New York: Doubleday, (2014). Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a "dystopian novel for the digital age, . . . about the dangers of technology and the power of the printed word. In the not-so-distant future, the forecasted "death of print" has become a near reality. Bookstores, libraries, newspapers, and magazines are essentially things of the past, as we spend our time glued to handheld devices called Memes." 370 pp. ISBN: 978-0385537650.

New York: Ballantine, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Winner of the Nebula Award. Author's second novel (her first won both the Tiptree and the Lambda awards.) Set in the near future, in a world of pollution and identity control, this is the story of a young woman's struggle for survival and independence in the gritty underside of the city. INSCRIBED on the title page. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-345-391659.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young adult novel set in the near future - in 2028 -when a deadly flu virus has ravaged the earth and only 1 in 2000 survive. SIGNED on the title page. Map frontispiece, 179 pp plus author's notes. ISBN: 0-689831188.

New York: Hyperion, (2015). Hardcover first edition - The sixth book in The Enemy series. "The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets - crazed and hungry. The others had promised that the countryside would be safer than the city. They were wrong. Now Ella's all-alone except for her silent rescuer, Scarface - and she's not even sure if he's a kid or a grown-up." Double page map. 454 pp. All edges tinted. ISBN: 978-1484747155.

New York: Bantam, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Both science fiction and mystery, this dystopian novel is set in a bleak future Los Angeles, where the wealthy can use "prowlers" to simulate dangerous erotic experiences - safely, they think, until a man is found brutally murdered and his prowler is missing. Ex-cop McNihil is blackmailed into investigating and finds a world far more evil than he expected. Dark and disturbing. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-553-104837.

New York: Ballantine, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - a "riveting tale of science cut loose from ethics" Set in an amoral near future this is a world where "genetically engineered monstrosities fight each other to the death in an Olympic event." 356 pp. ISBN: 978-0345526618.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first novel, set in a "frighteningly realistic near future." SIGNED on the title page. 392 pp. ISBN: 978-0316250818.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second book - called a wonderfully skewed road novel - Oz rewritten in a bleak future. "Since the war and the bombs, Hatfork, Wyoming is a sick town..." SIGNED by the author. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1000913.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second book - called a wonderfully skewed road novel - Oz rewritten in a bleak future. "Since the war and the bombs, Hatfork, Wyoming is a sick town..." SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1000913.

New York: St Martin's, (1987). Hardcover first edition - Novel by this Hugo and Nebula award winning author. "In a near-future world caught in the grips of a population crisis, Thomas Windom, an 'illegal' child is taken from his parents and, with other "outcasters," is raised in a forced labor camp." The camps are a world of torture, brutality and murder, but the outside is no better with the population split into two major blocks - and the computer which controls this has set a "wardate" to ensure that much of the population is killed off. 375 pp. Dust jacket art by Ron Walotsky. ISBN: 0-312007809.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel set in the future by this award-winning writer. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2014. The third book in the quartet which began with the Newbery award winning book 'The Giver.' SIGNED and dated on the title page. 215 pp. Dust jacket design by Charles Brock. ISBN: 0-618404414.

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 by Lowry on a bookplate on the front endpaper. The second book in the quartet which began with the Newbery award winning book 'The Giver.' 215 pp. Original dust jacket design by Kathy Black. ISBN: 0-618-055819.

New York: Putnam, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a highly praised young adult thriller set in a dystopian future Los Angeles, at a time in the near future when the US has split into two warring factions - the Republic on the West coast and the Colonies. ISBN: 9780399256752.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mano's only science fiction novel and a controversial satirical and dystopian take on what the future could be. The dust jacket calls this "a novel about the last man on earth" but it is actually a novel of environmentalism gone beyond any reasonable bounds - "Set in 2035 CE, where draconian attempts to combat environmental pollution have created a Dystopia, and where a convert to Christianity misunderstands the nature of that Religion and becomes a cannibal." (Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). Surprisingly uncommon in the first edition. 240 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-385028709.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second novel, a thriller set in the 21st century world of underseas cities. 352 pp. ISBN: 0-380974568.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second novel, a thriller set in the 21st century world of underseas cities. 352 pp. ISBN: 0-380974568.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in a dystopian future - on the one side, there is Quetzalia, behind fortress walls, free of machine technology and devoted to peace and the mystical practices of ancient Mexico - and outside the walls on the wasteland plains is a people of unbridled savagery. 273 pp. Dust jacket art by Les Edwards. ISBN: 0-688052843.

Terre Haute, IN: Tanglewood, (2012). SIGNED first edition - The second novel in the highly praised Ashfall series for young adults, set after the eruption of the Yellowstone super volcano. The first book was praised for seamlessly weaving details about science, geography, agriculture, and slaughter into the story, creating a fully immersive and internally consistent world much too close to reality. This novel follows 16-year-old Alexs journey with tough Darla through the ash and snow of a postvolcanic, dystopian Midwestern world. SIGNED on the title page and dated 6-6-12, in the year of publication. 376 pp.

Seattle: Per Aspera Press, (2006). First edition - The author's first novel, a futuristic dystopia, set in a world where the survivors of the last global disaster live within the stone and steel Hypogeum, beneath the fluorescent light of an unmoving sun. The air is poison, the population is culled at random by invisible assassins, and privacy is a thing of the past. Glossary. 347 pp.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "The future is a strange and dangerous place , , , " Xanadu is a near-future perfect society hosting the wealthiest men and women on earth, but underneath it are some very dark secrets. SIGNED on the title page by both Niven and Barnes. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-312867263.

New York: Bantam, (1992.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, set in a dystopic near future, where cameras film your every move, published as a mass market paperback in the Bantam Spectra Special Edition series. This larger format advance edition also includes brief excerpts from Gibson and Sterling's THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE, Tepper's BEAUTY, and Dan Simmon's PRAYERS TO BROKEN STONES. SIGNED by William Gibson at the excerpt from his novel, 'The Difference Engine." 450 pp plus the additional selections.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1989.). SIGNED first edition - Includes Robinson's Nebula award winning novel, originally published in a limited edition and Le Guin's novella set in the near future, printed back to back. SIGNED by Robinson on the title page of his novel. 142 pp and 42 pp. ISBN: 0-812500105.

New York: Katherine Tegen Books / Harper Collins, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Second book in the dystopian Divergent trilogy. Basis for the movies. SIGNED on the title page. 525 pp. ISBN: 978-0062024046.

New York: Katherine Tegen Books / Harper Collins, (2012) dj. Hardcover - Second book in the dystopian Divergent trilogy. Basis for the movies. 525 pp. ISBN: 978-0062024046.

New York: Franklin Watts, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult science fiction novel - the story of a young orphan girl trying to find herself, who will do anything she has to, in order to follow her dreams, set in the near future in the sterile domed floating city of New Boston. ISBN: 0-531-057836.