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  • LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND. by Alam, Rumaan.
    Alam, Rumaan.
    LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's disturbing third novel - the title ostensibly refers to a comment in an airbnb rental on Long Island, but of course it also refers to facing a post-apocalyptic world - with some insights into racial attitudes, class and family life thrown in along the way. Whole lives are encapsulated in single sentences. Basis for the very good 2023 film starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, and Mahershala Ali, but far more subtle and thought-provoking. Finalist for the National Book Award - the judges' citation called it "elegant, sensuous, thrilling, taut. It is an incisive examination of race and class, an absorbing story about what the beginning of…

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    New York: Ecco Press, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's disturbing third novel - the title ostensibly refers to a comment in an airbnb rental on Long Island, but of course it also refers to facing a post-apocalyptic world - with some insights into racial attitudes, class and family life thrown in along the way. Whole lives are encapsulated in single sentences. Basis for the very good 2023 film starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, and Mahershala Ali, but far more subtle and thought-provoking. Finalist for the National Book Award - the judges' citation called it "elegant, sensuous, thrilling, taut. It is an incisive examination of race and class, an absorbing story about what the beginning of the end of the world might look like. This novel is a towering achievement. Rumaan Alams prose is precise, pointed, gorgeous. The characters he brings to life and their humanity are so finely observed. Leave the World Behind will want you to do anything but that." 341 pp. ISBN: 97-0062667632.

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    Condition: Fine in fine first issue dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88951
    Keywords: apocalypse, distopia, long island setting, Modern first editions, movie basis
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  • GATHERING BLUE. by Lowry, Lois.
    Lowry, Lois.
    GATHERING BLUE.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel set in the future by this award-winning writer. "Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns and discards the weak, Kira faces a frighteningly uncertain future. . . [this book] challenges readers to think about community, creativity and the values they have learned to accept." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2014. The second book in the quartet which began with the Newbery award winning book 'The Giver.' 215 pp. Dust jacket design by Charles Brock. ISBN: 9780547995687.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy, but with a remainder line)

    Book ID: 59957
    Keywords: children, distopia, speculative fiction, the giver quartet, Young adult books
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  • LOST ROADS: Broken Lands, Book Two. by Maberry, Jonathan.
    Maberry, Jonathan.
    LOST ROADS: Broken Lands, Book Two.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - Gabriella "Gusty" Gomez has lost her mother, and now shes losing her home, as she continues on her danger-filled journey to save those infected with the zombie plague continues in this terrifying second book in the young adult Broken Lands series.
    She 514 pp. ISBN: 978-1534406407.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 89054
    Keywords: biological testing, distopia, Fantasy: Children and Young Adult, zombies
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  • DINNER AT DEVIANT'S PALACE. by Powers, Tim
    Powers, Tim
    DINNER AT DEVIANT'S PALACE.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    New York: Ace Books, (1985). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. A novel set in a near future gone mad, in a California where life continues, often in bizarre ways, after the end of civilization. Winner of the 1985 John W. Campbell Award and 1986 Philip K. Dick Award for best novel, nominated for the 1985 Nebula. 294 pp. Cover art by John Berkey. ISBN: 0-441-148794.

    Condition: Good only (creasing to the spine, some rubbing and wear to the covers)

    Book ID: 62948
    Keywords: california setting, distopia, dystopian, John W. Campbell Award, los angeles, Philip K. Dick Award, post-apocalyptic, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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