New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a "weird and haunting parable for our times" set in New York City in what was, at the time this was written, the near future. Winner of the Bram Stoker award and a New York Times Notable Book. ISBN: 0-374-189870.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in "the parched, diseased, impoverished terrain of central Africa" where in front of the doctor struggling to bring water to the area, an apparent miracle occurs. As a tractor gouges the ground for an airstrip, "water bubbles to the surface, first a trickle, but soon a powerful flood. and a sizeable river seems to be forming." A combination of speculative and realistic fiction. 254 pp. Dust jacket by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-88619-1815.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An experimental novel, written in interwoven sections (in a fashion similar to that of 'The Hours' but with poet Walt Whitman provides the connection) The first section is set in the early years of the Industrial Revolution; the second is a noir thriller set in modern New York city where terrorists are setting off bombs apparently at random, and the final section is set 150 years in the future. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-374299625.

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: 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: EOS - Harper Collins, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, an interesting look at a future dominated by a corporate-state. INSCRIBED on the title page. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0088575.

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: Harper & Row, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The authors first novel, a combination of charm and strangeness, this is the story of a 25 year old medium who lives in two worlds: the Hollywood where she jogs and the spiritual world from which come the voices of her clients' contacts as well as her own guide, a Noel Coward like chap named Pallas. Her second novel won the PK Dick award. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0149310.

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.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel set in the future by this award-winning writer. "Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns and discards the weak, Kira faces a frighteningly uncertain future. . . [this book] challenges readers to think about community, creativity and the values they have learned to accept." SIGNED by Lowry on a bookplate on the front endpaper. The second book in the quartet which began with the Newbery award winning book 'The Giver.' 215 pp. Original dust jacket design by Kathy Black. ISBN: 0-618-055819.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel set in the future by this award-winning writer. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2014. The third book in the quartet which began with the Newbery award winning book 'The Giver.' SIGNED and dated on the title page. 215 pp. Dust jacket design by Charles Brock. ISBN: 0-618404414.

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.

La Grande, OR: Wordcraft of Oregon, 1999. SIGNED first edition - A collection of short stories (the first book of fiction, preceded by some poetry books) by this Rhysling Award winner and Fishtrap Fellow - stories which "glance through sci-fi and fantasy on into other magical and imaginative spaces, never ceasing to pose the central ontological question 'What does it mean to be human?' " SIGNED on the title page. A title in The Wordcraft Speculative Writers Series. 116 pp. ISBN: 1-877655287.

Los Angeles: Nash Publishing Corporation, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Genetic engineering has produced the most perfect man on earth - in brains and body - superbaby! There is nothing which he cannot do, and while he tries track, golf, boxing and chess, baseball becomes his game of choice, and in his first year in the majors he breaks all of the records. Interesting blend of fantasy and baseball, very uncommon in this first hardcover edition. ISBN: 0-8402-11023.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. SIGNED first edition - Ruff's second novel - described as part mad Max, part "Monkey Wrench Gang" and part Dickens - set in Manahattan in 2023, this novel includes an attempt to solve a murder mystery with Ayn Rand resurrected from the dead by computer acting as an unwilling assistant, a mutant great white shark swimming in the sewer tunnels beneath Times Square, and a Volkswagon Beetle possessed by the spirit of Abbie Hoffman, and more. SIGNED by the author on the title page with a small drawing, 515 pp.

New York: Villard, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's justifiably highly acclaimed first book, winner of 3 science fiction awards (1998 Arthur C. Clarke Award, 1998 British Science Fiction Award, the James Tiptree, Jr. Award) and nominated for the Hugo. Its story of man's encounter with intelligent beings on another planet is one of the most thought-provoking works of speculative fiction published in recent years. Basis of the forth-coming movie. The sequel, Children of God, was nominated for the Nebula. True first edition with all of the points present and in the first issue dust jacket. 408 pp. ISBN: 0-679-451501.

New York: Macmillan, (1970) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book by Sallis, a collection of speculative short fiction, sometimes surreal, sometimes comic, but often with a quiet horror combined with mundane details, a glimpse of a future bleak and violent and full of death. SIGNED on the title page. 226 pp.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1969. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel of a future in which the mind of a dead man can be transplanted into a living body. 231 pp. Dust jacket by Pat Steir. SIGNED on the dust jacket by Silverberg.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. First edition - A novel , set 300 years into the future among the survivors of the nuclear war which almost destroyed the world, which transcends the science fiction genre. Thought-provoking and a great read. My favorite of all her books.

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: Putnam. (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Theroux' massive novel of America in the near future, a land of nuclear waste, mutants, the incredibly rich and the masses. ISBN: 0-399-131858.

London: Hutchinson, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel set in 2004 - in what was the near future at the time Weldon wrote this - a lighthearted and very funny satire on contemporary life. A Hutchinson Novella, illustrated with drawings by Amanda Faulkner. 80 pp. ISBN: 0-09-1686806.

New York: Harper & Row, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel set in 2004 - in what was the near future at the time Weldon wrote this - a lighthearted and very funny satire on contemporary life. A title in the Harper Short Novel series, illustrated with drawings by Amanda Faulkner. 80 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0157593.

New York: Harper & Row, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel set in 2004 - in what was the near future at the time Weldon wrote this - a lighthearted and very funny satire on contemporary life. A title in the Harper Short Novel series, illustrated with drawings by Amanda Faulkner. 80 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0157593.