New York: Harper Collins, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - Highly acclaimed first novel by this writer, born in Peru, raised in Alabama, and now living in California, and writing in English. A dystopian view of the future, set in a 'nameless, timeless South American country' where a war has been raging between the government and a guerrilla faction from the jungle. Alarcon's first book, a collection of short stories, won the Whiting Writer's Award and he was chosen by PW as one of the top debut writers of 2007 and In 2010, he was chosen by the New Yorker as one of the 20 best writers in the US under the age of 40. SIGNED on the title page. 257 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly acclaimed first novel by this writer, born in Peru, but now living in California. A dystopian view of the future, set in a 'nameless, timeless South American country' where a war has been raging between the government and a guerrilla faction from the jungle. Alarcon's first book, a collection of short stories, won the Whiting Writer's Award and he was chosen by PW as one of the top debut writers of 2007 and In 2010, he was chosen by the New Yorker as one of the 20 best writers in the US under the age of 40. SIGNED by the author. 257 pp. ISBN: 978-0060594794.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (2009) dj. Hardcover - The second book in her MaddAddam trilogy, sequel to Oryx and Crake, and like that book set in a near future in which the world has been devastated by a global pandemic which set across the earth like a waterless flood. While there appear to be few human survivors, gene-spliced life is beginning to proliferate. 434 pp. ISBN: 978-0771008443.

New York: Doubleday, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, set 15 years later - Gilead continues to maintain its grip on power, but there signs it is beginning to rot from within. This is the story of three women - one who has grown up in Gilead as the daughter of an important commander, another in Canada who marches in anti-Gilead protests, and one who was one of the regime's enforcers. Winner of the Booker Prize. 415 pp. ISBN: 978-0385543781.

New York: Doubleday, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, set 15 years later - Gilead continues to maintain its grip on power, but there signs it is beginning to rot from within. This is the story of three women - one who has grown up in Gilead as the daughter of an important commander, another in Canada who marches in anti-Gilead protests, and one who was one of the regime's enforcers. Winner of the Booker Prize. 415 pp. ISBN: 978-0385543781.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. dj. Hardcover first edition - Dystopian novel set in the American Southwest, in a land devasted by drought, and where water wars are being openly fought. An all too plausible future. 371 pp. ISBN: 978-0385352871.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. dj. Hardcover first edition - Dystopian novel set in the American Southwest, in a land devasted by drought, and where water wars are being openly fought. An all too plausible future. 371 pp. ISBN: 978-0385352871.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. dj. Hardcover - Dystopian novel set in the American Southwest, in a land devasted by drought, and where water wars are being openly fought. An all too plausible future. 371 pp. ISBN: 978-0385352871.

New York: Ace Books, (1984). SIGNED - INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1985. Novel by this African American science fiction writer - a dystopian view of the near future, where Los Angeles has become a war-zone. 310 pp. Cover art by Barclay Shaw. ISBN: 0-812-510348.

New York: Spectra, (2005). First edition - The author's second novel, sequel to "Hammered" - Peter Watts described these as a combination of "hard science, dystopian geopolitics and a wide-eyed sense of wonder. "The year is 2062, and after years on the run, Jenny Casey is back in the Canadian armed forces. .. at fifty, sheÕ s been handpicked for the most important mission of her life - a mission for which her artificially reconstructed body is perfectly suited." 368 pages plus a preview of "Worldwired"", the final book in this series. ISBN: 0-55358751X.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Dystopian novel set in 2047 in an America where the microscopic machines of nanotechnology have built a clean, prosperous America. But those who resist the mandatory "therapy" suffer discrimination and poverty. When the mutilated corpses of eight young students are found in the luxury apartment of a noted poet, he becomes the "subject of investigation by an ambitious policewoman, a renegade psychologist, and the murderer's closest friend. Twenty-first century Los Angeles provides the surrealistic setting for a remarkable exploration of human guilt and fears. . . Bear's blending of high-tech gloss with penetrating insights into human nature results in a complex and challenging speculative vision." (Library Journal) 364 pp. ISBN: 0-446514004.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Dystopian novel set in 2047 in an America where the microscopic machines of nanotechnology have built a clean, prosperous America. But those who resist the mandatory "therapy" suffer discrimination and poverty. When the mutilated corpses of eight young students are found in the luxury apartment of a noted poet, he becomes the "subject of investigation by an ambitious policewoman, a renegade psychologist, and the murderer's closest friend. Twenty-first century Los Angeles provides the surrealistic setting for a remarkable exploration of human guilt and fears. . . Bear's blending of high-tech gloss with penetrating insights into human nature results in a complex and challenging speculative vision." (Library Journal) 364 pp. ISBN: 0-446514004.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the near future, in a Europe and Africa in chaos, by one of the leading white opponents of apartheid in South Africa, who was imprisoned for seven years for "terrorism." 308 pp. ISBN: 0-374-20766-6.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Provocative dystopian novel by the author of 'The Postman.' - "In a perilous future, disposable duplicate bodies fulfill every citizen's legal and illicit whim. Life as a 24-hour "ditto" is cheap, as Albert Morris knows. A brash investigator with a knack for trouble, he's sent plenty of clay duplicates into deadly peril, then "inloaded" memories from copies that were shot, crushed, drowned.all part of a day's work." SIGNED on the half title page. 458 pp. ISBN: 0-765303558.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - A provocative thriller of tomorrow rooted firmly in reality: the fascism of the recent past, the social turmoil of today. A dystopian novel set in the near future in a world on the brink of World War III. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-385037163.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1973. dj. Hardcover - This provocative thriller of tomorrow is rooted firmly in reality: the fascism of the recent past, the social turmoil of today. A dystopian novel set in the near future in a world on the brink of World War III. ISBN: 0-385037163.

New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, a cyberpunk horror novel set in the near future, the first book in a planned trilogy: An engineered virus has gone wrong, and created a plague that turns women into deadly plastic dolls at puberty. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-312130457.

New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to his highly praised first novel, a cyberpunk horror novel set in the near future, and the second book in a planned trilogy: An engineered virus has gone wrong, and created a plague that turns women into deadly plastic dolls at puberty - and now these doll-girls have mated with humans to create a new subspecies. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-312139578.

New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to his highly praised first novel, a cyberpunk horror novel set in the near future, and the second book in a planned trilogy: An engineered virus has gone wrong, and created a plague that turns women into deadly plastic dolls at puberty - and now these doll-girls have mated with humans to create a new subspecies. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-312139578.

New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, a cyberpunk horror novel set in the near future, the first book in a planned trilogy: An engineered virus has gone wrong, and created a plague that turns women into deadly plastic dolls at puberty. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-312130457.

New York: Bantam, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A near-future story set in a world of Chinese-held corporations and an America split along racial and religious lines. One seismotologist has developed a unique theory of quake predicition and he is struggling to avoid catastrophe in the form of a colossal earthquake more destructive than any in human history. Author's note, 307 pp.

New York: Scholastic, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Rather hard to find first printing of the first book in this powerful trilogy set in the near future with unsettling parallels to our present. Basis for the movie of the same name. 487 pp.

New York: Scholastic, (2009.) dj. Hardcover - The second book in the powerful Hunger Games trilogy set in the near future with unsettling parallels to our present. Basis for the movie of the same name. 391 pp. ISBN: 978-0439023498.

New York: Speak / Penguin, (2011.). SIGNED - "In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die." A chilling picture of a brave new world. The first book in a dystopian trilogy for young adults. SIGNED on the title page. 366 pp.plus an excerpt from the second book,. ISBN: 9780142419779.

New York: Bloomsbury, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Tech-noir novel set in New York City in what was the near future when this book was written - a city with race riots, massive unemployment and crime run rampant. 276 pp. ISBN: 978-1608193073.

New York: EOS - Harper Collins, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, an interesting look at a future dominated by a corporate-state. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0088575.

New York: EOS - Harper Collins, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, an interesting look at a future dominated by a corporate-state. INSCRIBED on the title page. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0088575.

New York: EOS - Harper Collins, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, an interesting look at a future dominated by a corporate-state. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0088575.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel set in what was the near future at the time it was written: in 1992 in a Mexico City where the worst possiblities for the country and the people have become realities - a city with the largest population in the world, black acid rain falling relentlessly on an already polluted city, gangs of children rampaging through the city, a hopelessly corrupt ruling party - and it is 500 years since Columbus's landing in the Americas. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam and the author. ISBN: 0-374-123349.

Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, (2010). First edition - An anthology containing "twenty-three dazzling stories which take us on a twisted, wild ride into some future times and parallel universes" divided into four categories: survivors, lovers, outliers and warriors. Among the contributors are William Gibson, Yann Martel, Heather O'Neill, Sheila Heti, Timothy Taylor, Matthew Trafford, Douglas Coupland, Laura Trunket and Neil Smith. Brief notes on the contributors. 453 pp. ISBN: 978-1553654926.