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: 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.

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: 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: 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: 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: HarperPrism, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to the Nebula-nominated "Metropolitan" (1995), an urban noir novel set in a complex dystopian society of the not too far distant future. 498 pp. ISBN: 0-061052132.

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

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1967. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in the vastly overpopulated 25th century, this novel combines a dystopian vision of the future with time traveling (or time hopping) as a way to escape from the crush of the present world. SIGNED on the title page. 182 pp.

New York: Doubleday, (2014) dj. 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: 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: 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.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Summit Books, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this award-winning Afrikaans writer to be published in English. Originally published in 1978, this was reissued because changing circumstances in South Africa made it even more relevant - it presents a picture of South Africa in what was then 20 or 30 years in the future, with the former privileged ruling class of whites barely managing to survive - a warning of the consequences of apartheid (or of any misrule). Graham Greene described this novel as "a South African 1984" Translated by Marion V. Freedman. 205 pp. ISBN: 0-671-644254.

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.

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: 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 & 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: 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: 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.

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: Putnam. (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - Theroux's massive dystopian novel of America in the near future, a land of nuclear waste, mutants, the incredibly rich and the masses. A wasteland not due to nuclear war but to "the inexorible pressing of what we already see about us - from the Third World to Times Square, from the halls of the mighty to the haunts of terrorists and killer survivalists." 527 pp. ISBN: 0-399-131858.

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.