VAN SCYOC, SYDNEY — Assignment Nor Dyren
New York, NY: Avon Books, 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. Avon book number 17160, with a price of .75 cents. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. There is a lightish crease to the bottom front corner of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright, though there is a hint of light generalized toning throughout. "Sydney J. Van Scyoc (July 27, 1939 June 17, 2023) was an American science fiction writer. Her first published story was "Shatter the Wall" in Galaxy in 1962. She continued to write short stories throughout the 1960s and in 1971, published her first novel, Saltflower. Other novels followed until 1992, when she abandoned writing to make and sell jewelry. Gordon Van Gelder, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction published her first story in more than 20 years in the December 2004 issue. He stated in an introduction to the story that: "in June 1992, after years of writing fiction, she became obsessed with jewelry making and spent a decade selling earrings and bracelets in the San Francisco Bay area." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
