Title: When Gravity Fails
Title Record # 865
Author: George Alec Effinger
Date: 1987-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Series:
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: George Alec Effinger
Date: 1987-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Series:
Marîd Audran?Marid Audran
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: This novel was officially published at the end of January, 1987, but was available in bookstores in December 1986. This is the reason why it is on the Locus Poll for both 1987 and 1988.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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12 | 1987 Locus | Best SF Novel |
2 | 1988 Hugo | Best Novel |
2 | 1988 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Nomination | 1988 SF Chronicle | Novel |
Nomination | 1988 Nebula | Novel |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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When Gravity Fails | 1987-01-00 | George Alec Effinger | Arbor House | 0-87795-851-3 | $16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
290 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Michael Hinge | ![]() |
When Gravity Fails | 1988-01-00 | George Alec Effinger | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-25555-X | $3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
276 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Jim Burns | ![]() |
Gravité à la manque | 1989-03-14 | George Alec Effinger | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #485) |
2-207-30485-X | 312 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
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Senza tregua | 1989-10-00 | George Alec Effinger | Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #203) | Lit 10,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
iv+ 262 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | David B. Mattingly | ||
Das Ende der Schwere | 1991-00-00 | George Alec Effinger | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4842) | 3-453-05367-2 | DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
366 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||
When Gravity Fails | 1991-01-00 | George Alec Effinger | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-25555-X | £3.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
276 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Jim Burns | |
When Gravity Fails | 1992-05-00 | George Alec Effinger | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-25555-X | $4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
276 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Jim Burns | ![]() |
When Gravity Fails | 1993-00-00 | George Alec Effinger | The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction) |
ix+ 290 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ![]() |
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When Gravity Fails | 2005-11-00 | George Alec Effinger | Orb | 0-765-31358-8 | $13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
284 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Craig Mullins | ![]() |
When Gravity Fails | 2005-11-00 | George Alec Effinger | Audible Frontiers | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | Craig Mullins | ||||
The Audran Sequence | 2008-12-00 | George Alec Effinger | Science Fiction Book Club | 978-1-60751-174-8 / 1263630 | $15.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
712 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Daniel Dociu | |
When Gravity Fails | 2012-03-05 | George Effinger | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-12487-5 | £2.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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When Gravity Fails | 2014-04-01 | George Alec Effinger | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4976-0541-1 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Les nuits du Boudayin : l'intégrale des enquêtes de Marîd Audran | 2015-01-06 | George Alec Effinger | Mnémos?Mnemos |
978-2-35408-288-8 | €30.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
776 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Olalekan Jeyifous | |
When Gravity Fails | date unknown | George Alec Effinger | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-25555-X | $3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
276 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Jim Burns | ![]() |
When Gravity Fails | date unknown | George Alec Effinger | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-25555-X | $4.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
276 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Jim Burns | ![]() |
When Gravity Fails | date unknown | George Alec Effinger | Orb | 0-765-31358-8 | $13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
284 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Craig Mullins | ![]() |
When Gravity Fails | date unknown | George Alec Effinger | Orb | 0-765-31358-8 | $14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
284 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Craig Mullins | ![]() |
When Gravity Fails | date unknown | George Alec Effinger | Audible Frontiers | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | Craig Mullins | ![]() |
Reviews
- Review by Debbie Notkin (1987) in Locus, #312 January 1987
- Review by Thom Dunn (1987) in Fantasy Review, January-February 1987
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #91 April 1987
- Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (1987) in A&A, #106-107
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1987) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1987
- Review by uncredited (1987) in Science Fiction Eye, #1, Winter 1987
- Review by Dwight Brown (1987) in Nova Express, Summer 1987
- Review by Janice M. Eisen (1988) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, May-June 1988
- Review [French] by Jonathan Dornet (1989) in A&A, #121
- Review by Ken Brown (1991) in Interzone, #47 May 1991
- Review by Phil Nichols (1991) in Paperback Inferno, #90
- Review by Paul J. McAuley (1991) in Foundation, #53 Autumn 1991
- Review by Jo Walton (2010) in What Makes This Book So Great, (2014)
- Review [German] by Michael Wehren (2024) in !Time Machine, #8
- Review [German] by Wolfgang Stieler (2024) in MIT Technology Review, 7/2024