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When Gravity Fails
Published 1987 by Arbor House · 290 pages
Hugo · 1988
FinalistNebula · 1988
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George Alec Effinger on these ballots
4 award entries · 3 books · 0 wins · 1973–1990
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Synopsis
In a decadent future Middle Eastern city called the Budayeen, freelance hustler Marid Audran navigates a world where people routinely modify their brains and bodies with plug-in personality modules. When a serial killer begins stalking the streets, Audran is drawn into a dangerous investigation that forces him to compromise the independence he has fiercely guarded.
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Details
- Series
- Marid Audran · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780877958512