000.71
The Story of Light38 42.753.000.43
The Asteroid Wars40143.133.000.54
Catastrophes!40143.504.001.50
Welcome to Moonbase63 43.253.000.43
To Save the Sun84143.383.250.41
Gremlins Go Home73 43.754.000.43
Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth33243.754.001.09
The Multiple Man85 43.253.500.83
Hour of the Gremlins40242.752.750.25
Out of the Sun55 43.253.000.43
The Next Logical Step10133.002.500.71
Future Crime57 33.334.000.94
The Weathermakers70 33.834.000.24
Analog Science Fiction--Science Fact, Vol XC, No. 5, January 197312 33.333.001.25
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 536 (July 1975)12132.673.000.47
The Astral Mirror54132.332.000.47
Nebula Awards Showcase 200847233.334.000.94
Forward in Time71 32.332.000.47
Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas Book 319133.833.500.47
Closeup: New Worlds10 33.673.000.94
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 529 (Dec. 1974)10 23.503.501.50
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 524 (July 1974)12 24.004.001.00
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 10 (October 1975)14223.753.750.25
Lo mejor de los premios Nebula 14 23.003.00 
Aliens: 3 Novellas by Murray Leinster, Clifford D Simak and Arthur C Clarke15 22.252.251.75
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 547 (June 1976)19 22.502.500.50
The Star Conquerors (Winston Science Fiction Novel)12124.504.500.50
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 512 (July 1973)11124.004.001.00
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 533 (April 1975)11123.753.751.25
Zero Gee4223.253.250.25
Exiled from Earth47 21.751.751.25
Mount Olympus4223.253.250.75
Colonie T17122.502.500.50
Colonie T27122.752.750.25
The High Road42 23.253.250.25
Twice Seven: Stories57 23.503.501.50
Are We Alone in the Cosmos? The Search for Alien Contact in the New Millenium9224.004.001.00
Future Quartet: Earth in the Year 2042 : A Four-Part Invention51 23.503.501.50
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #270124.004.000.50
The many worlds of science fiction36124.254.250.25
First Contact : The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence31224.004.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 509 (April 1973)14 13.003.00 
Inspiration5213.503.50 
Challenges41 13.003.00 
Battle Station63 13.003.00 
Novella:36 15.005.00 
Waterbot1113.003.00 
Viewpoint (Boskone Book)10 14.004.00 
The Last Decision [novelette]3114.004.00 
Vision of the future : the art of Robert McCall17 14.004.00 
Sam and the Flying Dutchman1113.503.50 
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 7 (July 1977)11113.003.00 
Cosmic Laughter; Science Fiction for the Fun of It4 15.005.00 
Floodtide [Orion]1113.503.50 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 563 (Oct. 1977)13113.003.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 498 (May 1972)13 15.005.00 
Science--who needs it?1 13.503.50 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 499 (June 1972)11 15.005.00 
The Best of Omni Science Fiction #216 14.004.00 
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 6 (June 1977)10113.003.00 
THE BEST OF OMNI - Science Fiction Number 45 14.004.00 
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 1 (January 1977)10112.002.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 561 (Aug. 1977)9114.004.00 
The Best of Omni Science Fiction #51 14.004.00 
Analog Annual28 14.004.00 
Moon Race1113.503.50 
Fifteen Miles [short story]2113.503.50 
A Long Way Back2112.502.50 
Das Beste aus OMNI III.3 14.004.00 
Giove chiama terra2 13.003.00 
Orion [short story]1113.503.50 
L'astronave dei 20.0002 14.004.00 
SCIENCE FICTION ANALOG July 19712 15.005.00 
Analog Science Fact Science Fiction August 1964, Volume 73, No. 61 15.005.00 
Orion and King Arthur4 14.004.00 
The Sightseers [short fiction]1113.003.00 
Power Play10 12.002.00 
Etre ou ne pas1 14.004.00 
Analog Science Fiction and Fact,January 1974 (Vol. XCII, No. 5)1 15.005.00 
A Slight Miscalculation [short story]2113.503.50 
Exiles17 13.003.00 
Prometheans41 12.002.00 
Immortality:: How Science Is Extending Your Life Span--and Changing The World33 14.004.00 
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Box Set Vol I, IIA, & IIB6 13.003.00 
Analog 99 13.003.00 
Galerij der giganten 61 12.502.50 
End of Exile36 14.504.50 
The Watchmen67 14.004.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 570 (May 1978)14 14.004.00 
Escape!11114.004.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 567 (Feb. 1978)12 13.003.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 517 (Dec. 1973)11 11.001.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 493 (Dec. 1971)11 15.005.00 
I condannati di Messina2 11.501.50 
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1988 (Volume 75 #5)5 13.003.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 531 (Feb. 1975)9112.502.50 
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 3 (March 1975)13113.003.00 
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIV, No. 2 (October 1974)12 15.005.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 526 (Sept. 1974)10 15.005.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 525 (Aug. 1974)12 15.005.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 564 (Nov. 1977)13113.503.50 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 494 (Jan. 1972)9 15.005.00 
Maxwell's Demons (An Analog Book)39 13.003.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 565 (Dec. 1977)12113.003.00 
Giants of the animal world (A Whitman badger book)3 13.503.50 
Flight of Exiles31 14.004.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 497 (April 1972)9 15.005.00 
Galerij der Giganten 5 (Science Fiction Hall of Fame 1963)2 13.503.50 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 523 (June 1974)12 15.005.00 
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XC, No. 3 (November 1972)13 15.005.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 505 (Dec. 1972)11 14.004.00 
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 6 (August 1972)12 12.002.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 496 (March 1972)11 15.005.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 495 (Feb. 1972)9 15.005.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 508 (March 1973)11 15.005.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 511 (June 1973)11 13.003.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 521 (April 1974)12 14.004.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 519 (Feb. 1974)13 14.004.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 516 (Nov. 1973)14 15.005.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 513 (Aug. 1973)14 13.003.00 
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 6 (June 1978)13 13.003.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 515 (Oct. 1973)13 15.005.00 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 534 (May 1975)10113.503.50 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 535 (June 1975)10113.503.50 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 538 (Sept. 1975)10113.503.50 
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 576 (Nov. 1978)8 13.003.00 
Risk Assessment [novelette]2     
Men Of Good Will2     
Der Planet der Katzenwölfe. 1. Auflage.1     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 500 (July 1972)9     
Leviathan [short story]1     
Sepulcher [novelette]1     
Voyages1     
A Duel in the somme2     
SCIENCE FICTION ANALOG April 1976 Volume XCVI, No. 41     
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 21     
SCIENCE FICTION ANALOG September 19731     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 510 (May 1973)8     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 544 (March 1976)9     
The Dueling Machine and Other Works by Ben Bova (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics)1     
Far Frontiers Volume 1 (Far Frontiers, 1)1     
Lower the River [short story]2     
The Man Who Hated Gravity [short story]1     
Death on Venus [novella]1     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 548 (July 1976)11     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 5 (May 1976)10     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 541 (Dec. 1975)8     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 549 (Aug. 1976)10     
12 Things I Wished I Had Known When I Started Writing3     
The Milky Way galaxy; man's exploration of the stars2     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 503 (Oct. 1972)11     
Red Sky at Morning [novella]1     
Muzhestvo [short story]1     
Greenhouse Chill [short story]]1     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 543 (Feb. 1976)11     
High Jump [short story]1     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 545 (April 1976)8     
Monster Slayer [short story]1     
Titan XIV.1     
Sam and the Flying Dutchman [novelette]1     
The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 33     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 April (Volume XCVII, No. 4)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 December (Volume XCVII, No. 12)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 July (Volume XCVII, No. 7)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 November (Volume XCVII, No. 11)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1976 November (Volume XCVI, No. 11)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 June (Volume XCVII, No. 6)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1978 February (Volume 98 Number 2)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1976 September (Volume XCVI, No. 9)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1978 July (Volume 98 Number 7)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1978 June (Volume 98 Number 6)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1978 August (Volume 98 Number 8)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1978 October (Volume 98 Number 10)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 January (Volume XCVII, No. 1)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1978 November (Volume 98 Number 11)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1976 August (Volume XCVI, No. 8)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 May (Volume XCVII, No. 5)1     
Are We Alone In The Cosmos? The Guide To The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence1     
Galerij der Giganten. Verhalen van o.a.: Wilmar H. Shiraz, C. Smith, T.L. Sherred, Isaac Asimov, Jack Vance, e.a.1     
Moonwar (Moonbase Saga, Book 2 / The Grand Tour Series) (The Moonbase Saga)1     
Voyagers [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction)1     
Sam Below Par1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 August (Volume XCVII, No. 8)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1978 September (Volume 98 Number 9)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 September (Volume XCVII, No. 9)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1976 January (Vol XCVI, #1)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 October (Volume XCVII, No. 10)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1976 December (Volume XCVI, No. 12)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1976 February (Volume XCVI, No. 2)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1978 April (Volume 98 Number 4)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1978 January (Volume 98 Number 1)1     
Man Changes the Weather2     
Becoming Alien - Rebecca Ore1     
The Dueling Machine [novella]1     
Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 77, No. 5 (November 1989)1     
Delta Vee [short story]2     
Through eyes of wonder;: Science fiction and science,2     
Analog Science Fiction - Science Fact; February, 1976 (Vol. XCVI, No. 2)1     
Analog Science Fiction - Science Fact March, 1976: Field Test; Blessing in Disguise; A Penny's Worth1     
Kinsman [short fiction]1     
The dueling machine [In: Analog science fact/science fiction (May 1963)]1     
The Towers of Titan and Other Stories2     
The Amazing Laser, (A Franklin Institute book)2     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1980 November (Volume C, No. 11)1     
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977 February (Volume XCVII, No. 2)2     
Watchmen: 2 - Watchman2     
Analog II2     
Sam Gunn Omnibus, Parts I & II1     
Matrix Man2     
Peacemakers2     
Trikon Conspiracy2     
Legendary Heroes [short story]2     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 528 (Nov. 1974)10     
The Babe, the Iron Horse, and Mr. McGillicuddy [novelette]2     
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10, 1981 (Best Science Fiction of the Year)1     
The Stars Conquerors1     
Shock In Trust1     
The Café Coup [short story]3     
Dragon Magazine, No. 2368     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 4 (April 1977)11     
Analog Science fiction / Science Fact 522 vol XCIII no 3 May 197411     
The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties8     
Titan - 83     
Galerij der giganten 4: de beste science- fictionverhalen gekozen door the Members of the Science-Fiction Writers1     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 530 (Jan. 1975)12     
Titan - 103     
Titan - 134     
Titan - 163     
Titan - 123     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 575 (Oct. 1978)9     
Star Peace: Assured Survival6     
Analog Science fiction/Science fact. No. 507 (Feb. 1973)9     
Analog Science fiction/Science fact. No. 502 (Sep. 1972)10     
The Supersonic Zepplin1     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 566 (Jan. 1978)10     
Venera1     
Starflight and other improbabilities,4     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 2 (February 1977)10     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 7 (July 1978)121    
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 3 (March 1977)12     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 197812     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 3 (March 1978)12     
TAKES TWO TO TANGLE1     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 558 (May 1977)8     
Planets, life, & LGM1     
The Nonmetallic Isaac Or It’s A Wonderful Life1     
The seeds of tomorrow1     
The Analog Science Fact Reader6     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 574 (Sept. 1978)9     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 11 (November 1976)10     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 553 (Dec. 1976)11     
Titan 113     
The Great Moon Hoax or A Princess of Mars [short story]3     
Life as We Know It [short story]3     
Remember Caesar3     
The Kingdom Come1     
2042: A Cautiously Pessimistic View1     
In quest of quasars; an introduction to stars and starlike objects7     
Class Six Climb (An Analog Book)1     
" Vlastelin pogody".1     
When the Sky Burned36     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 518 (Jan. 1974)9     
"Brothers" [short] (in Field of Fire)1     
Whitman Learn About Book: Reptiles - Since the World Began3     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 10 (October 1976)14     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 1 (January 1976)15     
Im Exil1     
Stars, Won't You Hide Me? [short story]2     
Sword Play [short story]1     
Appointment in Sinai [short story]2     
Conspiracy Theory [short story]2     
Re-Entry Shock [short story]2     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact; Vol. XCVIII, No. 8 (August 1978)10     
Vince's Dragon [short story]1     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 550 (Sept. 1976)14     
Priorities [Short story]2     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 514 (Sept. 1973)10     
Escape! [novella]1     
Blood of Tyrants [novelette]1     
The Shining Ones [novelette]1     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 11 (November 1975)8     
Assured survival: Putting the Star Wars defense in perspective4     
The Fourth State of Matter12     
The Living Universe: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth1     
Uses of Space1     
The Weathermen1     
The New Astronomies8     
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 9 (September 1977)11     
Analog Yearbook29     
Qpb Guide to the Search for Extraterrestrial1     
The Best of Omni Science Fiction, Volumes 1 & 21     
"The System" (in 100 Great SF Short Short)1     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 520 (March 1974)10     
Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas Book 218     
THE SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME VOLUME 2A, 2B, 3, 4 (4 VOLUMES)1     
The Beauty of Light (Wiley Science Editions)10     
Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas Book 122     
Analog science fiction/science fact. No. 537 (Aug. 1975)14     
In Trust [short story]1     

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