{"product_id":"9780765305299","title":"The Ordinary","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ordinary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jim Grimsley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and entrancing tale of magic, science, and the mysterious truth that binds them together.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Grimsley's novels and short stories have been favorably compared to the works of Samuel R. Delany, Jack Vance, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Now he unleashes an ambitious and audacious collision between science and magic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Twil Gate links two very different realms. On one side of the portal is Senal, an advanced technological civilization of some thirty billion inhabitants, all cybernetically linked and at war with machine intelligences many light-years away. On the other side is Irion, a land of myth and legend, where the world is flat and mighty wizards once ruled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJedda Martele is a linguist and trader from Senal. Although fascinated by the languages and cultures of Irion, she shares her people's assumption that Irion is backward and superstitious and no match for her homeland's superior numbers and technology. But as the two realms march inevitably toward war, Jedda finds herself at the center of historic, unimaginable events that will challenge everything she has ever believed about the world--and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e is an important novel. . . . Think of high-quality anthropological SF where antithetical societies meet, as in Le Guin's \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jim Grimsley is one of the most exciting new voices in science fiction. I expect great things from him.” —\u003ci\u003eRobert Silverberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An audacious, ambitious, and highly-literate author with a unique, inventive, and exotic vision of the future, and a profound understanding of the human heart.” —\u003ci\u003eGardner Dozois, editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Besides magic aplenty, there is a beautifully developed spirituality in Grimsley's spare, poetic sf debut, and a compelling love story, too, making it a quiet sort of page-turner that elegantly evokes a reader's fascination and wonder.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review) on The Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-listed Spectrum Awards - Finalist (2005), Winner Lambda Literary Awards - Winner (2004)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765305299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673435484366,"sku":"9780765305299","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_727e97f0-c675-4cfd-9294-f70bbf4a148b.jpg?v=1639883418","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765305299","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}