Books

Three-issue lot: January, April, and August 1977. Mercury Press, Inc. Digest format; cover price $1.00 per issue. Edited by Edward L. Ferman; Isaac Asimov, science editor. Covers and spines in listing photos confirm all three dates. Contents below verified against standard bibliographic references (philsp.com / ISFDB). Collectors' notes: January 1977 contains part 1 of 2 of Fritz Leiber's serial The Pale Brown Thing (later expanded as the novel Our Lady of Darkness); part 2 appeared in the February 1977 issue, which is not included in this lot. August 1977 features Gregory Benford's novella "A Snark in the Night" (Hugo and Locus Award finalist, Best Novella). April 1977 includes Avram Davidson's Jack Limekiller novelette "Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight" and Jane Yolen's "The Hundredth Dove" (cover story). Included issues and highlights: January 1977 (Vol. 52, No. 1, Whole No. 308): The Pale Brown Thing part 1 of 2 by Fritz Leiber; novelette "The Man Who Saved the Sun" by Stephen Tall; short fiction by R. A. Lafferty, Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford, Paul Darcy Boles, and Steven Utley; Isaac Asimov science column "Discovery by Blink." Cover art by Ron Walotsky. April 1977 (Vol. 52, No. 4, Whole No. 311): Novelette "Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight" by Avram Davidson; short fiction by Tom Reamy, Charles W. Runyon, Wilma Shore, Charles E. Fritch, Michael G. Coney, and Jane Yolen ("The Hundredth Dove," cover story); Isaac Asimov science column "The Dark Companion." Cover art by David Palladini. August 1977 (Vol. 53, No. 2, Whole No. 315): Novella "A Snark in the Night" by Gregory Benford; novelet "The Taste of the Dish and the Savor of the Day" by John Brunner; short fiction by Raylyn Moore, Stan Dryer, Larry Eisenberg, and Lee Killough; Isaac Asimov science column "Oblique the Centric Globe." Cover art by Rick Sternbach. Condition: Fair to good vintage digest lot — similar wear profile to the other F&SF magazines in this collection, with more cosmetic damage than the Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine set. Heavy page-edge tanning throughout. Mailing label on at least one back cover (visible in photos); other backs show typical house ads. January: light edge and spine wear. April: spine color loss and edge rubbing, most noticeable along the green spine. August: light spine and edge wear. Stack photos show corner creases and page-edge tanning on all three. All three bindings remain intact and interiors are readable, but collectors should expect cosmetic damage as shown. Three magazines total, ships as one lot.