When Gravity Fails

Muscular, convincing, yet continuously surprising. --Richard A. Lupoff Wry and black and savage... there's a knife behind every smile. --George R. R. Martin It's as crazy as a spider on ice skates, plain old terrific... Buy, read and marvel...or else. --Harlan Ellison Fast, cool, clever, beautifully written, absolutely authoritative... absolutely original. --Robert Silverberg Ingenious, layered, sophisticated, and consistently bloodcurdling, When Gravity Fails kept me awake long after I had finished reading it. --Spider Robinson 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 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 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 A brilliantly written, knife-edged futuristic detective story . . . destined to be the year's most intense and emotionally involving SF work. Wry, inventive, nearly hallucinatory . . . a well-written, baroque riff on the time-honored themes of Raymond Chandler. Great entertainment...Places Effinger in the company of writers like Gibson. Superior science fiction . . . among the best I've come across. Like a dive into the eye of a storm. One of the best cyberpunk novels I've read . . . terse, direct, vivid and often laced with an enchanting sense of humor Like a dive into the eye of a storm. Like a dive into the eye of a storm. -- style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >The style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >Washington style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal > Post Book World on style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >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 style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >When Gravity Fails Ingenious, layered, sophisticated, and consistently bloodcurdling, style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >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. -- style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >Fantasy Review on style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >When Gravity Fails Superior science fiction . . . among the best I've come across. -- style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >The style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >Denver style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal > Post on style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >When Gravity Fails A brilliantly written, knife-edged futuristic detective story . . . destined to be the year's most intense and emotionally involving SF work. -- style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >Houston style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal > Post on style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >When Gravity Fails Wry and black and savage... there's a knife behind every smile. -- George R. R. Martin on style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >When Gravity Fails Muscular, convincing, yet continuouslysurprising. --Richard A. Lupoff on style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >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. -- style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >The Providence Sunday Journal on style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >When Gravity Fails Wry, inventive, nearly hallucinatory . . . a well-written, baroque riff on the time-honored themes of Raymond Chandler. -- style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >Publisher's Weekly on style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >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 style= mso-bidi-font-style: normal >When Gravity Fails