{"product_id":"beyond-the-rift-peter-watts-9781616961251","title":"Beyond the Rift","description":"Skillfully combining complex science with finely executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the always-shifting border between the known and the alien. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe beauty and peril of technology and the passion and penalties of conviction merge in stories that are by turns dark, satiric, bold, and introspective. A seemingly humanized monster from John Carpenter's \u003ci\u003eThe Thing\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the true villains in an Antarctic showdown. An artificial intelligence shields a biologically-enhanced prodigy from her overwhelmed parents. A deep-sea diver discovers that her true nature lies not within the confines of her mission but in the depths of her psyche. A court psychologist analyzes a psychotic graduate student who has learned to reprogram reality itself. A father tries to hold his broken family together in the wake of an ongoing assault by sentient rainstorms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorgeously saturnine and exceptionally powerful, these collected fictions are both intensely thought-provoking and impossible to forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Watts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616961252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616961251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.62w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013 pg. 80","brand":"Peter Watts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046020444415,"sku":"9781616961251","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c6c6312-df04-4eb4-9f66-598b14581a53.jpg?v=1684982150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-rift-peter-watts-9781616961251","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}