New York: Random House, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An original anthology collecting nine stories about 'the applications and repercussions of power in the near future' by Ursula K. Le Guin, R. A. Lafferty, James Tiptree, Jr., George Alec Effinger, Gene Wolfe, Vonda McIntyre and others. 253 pp. ISBN: 0-394-494202.

New York: Random House, (1976.) dj. Hardcover - An original anthology collecting nine stories about 'the applications and repercussions of power in the near future' by Ursula K. Le Guin, R. A. Lafferty, James Tiptree, Jr., George Alec Effinger, Gene Wolfe, Vonda McIntyre and others. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-394-494202.

New York: Norton, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this regional Granta finalist, described as an "unsettling fictional journey into the Southern California state of mind...a darkly funny and unhingingly brilliant multi-generational novel set in the orange groves of Redlands, California, one that shuttles effortlessly from the late nineteenth century to the day after tomorrow." 349 pp. ISBN: 0-39303478X.

New York: Norton, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this regional Granta finalist, described as an "unsettling fictional journey into the Southern California state of mind...a darkly funny and unhingingly brilliant multi-generational novel set in the orange groves of Redlands, California, one that shuttles effortlessly from the late nineteenth century to the day after tomorrow." SIGNED on the title page. 349 pp. ISBN: 0-39303478X.

New York: Norton, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this regional Granta finalist, described as an "unsettling fictional journey into the Southern California state of mind...a darkly funny and unhingingly brilliant multi-generational novel set in the orange groves of Redlands, California, one that shuttles effortlessly from the late nineteenth century to the day after tomorrow." 349 pp. ISBN: 0-39303478X.

New York: Norton, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this regional Granta finalist, described as an "unsettling fictional journey into the Southern California state of mind...a darkly funny and unhingingly brilliant multi-generational novel set in the orange groves of Redlands, California, one that shuttles effortlessly from the late nineteenth century to the day after tomorrow." SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 349 pp. ISBN: 0-39303478X.

New York: DAW Books, (2010,) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the on-line gaming world in the 21st century. Volume One in the Omnitopia series. 360 pp. ISBN: 9780756406233.

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: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - A "near-future adventure-thriller . . In the 21st century, the U.S. has been fractured by invasion from the south and by foreign and domestic terrorism. The Latino troops have been routed and much of the Southwest has been depopulated, with thousands of survivors having made their way to the small, snowbound town of Ironwood, Montana. When a savagely mutilated corpse is discovered in Ironwood, the question that haunts local police and vigilante groups is whether the town's refugee camps shelter even more frightening 'invaders': remnants of a group of cybernetically enhanced supermen from California, referred to as 'Chipheads'." 322 pp. ISBN: 0-15100076X.

New York: Doubleday, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel to introduce the endearing and engaging time traveler Frank Mihalik. ISBN: 0-385-196415.

New York: Blue Rider Press / Penguin Random, 2017. SIGNED first edition - Novel set in a near future United States - twenty years after their fall, the Twin Towers suddenly reappear in the Badlands of South Dakota, and tens of thousands of people are drawn to this "American stonehenge." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 300 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Seventh novel, set in the near future, in a Los Angeles where a lake has appeared almost overnight in the middle of the city, by a writer described as "visionary" and "provocative" - terms which this book lives up to. SIGNED on the title page. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-6472x.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - First U.S., and first combined, edition of these three very different novellas originally published as separate books by PS Publishing. The title story, "The Devil Delivered" is a warning of catastrophic climate change, set in the near future, where the land owned by the Lakota Nation blisters beneath an ozone hole the size of the Great Plains. "Revolvo" takes place in an alternate Earth where evolution has taken an interesting turn, and "Fishin' with Grandma Matchie" is a nine-year-old boy, writing the story of his summer vacation which becomes a fantastical journey into the wild world that Grandma Matchie inhabits. 336 pp. ISBN: 978-0765330024.

New York: Times Books, (1980) dj. A novel set in what was then the near future when scientists learn to tap the power of the planet's electromagnetic field to solve the energy crisis, only to nearly destroy Earth by earthquakes - a story of the "conflict between the forces of technology and greed and the gentle men and women who have respect for the land, are in touch with nature, and practice the "craft of the wise" - witchcraft." Although Farrar wrote many novels, he is best known for his practice of, and writings on, wicca - or witchcraft. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-812908619.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The final novel in his epic series set in the near future, a series which began with Firestar and continued with Rogue Star and Lodestar. 414 pp. ISBN: 0-312-87443x.

New York: Warner, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Science fiction noir - a hard-boiled thriller set in the near future on ".the Montezuma Strip. A Mexamerican megalopolis sprawling from Baja to the Gulf. the home of one tough cop who specialises in solving the most devious, diabolical crimes that future felons can devise. " Glossary of Spang. 280 pp. ISBN: 9780446527743.

New York: Warner, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Science fiction noir - a hard-boiled thriller set in the near future on ".the Montezuma Strip. A Mexamerican megalopolis sprawling from Baja to the Gulf. the home of one tough cop who specialises in solving the most devious, diabolical crimes that future felons can devise. " Glossary of Spang. 280 pp. ISBN: 9780446527743.

New York: HarperPrism, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller set in the near future: nuclear devices have been planted under the Antarctic ice which will flood the world when detonated. 416 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1052353.

New York: Putnam, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 21st Century Tokyo, after the millennial quake. Rei Toei is the beautiful entirely virtual media star adored by all Japan: the Idoru. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-399-141308.

St Petersburg, Florida: Valkyrie Press, (1980). First edition - The author's first novel, a speculative thriller set in 1983, at what was the near future at the time this book was published, the story of a frantic attempt to obtain the formula for a pollution-free and revolutionary new fuel. Illustrated by Robert G. Cannon. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-934616094.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in a decaying futuristic world. 270 pp. Dustjacket art by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-151837759.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first thriller, one which looks at issues that science and medicine will be forced to face in the future, as a bereaved doctor clones the killer of his 17-year-old daughter. SIGNED on the title page. 319 pp. ISBN: 1400043085.

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: William H. Morrow, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller set in the near future in a society gone rotten, while its wealthy elite live forever. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-688072445.

New York: Avon, (1990.). SIGNED - Novel set in the near future by this award winning writer - 'in the 21st century, the wealthy need never die.' SIGNED on the title page, 295 pp. ISBN: 0-380-704390.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Australian writer to appear in the US - set in the near future, this is a long and complex novel, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes farcical, on the seduction of power and its transformation of character. 622 pp. ISBN: 0-374181586.

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine, {1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the near future -one in which a machine which is infallible in determining lies from truth has been perfected. But as its use spreads from determining the guilt of suspected criminals to other areas of society, the effects multiply in often unexpected ways. Appendix. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-345410564.

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine, {1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the near future -one in which a machine which is infallible in determining lies from truth has been perfected. But as its use spreads from determining the guilt of suspected criminals to other areas of society, the effects multiply in often unexpected ways. Appendix. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-345410564.