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Irrational Numbers: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781497640092)
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xStories that "belong to a world that has been shaped not only by Asimov and Heinlein but also by Borges, Pynchon and Barthelme" (The New York Times). In IRRATIONAL NUMBERS, as with much of his work, author George Alec Effinger straddles the line between allegorical fantasy and science fiction. It's a vein Effinger mines for a deep, meaningful understanding of human nature. Challenging and disquieting in the way only the best fiction can be, this collection of eight magnificent pieces of fiction will have readers clamoring for more. George Alec Effinger was a true master of satirical Science Fiction. Before his death in 2002, he gained the highest esteem amongst his peers for his pitch-perfect stylistic mimicry and his great insight into the human condition. Despite a life filled with chronic illness, Effinger was a prolific novelist and short story writer, earning multiple Nebula and Hugo Award nominations.
Author: Robert Silverberg, George Alec Effinger
ISBN-10: 1497640091
ISBN-13: 9781497640092
Publisher: Open Road Media Science & Fantasy
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2014
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d
Author: Robert Silverberg, George Alec Effinger
ISBN-10: 1497640091
ISBN-13: 9781497640092
Publisher: Open Road Media Science & Fantasy
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2014
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d
By Robert Silverberg
xGeorge A. Effinger was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1947. He attended Yale University, where an organic chemistry course disabused him of the notion of becoming a doctor. He had the opportunity to meet many of his science fiction idols thanks to his first wife, who was Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm's babysitter. With their encouragement, he began writing science fiction in 1970. He published at least twenty novels and six collections of short fiction, including When Gravity Fails and The Exile Kiss. He also wrote and published two crime novels, Felicia and Shadow Money. With his Budayeen novels, Effinger helped to found the cyberpunk genre. He was a Hugo and Nebula Award winner and is a favorite among fellow science fiction writers.
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