When Gravity Fails
by Effinger, George Alec
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0877958513
- ISBN 13
- 9780877958512
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Arbor House, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Signed. Inscribed at the title page by the author to Tom Dupree, a senior editor at Bantam. First printing with number line to 1. Black and blue boards with gold spine titles, very good with lightly bumped spine foot, and lightly bumped to top fore-edge corner of front panel. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good, toned with very light shelf-wear. Pages clean, text unmarked.
Synopsis
When Gravity Fails is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1986. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1987 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1988. The title of the novel stems from the lyrics of Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, a Bob Dylan song: "When your gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through".
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2016795
- Title
- When Gravity Fails
- Author
- Effinger, George Alec
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0877958513
- ISBN 13
- 9780877958512
- Publisher
- Arbor House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8x5x1
- X weight
- 16 oz
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