I recently finished a few books written by George A. Effinger. These 3 books are part of a series that was unfortunately cut short by the author's death. they are titled, When Gravity Fails, A Fire in the Sun, and The Exile Kiss.
I'm a fan of cyberpunk, and I feel that these three books are a good representation of that literary movement, or sub genre of sci-fi.
The books center around a reluctant hero of a very poor, very dangerous part of an un-named city in the middle east. Like other cyberpunk stories this one revolves about cybernetic implants that enhance the human mind/body.
Another key facet of this books revolves about the sexuality of humans. In this version of the future humans pick their own sex when they grow into adult hood. So there are males, born males. Males, born females. And females that dress and pass in society as males. Also the three opposite "sexes". The main character seems to like women who were born as men.
Overall I liked these books. The characters were real, and likable. There were varying degrees of good guys to bad guys. Good intrigue, and suspense.
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was there resolution in that last book or did they just end? I don't know if I can invest emotionally in something that doesn't resolve.
Well it is more of a set of stories involving the same charictures. There is an underlaying plot, but each book fineshes it's own plot.
Ummm Your a man who was born female. or is it the other way around I'm confused?
You might also want to check out Budayeen Nights, a collection of all of Effinger's Budayeen stories. The book includes the story "Marid Throws a Party," which was actually the first two chapters of the fourth Marid Audran book, Word of Night, which was never completed. Effinger himself was working with the press on this collection of stories when he passed away. Budayeen Nights was published by Golden Gryphon Press; it's currently only available in hardcover, but a trade paperback edition is due out later this year. Golden Gryphon has also published two additional Effinger collections that may also interest you. If you go the goldengryphon.com website, and click on "Current Catalog," you can get more details on Budayeen Nights, including its contents, the *starred* Publishers Weekly review, and a dozen or more other reviews. And just for the record, I was the acquiring editor and book editor for all three Effinger collections for Golden Gryphon Press.
Cheers,
Marty Halpern
Look at ryan, dissapears for months then pops in and calls someone else a transvestite.
How you doing man?
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