george alec effinger

Budayeen Nights is a collection of stories all set in or derived from the setting of Effinger’s Marid Audran books which all centre around the Budayeen – the sleazy old quarter of a fictitious North African Arab city – and whilst there are a couple of excellent stories I’d suggest it is mainly...

The Exile Kiss is the third and final book in Effinger’s Marid Audran series (there is a later book of short stories – Budayeen Nights). Audran is now Friedlander Bey’s undisputed right hand man and now also married by his command. Leaving a formal dinner, both of them are kidnapped by Bey’s...

This second book in Effinger’s Marid Audran trilogy never quite achieves the same level as When Gravity Fails, its predecessor. It still has the excellent Chandleresque noir detective juxtaposed with the alternative cyberpunk North Arfrican setting and these elements are just as engaging as...

Isn’t it strange the things that can sometimes unjustifiably put one off picking up a book to read? I’ve had When Gravity Fails on my list for a long time – I love SF, I love cyberpunk and I thoroughly enjoy a good noir crime thriller – so this book is ticking all my boxes and yet I kept passing...

When Gravity Fails George Alec Effinger Orb, Nov 2005, $13.95 ISBN 0765313588 In the future, the residents of the North African city of Budayeen are in a state of fear as a serial killer, using the “moddie” technique of plug in personalities to enhance his or her skills by becoming someone...

A Fire in the Sun George Alec Effinger Tor, Mar 2006, $14.95, 304 pp. ISBN: 0765313596 In the twenty-second century, private detective Marid Audran wonders if he gave up too much of his independence when he agreed to delete the adjective private from his occupation and work exclusively for two...

Exile Kiss George Alec Effinger Orb, Jul 2006, $14.95 ISBN: 076531360X Marid Audran is an enforcer working for Friedlander Bey, one of the two most powerful people in Budayeen. As he thinks back how far he has come from his days as a street hustler in the ghetto, Marid enjoys the affluence his...

Chicks Ahoy Esther Freisner (editor) Baen, Dec 7 2010, $12.00 ISBN: 9781439133019 This omnibus collection contains the frisky frolicking first three Chicks Amazonian anthology adventures. With a parry, lunge and tongue in cheek (that is the female warrior not turning the other cheek like in...