{"product_id":"the-fortunate-fall-paperback","title":"The Fortunate Fall - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCameron Reed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJo Walton\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut novel of remarkable beauty and invention, \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunate Fall \u003c\/i\u003eis back in print for the first time in almost three decades as a Tor Essential, with a new introduction by Jo Walton \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn its first publication in 1996, \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunate Fall\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed as an SF novel of a wired future on par with the debuts of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson. Now it returns to print, as one of the great underground classics of the last several decades in SF. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaya Andreyeva is a \"camera,\" a reporter with virtual-reality-broadcasting equipment implanted in her brain. What she sees, millions see; what she feels, millions share. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd what Maya is seeing is the cover-up of a massacre. As she probes into the covert political power plays of a radically strange near-future Russia, she comes upon secrets that have been hidden from the world...and memories that AI-controlled thought police have forced her to hide from herself. Because in a world where no thought or desire is safe, the price of survival is betrayal - of your lover, your ideals, and yourself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new Tor Essentials edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunate Fall i\u003c\/i\u003encludes a new introduction by Jo Walton, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCameron Reed is a science fiction writer and the winner of the 1998 Otherwise Award (then the James Tiptree, Jr. Award). She is an avid dragonfly-watcher, a moderately skilled insect photographer, and a hopeless birder. After a long and complicated path through gender, she has come to rest as a nonbinary trans woman and uses the pronouns she or they. She lives with her found family in an old duplex full of books and cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44337284481126,"sku":"9781250326690","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/cD_w0U9uWu9781250326690.webp?v=1768506647","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-fortunate-fall-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}