WHEN GRAVITY FAILS - Softcover

George Alec Effinger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055325555X ISBN 13: 9780553255553

Publisher: Spectra, 1987

Synopsis

Set in a decadent Arab ghetto, this tale is about a tough man who resists corruption at great cost, in spite of drugs, personality implants, and murder

About this title

About the Author:

A winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, George Alec Effinger was the author of What Entropy Means to Me and Schrodinger's Kitten. He died in 2002.

Review:

“Like a dive into the eye of a storm.” ―The Washington Post Book World on When Gravity Fails

“Fast, cool, clever, beautifully written, absolutely authoritative. A kind of cyberpunk Raymond Chandler book with dashes of Roger Zelazny, Ian Fleming, and Scheherezade--but altogether original.” ―Robert Silverberg on When Gravity Fails

“Ingenious, layered, sophisticated, and consistently bloodcurdling, When Gravity Fails kept me awake long after I had finished reading it.” ―Spider Robinson

“Great entertainment...Places Effinger in the company of writers like Gibson.” ―Fantasy Review on When Gravity Fails

“Superior science fiction . . . among the best I've come across.” ―The Denver Post on When Gravity Fails

“A brilliantly written, knife-edged futuristic detective story . . . destined to be the year's most intense and emotionally involving SF work.” ―Houston Post on When Gravity Fails

“Wry and black and savage... there's a knife behind every smile.” ―George R. R. Martin on When Gravity Fails

“Muscular, convincing, yet continuously surprising.” ―Richard A. Lupoff on When Gravity Fails

“One of the best cyberpunk novels I've read . . . Effinger's prose is terse, direct, vivid and often laced with an enchanting sense of humor . . . this is only part of the book's delightful texture . . . gives you a real sense of what it's like to be an old-fashioned gumshoe in the seedy backreaches of a futuristic arab nation.” ―The Providence Sunday Journal on When Gravity Fails

“Wry, inventive, nearly hallucinatory . . . a well-written, baroque riff on the time-honored themes of Raymond Chandler.” ―Publisher's Weekly on When Gravity Fails

“This is the fourth or fifth time I've been asked to give a public comment on an Effinger book; and each time I've done it; and each time I've said you people are cheating yourselves if you don't forego food and rent to pick up on Effinger's work. Now, *this* time, will you for pete's sake listen to me and buy When Gravity Fails? It's as crazy as a spider on ice skates, plain old terrific; and if you don't pay attention I'll have to get tough with you! We have your childen and your dog. Buy, read and marvel...or else.” ―Harlan Ellison on When Gravity Fails

About this edition

• Publisher: Spectra
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 055325555X
• ISBN 13: 9780553255553
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 289