{"product_id":"when-gravity-fails-the-classic-of-cyberpunk-sf-paperback","title":"When Gravity Fails: The Classic of Cyberpunk SF - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\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":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52521796567347,"sku":"9780765313584","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bTZSUDBSNEh6WUlRY210ZFZWMTJWZz09.webp?v=1760536445","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/when-gravity-fails-the-classic-of-cyberpunk-sf-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}