{"product_id":"beyond-the-rift-paperback","title":"Beyond the Rift - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Watts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkillfully combining complex science with finely executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the always-shifting border between the known and the alien. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe beauty and peril of technology and the passion and penalties of conviction merge in stories that are by turns dark, satiric, bold, and introspective. A seemingly humanized monster from John Carpenter's \u003ci\u003eThe Thing\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the true villains in an Antarctic showdown. An artificial intelligence shields a biologically-enhanced prodigy from her overwhelmed parents. A deep-sea diver discovers that her true nature lies not within the confines of her mission but in the depths of her psyche. A court psychologist analyzes a psychotic graduate student who has learned to reprogram reality itself. A father tries to hold his broken family together in the wake of an ongoing assault by sentient rainstorms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorgeously saturnine and exceptionally powerful, these collected fictions are both intensely thought-provoking and impossible to forget.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Watts is a science-fiction writer and a marine-mammal biologist. He is the author of the Rifters trilogy (\u003ci\u003eStarfish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaelstrom\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBehemoth\u003c\/i\u003e) as well as \u003ci\u003eBlindsight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Island and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTen Monkeys, Ten Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received the Aurora, Hugo, and Shirley Jackson awards. Watts lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.48 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700976193599,"sku":"9781616961251","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/21399008cbf45e8ae58bf84b5368caaa.webp?v=1765018881","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/beyond-the-rift-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}