{"product_id":"when-gravity-fails-paperback","title":"When Gravity Fails: The Classic of Cyberpunk SF - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Alec Effinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a decadent world of cheap pleasures and easy death, Marid Audrian has kept his independence the hardway. Still, like everything else in the Budayeen, he's available...for a price. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a new kind of killer roams the streets of the Arab ghetto, a madman whose bootlegged personality cartridges range from a sinister James Bond to a sadistic disemboweler named Khan. And Marid Audrian has been made an offer he can't refuse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 200-year-old \"godfather\" of the Budayeen's underworld has enlisted Marid as his instrument of vengeance. But first Marid must undergo the most sophisticated of surgical implants before he dares to confront a killer who carries the power of every psychopath since the beginning of time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWry, savage, and unignorable, \u003ci\u003eWhen Gravity Fails\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed as a classic by Effinger's fellow SF writers on its original publication in 1987, and the sequence of \"Marid Audrian\" novels it begins were the culmination of his career.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, \u003cb\u003eGeorge Alec Effinger\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Entropy Means to Me \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSchrodinger's Kitten\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131768672391,"sku":"9780765313584","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5a45bdb88755c6666782029c42f0c55c.webp?v=1732621156","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/when-gravity-fails-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}