delgrosso dot com » Things Wot Are On My Shelves http://www.delgrosso.com Personal site of Tony Delgrosso, NY-based freelance writer. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:51:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Things Wot Are On My Shelves: rainy Saturday reading edition http://www.delgrosso.com/2009/07/things-wot-are-on-my-shelves-rainy-saturday-reading-editionneil-gaiman-coraline-illustrated-by-dave-mckean-harpercollins-2002-1st-edition-1st-printing/ http://www.delgrosso.com/2009/07/things-wot-are-on-my-shelves-rainy-saturday-reading-editionneil-gaiman-coraline-illustrated-by-dave-mckean-harpercollins-2002-1st-edition-1st-printing/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:34:43 +0000 Tony http://alsobacon.com/post/139676386

Neil Gaiman: Coraline, illustrated by Dave McKean. HarperCollins, 2002, 1st edition, 1st printing

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(for Faruk)

James Gunn: The Listeners, Scribners, 1972, 1st edition, 1st printing

Gunn’s novel is a fictional account of first contact, co-dedicated to Carl Sagan and based on his early use of radio telescopes in the search for extraterrestrial life.

A direct antecedent to—and inspiration for—Sagan’s novel, Gunn’s The Listeners is still an amazing work of speculative fiction and is a must-read for anyone who enjoyed Contact and for sci-fi fans in general.

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Stephen Fry – The Hippopotamus – Random House, 1994, 1st edition, signed by the author

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Bertrand Russell - Why I Am Not a Christian – Simon & Schuster, 1957, 1st edition

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Things Wot Are On My Shelves – RIP John Keel edition

“Our Haunted Planet” – 1971, 1st paperback ed.

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Things Wot Are On My Shelves #4

David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, first edition and rare 1st-state printing.

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Things Wot Are On My Shelves #3

Salman Rushdie, The Moor’s Last Sigh. Uncorrected advance proof, signed by the author.

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Things Wot Are On My Shelves #2

Edgar Allen Poe, Poe’s Poetical Works. Redfield edition – 1858.

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Things Wot Are On My Shelves #1*

Eudora Welty, The Bride of the Innisfallen. First edition, first printing – 1955.

(*why yes, this is going to become an ongoing series)

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