{"id":772,"date":"2009-03-13T13:31:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T18:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/?p=772"},"modified":"2009-03-13T13:31:25","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T18:31:25","slug":"ultimate-science-fiction-collection-only-11600000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/ultimate-science-fiction-collection-only-11600000\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate Science Fiction Collection, only $116,000.00"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just received an email from <a href=\"http:\/\/abebooks.com\">ABEBooks.com<\/a>, stating that:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Hugo Awards and the Nebula Awards are the traditional yardsticks for fantasy and science fiction writing. Since 1953 when the Hugos began, (the Nebulas started in 1965) there have been 82 titles awarded one or the other prize &#8211; and 19 titles with the distinctive honor of winning both. We&#8217;ve listed them all for your perusal.<\/p>\n<p>The Fine Books Company in Rochester, Michigan, is offering first editions of all the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novels for a cool $116,530. From Asimov to Zelazny, every book which won either (or both) award is here. And that&#8217;s not all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.abebooks.com\/0ab39881clayfousiaa3plbigby22wakws2idaaaa\">The listing includes 126 books<\/a>, and 95% of them are signed or inscribed, and in fine or better condition.<\/p>\n<p>David Aronovitz, from The Fine Books Company, describes the collection &#8220;as a unique gathering of books that has never been offered for sale anywhere before and in all likelihood will never be offered again.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of my favorite books are included:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr cellpadding=\"10\" valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_780\" style=\"width: 135px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/stranger-in-a-strange-land-robert-a-heinlein.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[772]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-780\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/stranger-in-a-strange-land-robert-a-heinlein.jpg\" alt=\"Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein\" title=\"Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein\" width=\"125\" height=\"190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-780\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Stranger in a Strange Land<\/em><br \/> by Robert A Heinlein<br \/>(1962)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_775\" style=\"width: 135px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dune-frank-herbert.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[772]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-775\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dune-frank-herbert.jpg\" alt=\"Dune by Frank Herbert\" title=\"Dune by Frank Herbert\" width=\"125\" height=\"190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-775\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Dune <\/em><br \/>by Frank Herbert <br \/>(1965)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_777\" style=\"width: 135px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/left-hand-darkness-ursula-k-leguin.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[772]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-777\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/left-hand-darkness-ursula-k-leguin.jpg\" alt=\"The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Leguin\" title=\"The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Leguin\" width=\"125\" height=\"190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-777\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Left Hand of Darkness <\/em><br \/>by Ursula K Leguin<br \/>(1970)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr cellpadding=\"3\" valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_781\" style=\"width: 135px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/to-your-scattered-bodies-go-philip-jose-farmer.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[772]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-781\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/to-your-scattered-bodies-go-philip-jose-farmer.jpg\" alt=\"To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer\" title=\"To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer\" width=\"125\" height=\"190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-781\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>To Your Scattered Bodies Go <\/em><br \/>by Philip Jose Farmer<br \/>(1972)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_779\" style=\"width: 135px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rendezvous-with-rama-arthur-c-clarke.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[772]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-779\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rendezvous-with-rama-arthur-c-clarke.jpg\" alt=\"Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke\" title=\"Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke\" width=\"125\" height=\"190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-779\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rendezvous with Rama <\/em><br \/>by Arthur C Clarke<br \/>(1974)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_776\" style=\"width: 135px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/enders-game-orson-scott-card.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[772]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-776\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/enders-game-orson-scott-card.jpg\" alt=\"Ender&#039;s Game by Orson Scott Card\" title=\"Ender&#039;s Game by Orson Scott Card\" width=\"125\" height=\"190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-776\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ender's Game<\/em><br \/> by Orson Scott Card<br \/>(1986)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.abebooks.com\/0ab39881clayfousiaa3plbigby22wakws2idaaaa\">all the Hugo and Nebula winners<\/a> at ABEBooks&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just received an email from ABEBooks.com, stating that: The Hugo Awards and the Nebula Awards are the traditional yardsticks for fantasy and science fiction writing. Since 1953 when the Hugos began, (the Nebulas started in 1965) there have been 82 titles awarded one or the other prize &#8211; and 19 titles with the distinctive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}