Timmins philip (5 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 178pp. 5.5 x 7.5 in. ; color pictorial cover by Timmons ; "The lead and cover story is part one (of two) of "The Fairy Chessmen" by Lewis Padgett (a pseudonym for Henry Kuttner working with C.L. Moore.) It is roughly a century into the future, and the world is at war.again. After World War Two, the governments of Eurasia had crumbled, and reformed as the Falangists. They and America are the two superpowers and implacable enemies. Thanks to atom-bomb-proof shields and robot warfare, the war has stalemated for years. Most Americans live deceptively peaceful lives in scattered communities on the surface, while the warmen toil in vast underground cities whose actual locations are closely guarded secrets. Low Chicago might be below the ruins of Old Chicago, or anywhere in the Midwest. Of course, in such conditions claustrophobia and other mental illnesses are a continuing concern, and it's up to the Department of Psychometrics to keep the warmen in good mental health. Which is why it's concerning that Cameron, the head of the department, has been having hallucinations of eyeball doorknobs and talking clocks. He's trying to keep it a secret, but his help is desperately needed by the War Department. It seems they have captured a scientific formula from the enemy, one that drives anyone who studies it mad (sometimes giving them strange powers in the process. For example, the levitating man who thinks he's Muhammad's corpse.) There are time travel shenanigans involved, and one character seems determined to produce a specific future. The title comes from "fairy chess", variants of the strategy game that use changed rules, such as a knight that can only capture backwards, or a 10×10 board. The formula changes the rules of physics, sometimes in mid-equation, and scientifically trained minds crack under the strain. A nifty throwaway (probably) bit is the existence of "fairylands", miniature cities with tiny robots that people play with ala the Sims. There's also an amusing typo when one character claims he's "half misogynist" when he means "misanthrope.".The cliffhanger is neat: "The edges of the spoon thickened, curled, spread into cold metallic lips. And kissed him." ; "N Day" by Philip Latham (pen name of R.S. Richardson) concerns an astronomer who discovers the sun is about to go nova. He tells the world, but is dismissed as a crackpot. (Had there been more time, someone would have checked his math and found him correct.) As a result, he finds his spine for the first time in decades.; "Veiled Island" by Emmett McDowell takes place on Venus (the pulp Venus of swamps and jungles.) A three-person anthropological team goes in search of the title island to investigate reports of a new variant of human. Apparently, unlike Earth, Venus just keeps producing new human variants out of the swamps which then climb up the ladder of civilization as they travel to the other side of the planet.; "A Matter of Length" by Ross Rocklynn (pen name of Ross Louis Rocklin) takes place in a far future with galactic travel. A stable mutation has created a new kind of human, the "double-brained" Hypnos, who have the ability to hypnotize ordinary humans. They are not physically distinguishable from other humans, but can be detected by "Sensitives." Hypnos face severe prejudice, and there's a war going on between societies that want to exterminate them and those that tolerate them. ; "The Plants" by Murray Leinster takes place on a planet with only one form of life. Plants with flowers that follow the sun.or anything unusual that happens. Four men whose spaceship was sabotaged crash-land on the planet. Are they more in danger from the pirates that sabotaged the ship for its precious cargo.or from the plants? ; "Fine Feathers" by George O. Smith is the final fiction piece. It's a science fiction retelling of the fable "The Bird with Borrowed Feathers" -- SKJAM! reviews ; wear, else G. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Minor wear only. The pages are clean and crisp with no highlighting or writing detected. Ships from Canada. Satisfaction guaranteed with 30-day return policy.; 175 X 15 X 253 millimeters; R0 s0.

Hardcover. Condición: New. 146 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm. The emergency coinage of 1689-1691 for the Irish campaign of James II provides a standard work of reference for the base coinage known as gunmoney as used for the Jacobite campaign during the late seventeenth century. The coins are arranged monthly under each denomination. An historical snapshot of the military campaign is provided at the beginning of each month to allow the reader to understand the circumstances in which the coins were issued and used during that period. Each type of coin is described and illustrated with every month date and principal variety tabulated for easy reference for both the Dublin and Limerick mints. This book also provides collectors and students of gunmoney with an indication of the comparative rarity, diameter, weight, orientation and edge milling of each of the coins together with associated 'patterns' and 'off-metal' strikes of the period.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. First Edition. 24 pages. The wartime theme affects many aspects of this issue. Features: Nice Camel cigarette ad inside front cover features illustration of air crew prepping a bomber, and Jeanne Flaherty; Brief bio and small photo of Orlando Rigoni; Cute child's description of husbands; Sierra Pine Toilet Soap ad; I Want to Know Why (fiction); How to make babyfood; Ida Lupino - The Poor Man's Bette Davis - article with photos; Dinner menus suggestions; The Power of Listening; Illustrated ad for KRSC radio in Seattle; Pride Goeth Before Victory - an intriguing article which begins by stating that "We Americans don't really hate anybody - not the Germans, or even the Japs. Probably the only people we actively dislike are the British."; Food for Thought - an illustrated feature of interesting world facts; Nice illustrated Airway Coffee ad mentions coffee rationing; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Center page nearly loose. This vintage issue provides nostalgic insight to American homelife during the second world war. Timmins, William (ilustrador).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. First Edition. 48 pages. Cover photo of air gunner. Features: They Marched Up the Hill - premiers debate the Sirois Report; So I Have a Mild Face! - photo-illustrated article on author Robert W. Service; He's in the Navy Now - two fantastic pages of photos of Canadian sailor William (Bill) A. Caskie as he undergoes training; Lord Halifax - Diplomatic Riddle; T.T.C. - excellent photo-illustrated two page feature on the history of Toronto's street railway system; Ask Doctor Mac (New Brunswick's Dr. William MacIntosh). Fiction: The Be-Still Tree; Hungry Fighter - tale of a young man forced to box for money, but the author better known for his many Hardy Boys books; Achilles and Willie; She Wrote Finis (serial). Beautiful colour (red) ad for the International panel van inside front cover. Dodge car ad. Oldsmobile car ad. Dodge stake truck ad; Nice Fargo truck ad with illustrations of eleven models. Nice Chevrolet truck ad features 1941 grill; Plymouth car ad. Unmarked with moderate weaer. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage wartime issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, January (Jan.) 15, 1941, Vol. 54, No. 2 - Robert W. Service Sirois Report; So I Have a Mild Face! - photo-illustrated article on author Robert W. Service; He's in the Navy Now - two fantastic pages of photos of Cana. Illustrated by McCullagh, W.R. (cover); Timmins, Harry L.; Eldridge,Harold; Aldwinckle, Eric (ilustrador).…