{"product_id":"growing-up-weightless-paperback","title":"Growing Up Weightless - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn M. Ford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrancis Spufford\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOut of print for more than two decades, John M. Ford's \u003ci\u003eGrowing Up Weightless\u003c\/i\u003e is an award-winning classic of a \"lost generation\" of young people born on the human-colonized Moon.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatthias Ronay has grown up in the low gravity and great glass citadels of independent Luna--and in the considerable shadow of his father, a member of the council that governs Luna's increasingly complex society. But Matt feels weighed down on the world where he was born, where there is no more need for exploration, for innovation, for radical ideas--and where his every movement can be tracked by his father on the infonets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatt and five of his friends, equally brilliant and restless, have planned a secret adventure. They will trick the electronic sentinels, slip out of the city for a journey to Farside. Their passage into the expanse of perpetual night will change them in ways they never could have predicted...and bring Matt to the destiny for which he has yearned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Francis Spufford, author of \u003ci\u003eRed Plenty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Ford (1957-2006) was a science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet whose work was held in high regard by peers ranging from Neil Gaiman to Robert Jordan to Jo Walton to Roger Zelazny, alongside innumerable others. His novels include the World Fantasy Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Dragon Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e, the Philip K. Dick Award-winning\u003ci\u003e Growing up Weightless\u003c\/i\u003e, and the contemporary thriller \u003ci\u003eThe Scholars of Night\u003c\/i\u003e. His debut novel \u003ci\u003eWeb of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e (1980) has been called \"cyberpunk before there was cyberpunk.\" He spent the latter decade-and-a-half of his writing life in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\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 0.65 x 8.24 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692068606015,"sku":"9781250269102","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0a87ea208a401139c1de1166fa2a368e.webp?v=1764994251","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/growing-up-weightless-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}