Had his vision been of the past, or of the near-future?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tran Siberian] Reference

It is not the near-future Supreme Court that has ruled so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alito, Husband-Notification, and Choice For Men] Reference

Stuff I was considering horror was also near-future sf ie M.    From Wordnik.com.  [Genre Transcending] Reference

The first risk is that history catches up with near-future novels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten Minutes, That's It] Reference

I'll have more on the pickups, SUVs and wagons that I drove in near-future blogs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Texas truck two-step] Reference

Glen Morgan and James Wong did a great job of casting this near-future space drama.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

Topical, entertaining near-future thriller about ubiquitous surveillance in the UK.    From Wordnik.com.  [“Whole Wide World” | books | Futurismic] Reference

Forthcoming near-future dystopia – a wired world in 2025 has many hidden hazards.    From Wordnik.com.  [“Rainbows End” | books | Futurismic] Reference

SF dystopic near-future urban setting; ultimately hopeful in a very phoenixy fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  [June 20th, 2003] Reference

Last year, a girl at work asked me if I was going to see any bands in the near-future.    From Wordnik.com.  [FallNews] Reference

Real life and a disastrous war continue to imitate art in this near-future webcomic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Larry Smith: SHOOTING WAR--Chapter 3: "Black Hawk Down"] Reference

Similarly inspired, Foster writes of a near-future India in the techno-thriller, Sagramanda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference

For now, it is back to the show floor to preview the near-future production cars up close. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [Detroit auto show - then and now] Reference

It may be more fun to work on near-future risks if we all pretend to be in the midst of it now.    From Wordnik.com.  [[Superstruct] Five Threats « Dyepot, Teapot] Reference

The near-future envisioned just prior to the apocalypse is the pessimistic extension of our own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-06-01] Reference

Instead, I'm thinking about near-future stories that have the science as part of the background.    From Wordnik.com.  [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference

He would wake up the next morning as a tragically time-lessened and near-future version of himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [misshaped planet] Reference

And then how would such a thing be powered considering current fueling technologies or near-future ones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Realistic Space Exploration] Reference

Haldeman gives us a near-future version of one of the classic SF themes: the alien shape-shifter in our midst.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asimov's Science Fiction]

Plus, the game is set in an apocalyptic near-future, while the film unfolds in the quietude of the 16th century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kurosawa Classic Rehashed as Game] Reference

Hyundai came out swinging at its press conference, announcing they have a few near-future technologies up their sleeve.    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 LA Auto Show: Hyundai sings the Blues] Reference

"The expectation that interest rates will decline further in the near-future bodes well for economic growth," he added.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Bakker branches out into the near-future thriller world with Neuropath, and I have to say that he does so in a big way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference

Developing the Future is an extremely interesting look at major issues affecting UK software development in the near-future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

Someone on Absolute Write asked about near-future research, for the purposes of writing a story that takes place around 2025.    From Wordnik.com.  [I see… the future! « Dyepot, Teapot] Reference

And he began the usual futile attempt to probe at the near-future, like a man probing at an old wound to see if it still hurt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exile's Honor]

For these reasons, they have been chosen to fill out the recommended system of major reservoirs to meet near-future Basin demands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior] Reference

Many elements of Who Fears Death fit the near-future sci-fi model, but there is magic and sorcery, which can only mean fantasy, right?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Review: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor] Reference

Science fiction is a genre in sales decline; by writing near-future accessible SF, I'm doing my part to fan the embers and keep it alive.    From Wordnik.com.  [SF Signal Interviews Robert J. Sawyer] Reference

But it also could be described in varying degrees as being a thriller, horror, near-future sci-fi, Apocalyptic sci-fi, and even cyberpunk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview: Charlie Huston] Reference

I'm pretty sure that current and near-future iPhones aren't going to do what I want, and now I've got tempted by a shiny new red Treo 680.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh bloody hell I've succumbed] Reference

His embryonic talent for precognition had shown him a little of the near-future and he knew that Elric was preparing to do battle with him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bane of The Black Sword]

Cuarón and his phenomenal cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki bring this bleak, terrifying near-future to life in astonishingly tactile images.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holiday Movie Guide] Reference