New York: Basic Books, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Enjoyable and informative essays on Einstein, physics, time, relativity, artificial intelligence, Robert Oppenheimer, Erwin Schrodinger, Stanley Kubrick, nuclear research and more by a writer who is himself a scientist and physics professor. Included is a section on Marvin Minsky and early computer 'hackers' (back when the term had a different meaning.) Index. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-465-073409.

New York: Basic Books, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Enjoyable and informative essays on Einstein, physics, time, relativity, artificial intelligence, Robert Oppenheimer, Erwin Schrodinger, Stanley Kubrick, nuclear research and more by a writer who is himself a scientist and physics professor. Included is a section on Marvin Minsky and early computer 'hackers' (back when the term had a different meaning.) Index. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-465-073409.

New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the history of mankind from the first stone axe to the supercomputers of today, and how those with the genius to invent, lead, design, heal have brought the earth to the brink of destruction. Illustrated with drawings by Ted Dewan. Bibliography, index. 348 pp. ISBN: 0-399140883.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion" (Scott Westerfield) for young adult readers, involving a terrorist attack in San Francisco (the title is a reference to 'Big Brother' in Orwell's 1984). Winner of the 2009 John W. Campbell Award. Afterword, bibliography. 382 pp. ISBN: 0-765319853.

New York: Warner, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Brainy thriller" set in Los Angeles in the near future - Something has gone wrong with the immensely powerful computer brain that controls the Yu Building, dubbed the Gridiron, and the building has become a serial killer. Built to survive power outages and earthquakes, the computer cannot be turned off. SIGNED on the title page. 451 pp. . ISBN: 0-446520535.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living." Thus writes the author in the introduction to this visionary new book. Bits, the DNA of information, are rapidly replacing atoms as the basic commodity of human interaction. And this change is "irreversible and unstoppable." Now, many years later, we are living in the midst of this revolution that Negroponte, MIT Professor, futurist, inventor, founder of the "One Laptop per Child" foundation. both predicted and explained in a book written for everyone. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens, "with best regards. Always be optimistic" and dated in 1996. Uncommon thus. Index, 243 pp. Dust jacket design by Chip Kidd. ISBN: 0-679-439196.

New York: Perseus Books, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Transforming cultures and Communities in the age of instant access."A prophetic book, but one which (if anything) underestimated the rate of transformation. SIGNED by the by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Notes, index. xxii, 266 pp. ISBN: 0-738206083.

New York: Times Business / Random House, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. "From Gates's awkward adolescence to his position as the world's richest man, Rivlin takes a deep look into his character and uses him as a means to reveal the character of those that oppose him, a drama that he likens to that in Moby Dick. . . Rivlin tries not to take sides. Nevertheless, the Captain Ahabs (Ray Noorda, Scott McNealy, Larry Ellison, among others) come off looking less flawed, but certainly not as smart or as calculating or as dangerous as the white whale (Gates)." (Harry C. Edwards) includes a compendium of Microsoft jokes, index. 360 pp. ISBN: 0-812930061.

Largemouth Software, LLC, (2017). The first book in a planned trilogy of computer science fiction novels. "John Watson, PhD student, husband and father-to-be, struggles to keep his research and career goals on track as he discovers strange anomalies in his artificial intelligence system. As his fledgling expert system grows capable of autonomously navigating, understanding and interacting with the Internet, his dreams begin to unravel when the system becomes targeted by malicious hackers, greedy corporations and someone inside the university." 372 pp. ISBN: 978-0989885355.

New York: Morrow, (1974.) dj. Hardcover - Thriller set in the world of violence for hire, but also a book which explores the nature of good and evil in the modern world. 275 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-688-003095.

New York: Morrow, (1974.) dj. Hardcover - Thriller set in the world of violence for hire, but also a book which explores the nature of good and evil in the modern world. 243 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-688-003095.