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Irrational Numbers
| Author: | George Alec Effinger |
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Doubleday, 1976 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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Synopsis
The Death of a pet fish signals an ominous threat of worldwide tragedy... Delta Company "plays" out a war light years away...A running back for the Cleveland Browns gives his all to relive a night from his past...
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 sateriecal Science Fiction. Before his death in 2002, he gained the hightest 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.
Includes:
- Lydectes: On The Nature of Sports
- And Us To, I Guess
- 25 Crunch Split, Right on Two
- Hard Times
- At the Bran Foundry
- Curtains
- How It Felt
- Biting Down on Hard Truth
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