Sword & Laser picks old enough to be vintage paperbacks

Occasionally the monthly pick is a classic science fiction tale, usually selected by Tom. Some of these picks were published in the mid-twentieth century, when the colorful covers of mass-market paperbacks attracted our attention and our quarters. Those of us old enough to remember them, now call them vintage and occasionally spend a lot more than a quarter to buy a nice copy. These paperbacks were published in the US and UK. There are galleries of first editions and graphic novels. For some even older picks, go to the fiction mags page.