Category Archives: speculative fiction

Dragon’s Egg / Starquake by Robert L. Forward

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"Dragon's Egg" / "Starquake" by Robert L. Forward.

“Dragon’s Egg” / “Starquake” by Robert L. Forward.


Title: Dragon’s Egg / Starquake
Series: Dragon’s Egg
Number in Series: 1 (one) / 2 (two)
Author: Robert L. Forward
Cover Artist: Darrell K. Sweet
Language: English
Original Publisher: Del Rey
Originally Published: May 1980 / October 1985
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: August 1994
ISBN-10: 0345388984
ISBN-13: 9780345388988

Lord Valentine’s Castle by Robert Silverberg

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Title: Lord Valentine’s Castle
Series: Majipoor
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Robert Silverberg
Cover Artist: Mark Harrison
Language: English
Original Publisher: Harper & Row
Originally Published: April 1980
Publisher: Bantam Spectra
Published: December 1989
ISBN-10: 0553274368
ISBN-13: 9780553274363

The Patchwork Girl by Larry Niven

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"The Patchwork Girl" by Larry Niven.

“The Patchwork Girl” by Larry Niven.


Title: The Patchwork Girl
Series: Known Space
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Larry Niven
Cover Artist: Fernando Fernandez
Interior Artist(s): Fernando Fernandez
Language: English
Original Publisher: Ace Books
Originally Published: April 1980
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: March 1989
ISBN-10: 0441653170
ISBN-13: 9780441653171
Notes: Fernando Fernandez is credited as simply “Fernando”.

The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven

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"The Ringworld Engineers" by Larry Niven.

“The Ringworld Engineers” by Larry Niven.


Title: The Ringworld Engineers
Series: Ringworld, Known Space
Number in Series: 2 (two), n/a
Author(s): Larry Niven
Cover Artist: Dale Gustafson
Interior Artist: Diane Duane
Language: English
Original Publisher: Holt Rinehart and Winston
Originally Published: March 1980
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: December 1981
ISBN-10: 0345304691
ISBN-13: 9780345304698
Notes: Signed

Shadows Out of Hell by Andrew J. Offutt

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Title: Shadows Out of Hell
Series: War of the Gods on Earth
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Andrew J. Offutt
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Original Publisher: Berkley Books
Originally Published: February 1980
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: August 1983
ISBN-10: 0441760775
ISBN-13: 9780441760770

Waldo & Magic, Inc. by Robert A. Heinlein

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Title: Waldo & Magic, Inc.
Author(s): Robert A. Heinlein
Cover Artist: Vincent Di Fate
Language: English
Original Title: Waldo and Magic, Inc.
Original Publisher: Doubleday
Originally Published: 1950
Publisher: Signet Books
Published: December 1979
ISBN-10: 0451089383
ISBN-13: 9780451089380

Star Trek – The Motion Picture – Music from the Original Soundtrack / Inside Star Trek with Gene Roddenberry

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Title: Star Trek – The Motion Picture – Music from the Original Soundtrack
Music Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Label: Columbia Records (Legacy)
Genre: Soundtrack
Catalog Number: C2K 66134
Released: December 1979
Language: English
Track Listing:

  1. Ilia’s Theme
  2. Main Title
  3. Klingon Battle
  4. Total Logic
  5. Floating Office
  6. The Enterprise
  7. Leaving Drydock
  8. Spock’s Arrival
  9. The Cloud
  10. Vejur Flyover
  11. The Force Field
  12. Games
  13. Spock Walk
  14. Inner Workings
  15. Vejur Speaks
  16. The Meld
  17. A Good Start
  18. End Title

Bonus Disc Title: Inside Star Trek with Gene Roddenberry
Bonus Disc Track Listing:
Originally Released: 1976

  1. Star Trek Theme
  2. Introduction: Nichelle Nichols
  3. Inside Star Trek
  4. William Shatner Meets Captain Kirk
  5. Introduction to Live Show
  6. About Science Fiction
  7. The Origin of Spock
  8. Sarek’s Son Spock
  9. The Questor Affair
  10. The Genesis II Pilot
  11. Cyborg Tools and E.T. Life Forms
  12. McCoy’s Rx for Life
  13. The Star Trek Philosophy
  14. Asimov’s World of Science Fiction
  15. The Enterprise Runs Around
  16. A Letter from a Network Censor
  17. The Star Trek Dream (Ballad I / Ballad II)
  18. Sign Off: Nichelle Nichols

Star Trek – Original Motion Picture Collection

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"Star Trek" - Original Motion Picture Collection.

“Star Trek” – Original Motion Picture Collection.


Title: Star Trek – Original Motion Picture Collection
    Content: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit

Starring: Kirstie Alley, Majel Barrett, Bibi Besch, Merritt Buttrick, Kim Cattrall, Stephen Collins, James Doohan, Catherine Hicks, Persis Khambatta, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Christopher Lloyd, Laurence Luckinbill, Ricardo Montalban, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Plummer, William Shatner, George Takei, David Warner, Paul Winfield

Director(s): Robert Wise / Nicholas Meyer / Leonard Nimoy / Leonard Nimoy / William Shatner / Nicholas Meyer

Producer(s): Gene Roddenberry / Robert Sallin / Harve Bennett / Harve Bennett / Harve Bennett / Steven-Charles Jaffe, Ralph Winter

Music: Jerry Goldsmith / James Horner / James Horner / Leonard Rosenman / Jerry Goldsmith / Cliff Eidelman

Released: December 1979 / June 1982 / June 1984 / November 1986 / June 1989 / December 1991

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Series: Star Trek films, Star Trek
Number in Series: 1-7 (one – seven), n/a
Language: English

The Black Hole by Alan Dean Foster

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"The Black Hole" by Alan Dean Foster.

“The Black Hole” by Alan Dean Foster.


Title: The Black Hole
Series: The Black Hole
Author: Alan Dean Foster
Cover Artist: Walt Disney Productions
Language: English
Original Publisher: New English Library
Originally Published: November 1979
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: January 1980
ISBN-10: 0345290534
ISBN-13: 9780345290533

Thieves’ World – edited by Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey

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Title: Thieves’ World
Series: Thieves’ World, Thieves’ World universe
Number in Series: 1 (one), n/a
Author(s): Lynn Abbey, Poul Anderson, Robert Asprin, Robert Lynn Asprin, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Brunner, Christine DeWees, Joe Haldeman, Andrew Offutt
Editor(s): Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin
Cover Artist: Gary Ruddell
Interior Artist(s): Jim Odbert
Language: English
Original Publisher: Ace Books
Originally Published: October 1979
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: September 1982
ISBN-10: 0441805914
ISBN-13: 9780441805914
Contents:
   “Sentences of Death” by John Brunner
   “The Face of Chaos” by Lynn Abbey
   “The Gate of the Flying Knives” by Poul Anderson
   “Shadowspawn” by Andrew Offutt
   “The Price of Doing Business” by Robert Asprin
   “Blood Brothers” by Joe Haldeman
   “Myrtis” by Christine DeWees
   “The Secret of the Blue Star” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
   “Essay: The Making of Thieves’ World” by Robert Lynn Asprin