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  • SLANT. by Bear, Greg.
    Bear, Greg.
    SLANT.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in the mid-21st century, in a world transformed by nanotechnology and artificial intelligence, and where Green Idaho has become a separatist state. housing a state of the art cyronics center. SIGNED on the title page. 395 pp. ISBN: 0-312855176.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64489
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  • Bear, Greg.
    QUEEN OF ANGELS.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light toning)

    Book ID: 83792
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  • QUEEN OF ANGELS. by Bear, Greg.
    Bear, Greg.
    QUEEN OF ANGELS.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light toning)

    Book ID: 84572
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  • WAR SURF. by Buckner, M.M.
    Buckner, M.M.
    WAR SURF.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    New York: Ace Books, (2005). SIGNED first edition - Nasir Deepra, a 248 year old wealthy executive who rules 23rd-century Earth, his body kept young by nanotech machines, instigates minor wars, broadcasting his "war surfing" escapades on the Net, until he meets a young girl with an insatiable thirst for danger who pushes him into a war that exposes his secrets and brings him face-to-face with death. INSCRIBED on the title page. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-441013201.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83778
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  • HAMMERFALL. by Cherryh, C. J.
    Cherryh, C. J.
    HAMMERFALL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins (EOS), (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First book in a new series, The Gene Wars, set in a future world scarred by nanotechnology, by this Hugo-award winning author. Wraparound dust jacket art by Bob Eggleton. 390 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1052604.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80073
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  • HAMMERFALL. by Cherryh, C. J. (signed by cover artist, Bob Eggleton.)
    Cherryh, C. J. (signed by cover artist, Bob Eggleton.)
    HAMMERFALL.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Harper Collins (EOS), (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - First book in a new series, The Gene Wars, by this Hugo-award winning author. Wraparound dust jacket art by Bob Eggleton. SIGNED on the title page by Eggleton. 390 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1052604.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket. (some edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 51503
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  • CRESCENT CITY RHAPSODY. by Goonan, Kathleen Ann.
    Goonan, Kathleen Ann.
    CRESCENT CITY RHAPSODY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Avon, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in her highly acclaimed Nanotech Cycle, examining the possible effects of bio-engineering and nano-technology. Speculative fiction set in a New Orleans of the future where another Marie Laveau, descendant of the famous voodoo practicioner, is murdered and reborn through nanotechnology. SIGNED on the title page. 430pp. Dust jacket art by Gregory Bridges. ISBN: 0-380-977117.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43496
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  • (R)EVOLUTION. by Manney, P. J.
    Manney, P. J.
    (R)EVOLUTION.

    Edition: First edition, a trade paperback original.

    Seattle: 47North, (2015). SIGNED first edition - A technological thriller set in the near future: "Bioengineer Peter Bernhardt has dedicated his life to nanotechnology. . As the founder of Biogineers, he is on the cusp of revolutionizing brain therapies with microscopic nanorobots that will make certain degenerative diseases a thing of the past. But after his research is stolen by an unknown enemy, seventy thousand people die in Las Vegas in one abominable moment." Finalist for the P.K. Dick Award. SIGNED on the half title page with the words "The future is yours to create!" (Although not dated, this was signed at Sasquan in 2015, in the same year as publication.) 527 pp plus a note from the author. ISBN: 978-1477828496.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 70079
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  • MURDER IN THE SOLID STATE. by McCarthy, Wil.
    McCarthy, Wil.
    MURDER IN THE SOLID STATE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, a hard-science suspense novel set in 21st century America. It examines the "ways in which nanotechnology can bring freedom for the individual or control of the individual by others", as a young physicist fights to save his life, career, and country. 252 pp. Dust jacket art by Bob Eggleton. ISBN: 0-312859384.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some crinkling and peeling to inside of back cover of dj from security device)

    Book ID: 89393
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  • TERMINAL CAFE. by McDonald, Ian.
    McDonald, Ian.
    TERMINAL CAFE.

    Edition: Book club edition: the first US hardcover printing.

    New York: Bantam Books / Spectra, (1994) dj. Hardcover - Novel set in the near future, in Los Angeles in the 21st century, a land where death has been eradicated, thanks to nanotechnology, and so life is cheap. Every major city has a Necroville, or "City of the Dead," the segregated, walled ghetto where the dead sleep, eat and live, off-limits to living humans, until they have paid off the debt they incurred to be resurrected. 277 pp. Dust jacket art by Stephen Youll.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81434
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  • THE LAST SWORD MAKER (Course of Empire Series, Book 1) by Nelson, Brian.
    Nelson, Brian.
    THE LAST SWORD MAKER (Course of Empire Series, Book 1)

    Edition: Audio book.

    New York: Blackstone Audio, (2018). Audio Book unabridged, read by Bradford Hastings, 12 1/2 hours, 10 cds. "In the high mountains of Tibet, rumors are spreading. People whisper of an outbreak, of thousands of dead, of bodies pushed into mass graves. It is some strange new disease a disease, they say, that can kill in minutes.". ISBN: 978-1538479216.

    Condition: New - still in shrinkwrap.

    Book ID: 78586
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