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James Davis Nicoll Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Mythras, Pete Nash

Mythras

Pete Nash
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

Mythras by Pete Nash & Lawrence Whitaker Design Mechanism’s foray into a setting-free Basic Roleplaying-based fantasy roleplaying game. https://t.co/zqMLFC4E8z

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Book Cover for: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

Gardner Dozois
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois https://t.co/0RYomSPLzy

Paperback, 2014

$49.99$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Velvet Was the Night, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Velvet Was the Night

Silvia Moreno-Garcia
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

Velvet Was The Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://t.co/T5PspWYS8l

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yoko Ogawa
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel by Yoko Ogawa (Translated by Stephen Snyder) A housekeeper, her son, and a brilliant, cognitively impaired professor bond over math. https://t.co/OydrbHae9G

Paperback, 2009

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Silver Nitrate, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Silver Nitrate

Silvia Moreno-Garcia
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A never-finished film offers two struggling entertainment workers the golden ticket out of precarity... and into an early grave. https://t.co/M6sN5692ri

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel (Alex Award Winner), Quan Barry

We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel (Alex Award Winner)

Quan Barry
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel by Quan Barry A desperate field hockey team turns to an infernal ally to improve their game. Will they be willing to pay its final price? https://t.co/2mfAV69goo

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Journey in Other Worlds, John Jacob Astor

A Journey in Other Worlds

John Jacob Astor
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

A Journey in Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV A crew of plucky Americans take time off from altering Earth's axial tilt to travel to Jupiter and Saturn, to shoot an inordinate number of animals and commune with the dead. https://t.co/icR02WKe1L

Paperback, 2015

$6.89$3.44 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Tales from the Loop, Simon Stålenhag

Tales from the Loop

Simon Stålenhag
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

Tales from the Loop by Simon Stålenhag, Nils Hintze & Tomas Härenstam A Swedish roleplaying game set in a weirder 1980s. No need to fear death but there’s plenty of trauma. https://t.co/S0GJjMToBk

Hardcover, 2020

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Flight from Tomorrow: Science Fiction Stories, H. Beam Piper

Flight from Tomorrow: Science Fiction Stories

H. Beam Piper
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

Federation by H. Beam Piper A collection of science fiction stories set in the Federation... but not _that_ Federation. https://t.co/Fs5QYVnxBF

Paperback, 2024

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Colony, Ben Bova

Colony

Ben Bova
James Davis NicollJames Davis Nicoll

Funny story: Ben Bova was still banging the population bomb drum in the 2000s. In one of his novels the heroes secretly install fertility limits on all human women. Among other things, it means interstellar colony populations can at best stay steady but will probably shrink.

Paperback, 2016

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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