Reviews
"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 RaymondChandler." --"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." --" 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", "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, Wry, inventive, nearly hallucinatory . . . a well-written, baroque riff on the time-honored themes of Raymond Chandler., "Ingenious, layered, sophisticated, and consistently bloodcurdling, "When Gravity Fails" kept me awake long after I had finished reading it.", Ingenious, layered, sophisticated, and consistently bloodcurdling, When Gravity Fails kept me awake long after I had finished reading it., 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., One of the best cyberpunk novels I've read . . . terse, direct, vivid and often laced with an enchanting sense of humor, "Wry, inventive, nearly hallucinatory . . . a well-written, baroque riff on the time-honored themes of Raymond Chandler." , "A brilliantly written, knife-edged futuristic detective story . . . destined to be the year's most intense and emotionally involving SF work." , 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., 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., "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.
