When Gravity Fails

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George Alec Effinger: When Gravity Fails (2014, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.)

English language

Published Jan. 29, 2014 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc..

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978-1-4976-0539-8
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Review of 'When Gravity Fails' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

How did I miss this series when it came out? I picked this up as a wayback recommendation and it did not disappoint. There are echoes of Grimwood's magisterial Arabesk trilogy here but this is an entirely different beast. A cyberpunk world where not only can you alter your mind through drugs, your body through surgery; you can also change your personality through technology. Pop in a device to your head and you can be someone different or learn something immediately. Add into this concept a grungy cityscape of junkies, grifters and the broken. Mix in politics and serial murder. Stir. Then you have a stonking read that keeps you gripped. Recommended.

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  • Serial murders, fiction
  • Middle east, fiction
  • Fiction, science fiction, general
  • Fiction, thrillers, suspense