{"product_id":"beyond-the-rift-9781616961251","title":"Beyond the Rift","description":"Skillfully combining complex science with finely executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the always-shifting border between the known and the alien. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2200637\"\u003ePeter Watts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.62w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616961251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616961252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028040\"\u003eScience Fiction | Collections \u0026amp; Anthologies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695618953453,"sku":"9781616961251","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ad365d23-0e0b-41c6-915a-98a0b0efd8ea.jpg?v=1649872255","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/beyond-the-rift-9781616961251","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}