New York: Hogarth, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised second novel, a "genre-defying epic set in a dystopian metropolis plagued by flying dragons." Named to many "best books of the year" lists, including The Wall Street Journal and NPR which stated that "Smiths gifts of imagination are staggering. . . . it filters youth through a warped yet poignantly canny speculative fiction lens. At the same time, its funny as hell, full of madcap detail, firecracker dialogue, and a healthy dose of absurdism in the face of darkness." Dust jacket praise from Paul Tremblay and Victor LaValle, among others. 457 pp. ISBN: 978-0451496263.

New York: Dutton, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel in Mead's new series, Age of X. " In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA). Raised in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the militarys most elite and terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced reflexes and skills." 448 pp. ISBN: 978-0525953685.

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.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006). First edition - The final book in her Shadow children series, the story of an illegal third-born in a futuristic society that only permits 2 children in each family. 194 pp.

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.

New York: Ace Books, (2004). Dystopian novel set at the end of the 21st century "Life in Paris is quiet for Ebriel Serique and her family. They live protected by the glass walls of their skyscraper apartment, safe from the poverty-stricken countries just over the Line of Partition. Until one day, her husband and daughter go sailing, and are murdered by terrorists who claim their yacht had crossed the Line." Driven by grief, Ebriel becomes a maquisade, a resistance fighter against her own deceitful government. 385 pp. plus 4 pp ads. Cover art by Chris Cocozza. ISBN: 0-441011071.

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: 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.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2004) 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.

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: 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.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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: Simon & Schuster, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fist novel set in the near future, on earth devastated by nuclear war as seen through the eyes of a survivor, Singe Ragnhilds, half-Norwegian and half American, whose family accepts the offer from Tanzania to live on the now powerful continent of Africa. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-67149984X.

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: 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: 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.

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: Simon Pulse/ Simon & Schuster, (2018). SIGNED first edition - The second novel in The Mortal Coil young adult trilogy about gene-hacking, One review called it "a necessary read for critical readers of speculative, dystopian, and apocalyptic literature. . . Suvada has created a fascinating, complex world where DNA can be easily manipulated (and where race isnt easily defined) and technology can open the mind to endless possibilities. She offers plenty of food for thought about how far technology can take humanity and how far we should let it." SIGNED on the title page. 392 pp.