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  • THE NATURE OF SMOKE. by Harris, Anne.
    Harris, Anne.
    THE NATURE OF SMOKE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in a high-tech near future, and featuring Magnolia, who had grown up in the burnt-out remains of a Detroit slum. 284 pp. ISBN: 0-312-85286x.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 58002
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  • ACCIDENTAL CREATURES. by Harris, Anne.
    Harris, Anne.
    ACCIDENTAL CREATURES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in "the Detroit of the future - a city of extreme poverty and extravagant wealth, were every life is overshadowed by the megalithic biotech corporation GeneSys. With the rise of maglev transportation and the death of the auto industry, the name Motor City has become an anachronism. There are no jobs except GeneSys jobs. One can either pass an exam and obtain an office job at GeneSys headquarters or work in the dangerous biopolymer-growing vats in Vattown." Winner of the 1999 Spectrum award. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-312865384.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86062
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  • THE NATURE OF SMOKE. by Harris, Anne.
    Harris, Anne.
    THE NATURE OF SMOKE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in a high-tech near future, and featuring Magnolia, who had grown up in the burnt-out remains of a Detroit slum. 284 pp. ISBN: 0-312-85286x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 89514
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  • HOLE IN THE SKY. by Hautman, Pete.
    Hautman, Pete.
    HOLE IN THE SKY.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 66205
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  • THE IMMORTALS. by Hickman, Tracy.
    Hickman, Tracy.
    THE IMMORTALS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Penguin, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in what was the near future: it is 2010, and the United States is ravaged by disease, and stifled by martial law. A lethal virus known as V-CIDS strikes without discrimination and the government responds by isolating those infected into specially designed internment camps. Author's afterword. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-451-454022.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. (knick to one corner of the dj.)

    Book ID: 56895
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  • Hoffman, Eva.
    THE SECRET.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Public Affairs, (2002.) dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel (following three non-fiction books), a story of a young woman's search to know more about her identity set in a 'creepily plausible near future.' 265 pp. ISBN: 1-58648-1509.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 38167
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  • Hogan, James P.
    OUTWARD BOUND: A Jupiter Novel.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The sixth book in the Jupiter series, young adult coming-of-age novels set in the near future. From the dustjacket: "Fifteen-year -old Linc Marani is from the wrong side of twenty-second century L.A.'s tracks. Everyone he knows is addicted to dope, booze, and the violence that masquerades as bravado in life on the streets. When a chance at some cold hard cash is offered to him by a slick associate in a fancy Cadillac, Linc jumps at the bait - only to find himself sentenced to a juvenile labor camp when the heist goes sour." SIGNED on the title page. Dustjaket art by Vincent Di Fate. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-312862431.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short closed tear to dj.)

    Book ID: 36747
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  • ENDGAME ENIGMA. by Hogan, James P. (1941-2010)
    Hogan, James P. (1941-2010)
    ENDGAME ENIGMA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1987.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. Novel set in the near future: the Soviets have launched a giant space station capable of housing 12,000 citizens - an opportunity for a peaceful utopia or domination? 407 pp. ISBN: 0-553-051695.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good minus dust jacket (some chipping and edgewear to dj, now protected by an archival cover).

    Book ID: 57412
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  • NOIR. by Jeter, K.W.
    Jeter, K.W.
    NOIR.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 57966
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  • A MEMORY OF DRAGONS. by Johnson, Annabel and Edgar
    Johnson, Annabel and Edgar
    A MEMORY OF DRAGONS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel of danger and intrigue set in the near future, a time of shortages and conflict. Paul Killian, 18, is currently employed as a technician at the nation's largest defense center - but they know he is a genius and both sides - those who believe the US should remain whole and those who want the western states to secede - both want him. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-689-312636.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54467
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  • THE RAMPART AND THE GLEN. by Kennedy, R. H.
    Kennedy, R. H.
    THE RAMPART AND THE GLEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Vantage Press, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in what was the near future at the time this was written in 21st century Scotland, a story which combines science fiction, gothic, adventure and romance - as well ghosts, who dwell in MacKenane castle and appearing and disappearing at will. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. 91 pp. ISBN: 0-533022959.

    Condition: Fine in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84885
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  • A PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION. by Kerr, Philip.
    Kerr, Philip.
    A PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Plume, (1994.). SIGNED - Set in what was the near future - 2013 - in London, this is "part techno-thriller, part futuristic detective story and part the diary of a serial killer." SIGNED on the title page. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-452-271401.

    Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages, minor wear to covers.)

    Book ID: 56860
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  • NOT THIS AUGUST. by Kornbluth, C. M.
    Kornbluth, C. M.
    NOT THIS AUGUST.

    Edition: Early book club edition.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, (1955). dj. Hardcover - A near future story of a completely defeated America and of a commercial artist turned diary farmer, not a hero, but somehow determined to fan the spark of defiance. 190 pp. Dust jacket by Mel Hunter

    Condition: Near fine in yellow boards in a very good dust jacket (tear to spine of dj)

    Book ID: 87637
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  • THE GAMES. by Kosmatka, Ted.
    Kosmatka, Ted.
    THE GAMES.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, but with a remainder dot.)

    Book ID: 64204
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  • LEGACY OF PROMETHEUS. by Kotani, Eric and John Maddox Roberts.
    Kotani, Eric and John Maddox Roberts.
    LEGACY OF PROMETHEUS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2000). First edition - The fifth collaboration between this astrophysicist and author - a thriller about the future battle for solar power. 268 pp.

    Condition: Very good in printed red wrappers (crease on front cover, upper corner slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 81325
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  • SILENCED. by Kurtz, Nicole Givens.
    Kurtz, Nicole Givens.
    SILENCED.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Mira Loma, CA: Parker Publishing (2008). First edition - A thriller set in the near future. "In the year 2146, the United States has completely collapsed, leaving the country in ruins. In this turmoil, Cybil Lewis and her inspector-in-training, Jane, fill a need. When begged by Jane to look into the disappearance of Jane's cousin, Cybil is catapulted into a world far removed from anything she has experienced so far - a world of lies and deceit." 211 pp. ISBN: -600430376.

    Condition: Near fine (toning)

    Book ID: 89096
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  • CALIFORNIA. by Lepucki, Edan.
    Lepucki, Edan.
    CALIFORNIA.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63035
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  • AMNESIA MOON. by Lethem, Jonathan
    Lethem, Jonathan
    AMNESIA MOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 81617
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  • AMNESIA MOON. by Lethem, Jonathan
    Lethem, Jonathan
    AMNESIA MOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68230
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  • SEA OF GLASS. by Longyear, Barry B.
    Longyear, Barry B.
    SEA OF GLASS.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (signs of a small label removal from front endpaper)

    Book ID: 78305
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  • THE END OF THE OCEAN. by Lunde, Maja.
    Lunde, Maja.
    THE END OF THE OCEAN.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: HarperVia / Harper Collins, (2020). First edition - A novel set in the near future which explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought. "In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets sail alone on a hazardous voyage across the ocean in a sailboat. On board, a cargo that can change lives. In 2041, David and his young daughter, Lou, flee from a drought-stricken Southern Europe that has been ravaged by thirst and war. Separated from the rest of their family and desperate to find them, they discover an ancient sailboat in a dried-out garden, miles away from the nearest shore. Signes sailboat." Translated from the Norwegian by Diane Oatley. 294 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed white wrappers.

    Book ID: 82286
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  • MISSING MAN by MacLean, Katherine
    MacLean, Katherine
    MISSING MAN

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Berkley / Putnam, (1975) dj. Hardcover - An expanded version of the author's Nebula-award winning story "The Missing Man." 220 pp. Cover illustration by Richard Powers.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket (lower corner of dj flap clipped.)

    Book ID: 67454
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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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  • THE BRIDGE. by Mano, D. Keith (1942-2016)
    Mano, D. Keith (1942-2016)
    THE BRIDGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in a brown cloth spine with gilt lettering over black boards in a very good dust jacket (minor edgewear to dj, original price of 6.95 on dj flap.)

    Book ID: 88517
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  • A WINTER GRAVE. by May, Peter.
    May, Peter.
    A WINTER GRAVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Riverrun / Quercus Publishing, (2023) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller set in the near future - in 2051 - in the Scottish highlands. Warnings of climate change have been ignored and a quarter of the world's population has been displaced. A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station finds the body of a missing man, a journalist on a walking tour, entombed in ice. Glasgow detective Cameron Brodie volunteers to be flown north to investigate the death. 357 pp. ISBN: 978-1529428483.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 90044
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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 YEAR. by McGee, Marcus.
    McGee, Marcus.
    THE LAST YEAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Pegasus Books, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of the chaos which takes over when it appears that a giant asteroid is on a collision course with earth. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. 495 pp. ISBN: 0-9673123-53.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (crinkling to bottom edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 58257
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  • THE LAST YEAR. by McGee, Marcus.
    McGee, Marcus.
    THE LAST YEAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Pegasus Books, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of the chaos which takes over when it appears that a giant asteroid is on a collision course with earth. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. 495 pp. ISBN: 0-9673123-53.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 73368
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  • HALF THE DAY IS NIGHT. by McHugh, Maureen.
    McHugh, Maureen.
    HALF THE DAY IS NIGHT.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79859
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