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Title: The Exile Kiss by George Effinger ISBN: 0-385-41424-2 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good read
Comment: It is the third of a series. The first book, "When Gravity Fails," is out of print but can be found used. I recommend reading the books in sequence although they can be read seperately if there is no alternative.
Rating: 4
Summary: Adrift in the Desert
Comment: In this sequel to When Gravity Fails and A Fire in the Sun finds Marid Audran and his patron Friedlander Bey, framed for murder and sentenced to exile in Rub al-Khali in the Arabian Desert. As in real life, the Rub al-Khali ("The Empty Quarter") is a vast, uninhabited sand sea, from which no one emerges alive. The bulk of the book takes place there, as they are rescued by a tribe of Bedouin and undergo deep self-examination. The change of setting makes for a nice difference from the previous two books, and there's a bit more character development as well. As is to be expected, the duo make it back to Cairo to unmask the person who set them up and exact vengeance (rather like Stevenson's Kidnapped). Things work out a little too easily for them upon their return, but on the whole, it's another solid entry in the series.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the Best Chandleresque Novels of Science Fiction
Comment: No science fiction writer has been more apt in conjuring up Chandler's ghost than George Alec Effinger. It's a shame this excellent novel is now out of print. I certainly hope his publisher will reprint it soon. Effinger excels in offering a believable Middle Eastern future cloaked in yet another first rate thriller. His Arab characters are among the most credible and sympathetic I've read; one might say he's become a Graham Greene of a future Middle East. Effinger has a distinguished reputation as a writer of science fiction; his extensive work deserves to be read by a wide audience.
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Title: WHEN GRAVITY FAILS by George Effinger ISBN: 055325555X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1987 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Budayeen Nights by George Alec Effinger, Barbara Hambly ISBN: 1930846193 Publisher: Golden Gryphon Pr Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Perdido Street Station by China Mieville ISBN: 0345459407 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angelica Gorodischer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ursula K. Le Guin ISBN: 1931520054 Publisher: Small Beer Press Pub. Date: 15 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: A Scholar of Magics by Caroline Stevermer ISBN: 0765303086 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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