 | The Portable Jack London (Portable Library) by Jack London
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $3.50 Compare the two versions of To Build A Fire, and see why the 1908 surpasses the 1902 version.
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 | Anthem by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 This is a 2-for-1 special, the new book with the earlier version of "Anthem", along with Rand's corrections, in the back of the book. Rands ratio was 5 pages to 1 rewrite.
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 | Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.00 The novel calssic . . .
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 | First Meetings in Ender's Universe by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.97 . . . and the novella original.
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 | The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay that Became the Classic Star Trek Episode by Harlan Ellison
Buy used from: $1.69 Here is the much acclaimed, much maligned early draft of Star Trek: TOSs best episode.
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 | The Chronic Argonauts by H. G. Wells
Buy new: $12.44 / Used from: $13.59 H. G. Wells wrote this, but not much came of it, until he wrote . . .
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 | The Time Machine (Dover Thrift Editions) by H. G. Wells
Buy new: $2.00 / Used from: $0.01 . . . this world-shaking story. He had the concept down in the first, but the execution down in the second.
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 | The Road to Dune by Brian Herbert
Buy new: $18.94 / Used from: $0.31 This book has "Spice Planet," which is based upon Frank Herberts early draft of . . .
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 | Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 . . . the classic Dune, which is heads and shoulders above his earlier draft.
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 | The Man Who Knew Too Much
Buy used from: $0.10 This is the 1934 version, which is the one I preferlove the hypnotizing freemasonsand . . .
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 | The Man Who Knew Too Much
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $9.34 . . . the more famous 1956 version. It has better actors, a tighter script, and when the assassin stops and talks to Doris Day just before the hit . . . !!!
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 | Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 40, Episodes 79, 99 & 1: Turnabout Intruder/ The Cage (B&W/Color Version) / The Cage (Full Color Version)
Buy used from: $25.98 The Cage was Roddenberrys first attempt at Star Trek. It was good, but not good enough, so . . .
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 | Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 1, Episodes 2 & 3: Where No Man Has Gone Before/ The Corbomite Maneuver
Buy used from: $2.92 . . . he made another pilot, with the cast we know and love.
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 | The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy used from: $3.97 The original story that became . . .
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 | 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.64 . . . the SF classic. But . . .
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 | 2001 - A Space Odyssey
Buy used from: $2.79 . . . the movie is different from the book, and
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 | The Lost Worlds of 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy used from: $0.01 . . . there is even another early draft of 2001 here. So many to choose from!
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 | The Prestige by Christopher Priest
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.25 Read the book . . .
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 | The Prestige
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $4.18 . . . and see how the movie made several improvementssuch as the passionate rivalry based on lost love, the better mentor, no framing story, and the books odd & vague ending.
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