{"product_id":"9780765320681","title":"Fractions : The First Half of The Fall Revolution","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFractions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ken MacLeod\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a balkanized future of dizzying possibilities, mercenaries contend with guns as smart as they are, nuclear deterrence is a commodity traded on the open market, teenagers deal in \"theologically correct\" software for fundamentalists, and anarchists have colonized a planet circling another star. Against this background, men and women struggle for a better future against the betrayals that went before. Death is sometimes the end, and sometimes something altogether different…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume comprises \u003ci\u003eThe Star Fraction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Stone Canal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Should make those who've been crying that British SF can't work for an American audience think twice. This is strong stuff, full of ideas and yet with a hard-driving plot, and readers whose taste extends beyond good-guys\/bad-guys adventure stories ought to love it.” —\u003ci\u003eAsimov’s SF on The Stone Canal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Science fiction's freshest new writer…MacLeod is a fiercely intelligent, prodigously well-read author who manages to fill his books with big issues without weighing them down.” —\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As much fun as these books provide, it's that fierceness, that seriousness of purpose, that powers their engines and makes me want to read on.” —\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765320681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Orb Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593442832590,"sku":"9780765320681","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_18984f57-ccd8-46d2-a11b-d0c1db3cded5.jpg?v=1637788202","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765320681","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}