Boston: Little Brown, (2010.). First edition - The ninth book by this award winning writer - a hilarious novel which 'vividly imagines a low-down darkly comic future, as inspired by a drive-in movie classic.' 725 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2010.). First edition - The ninth book by this award winning writer - a hilarious novel which 'vividly imagines a low-down darkly comic future, as inspired by a drive-in movie classic.' 725 pp.

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.

New York: Overlook Press, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - California author's eleventh novel, one which combines gritty noir suspense with science fiction - "In the parallel near-future, a ship sinks into the Caribbean with its captain chained to the mast. Left behind is a logbook missing ten pages, presidential DNA hidden in a brick of smuggled cocaine, and a nearly- completed novel. Tipsy, the dead sailor's sister, and Red Means, his erstwhile employer, travel from San Francisco to the Caribbean and back as they attempt to unravel a mystery that rapidly widens from death at sea to international conspiracy." 448 pp. ISBN: 978-1590201947.

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: Crown, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, an urban noir thriller set in the near cyberfuture - an immense cloud of pollen has descended on a "remixed and futuristic Manchester" and people are literally sneezing themselves to death. SIGNED on the title page. Noon's first novel "Vurt" won the Arthur C. Clark Award and the John W. Campbell award for best new science fiction writer. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-517599902.

New York: Crown, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, an urban noir thriller set in the near cyberfuture - an immense cloud of pollen has descended on a "remixed and futuristic Manchester" and people are literally sneezing themselves to death. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Exploding language." Noon's first novel "Vurt" won the Arthur C. Clark Award and the John W. Campbell award for best new science fiction writer. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-517599902.

Manchester UK: Ringpull (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, an urban noir thriller set in the near cyberfuture - an immense cloud of pollen has descended on a "remixed and futuristic Manchester" and people are literally sneezing themselves to death. Noon's first novel "Vurt" won the Arthur C. Clark Award and the John W. Campbell award for best new science fiction writer. 327 pp. ISBN: 1-898051119.

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.

San Diego: Jodere Group, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set 50 years in the future in a world on the edge of chaos; the 'thought police' have been given the task of eliminating any subversive activity. Includes an extensive glossary of "freekspeek" terms. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication - 5/31/03 at the BEA. 393 pp. ISBN: 1-58872-0691.

New York: Villard, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Speculative thriller set in what was the near future when this was written - in 2005, when a paralyzing depression is threatening to collapse the government of the United States. Reading list. 446 pp. ISBN: 0-679424075.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in what was the very near future at the time it was published - in the year 2000 - and against the backdrop of presidential politics. 497 pp. ISBN: 0-679-450424.

New York: Henry Holt, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "Seventeen-year-old Jenna has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn't remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers?. . . Set in a near future America, [this novel] takes readers on an unforgettable journey through questions of bio-medical ethics and the nature of humanity." SIGNED on the title page. 265 pp. Promotional material laid in. ISBN: 978-0805076684.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). Hardcover first edition - A science fiction thriller set in what was the near future at the time this was published - the end of the 20th century when the earth has exhausted its supply of fuel. A book which combines suspense with technological expertise (the authors are the creators of the British television series 'Doomwatch.') Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 271 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Mike Codd. ISBN: 0-684146045.

New York: Harper Collins, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A story of survival, loss and longing - on Valentine's Day two major earthquakes hit San Francisco within an hour, devasting the city and its primary entrance points. This is the story of just a few of those affected. SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. ISBN: 9780062275950.

New York: Turner, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller set in the near future. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the half title page. 324 pp. ISBN: 9781620454145.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Piercy's highly praised science fiction novel - an interweaving of 2 stories, one that of a young woman in the 21st century in the vast toxic wasteland that used to be North America, the other a kabbalist in the 16th century in Prague's Jewish ghetto. ISBN: 0-679-404082.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Piercy's highly praised science fiction novel - an interweaving of 2 stories, one that of a young woman in the 21st century in the vast toxic wasteland that used to be North America, the other a kabbalist in the 16th century in Prague's Jewish ghetto.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Piercy's highly praised science fiction novel - an interweaving of 2 stories, one that of a young woman in the 21st century in the vast toxic wasteland that used to be North America, the other a kabbalist in the 16th century in Prague's Jewish ghetto. ISBN: 0-679-404082.

New York: Crown, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A political thriller set in what was the near future at the time this was written - Castro is dead and the race is on to install a new leader, written by a political insider - . Quayle was the wife of the then vice-president, Dan Quayle, and Northcott is her sister. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-517588226.

New York: McCall, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A political thriller, set in Berlin in the 1970s, in what was then the near future. A "safe" compromise candidate is the premier of East Germany, but he proceeds on a program of liberalization, which includes tearing down the Berlin Wall - but the repercussions are immediate: he is kidnapped by the Russians, Soviet tanks roll in - 222 pp. ISBN: 0-841501084.

New York: Ace Books, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "thriller that takes the reality of today's genetics research one step into the future" The secret work of this laboratory includes creating viruses that "mark" the host for tracking purposes. 307 pp plus bibliography. ISBN: 0-441864767.

New York: Ace Books, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A cutting edge techno-thriller set in what was the near future when this was written: 'In the year 2015, an artificial virus is accidentally unleashed upon the public. Death is rapid and appalling. Survival is unlikely.' The author only missed the pandemic by 5 years! 315 pp. ISBN: 0-441-002463.

New York: Ace Books, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "thriller that takes the reality of today's genetics research one step into the future" The secret work of this laboratory includes creating viruses that "mark" the host for tracking purposes. 307 pp plus bibliography. ISBN: 0-441864767.

New York: Bantam, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A novel set in the near future in the last pure wilderness on earth. SIGNED on the title page. 511 pp. ISBN: 0-553-100637.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The final book in the Orange County series, set in California in the middle of the 21st century, a world which is beginning to recover, the path to extinction has been avoided, but the battle to improve the earth will never end - especially in water-short California. Each book in this series presents a different view of the near future - this is the most optimistic and utopian. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-312-93050x.