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|title = When Gravity Fails | |title = When Gravity Fails | ||
|image = Book Cover When Gravity Fails CP2020.jpg | |image = Book Cover When Gravity Fails CP2020.jpg | ||
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|release_year = 1992 | |release_year = 1992 | ||
|ISBN = 0-937279-12-9 | |ISBN = 0-937279-12-9 | ||
|book_number = CP3601 | |book_number = CP3601 | ||
|publisher = {{RTG}} | |publisher = {{RTG}} | ||
|author = David Ackerman<br | |author = David Ackerman<br>Will Moss<br>Chris Williams<br>and Chris Hockabout | ||
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'''When Gravity Fails''' by David Ackerman, Will Moss, Chris Williams, and Chris Hockabout is a sourcebook for {{CP|2020}}. It is based on the | '''When Gravity Fails''' by David Ackerman, Will Moss, Chris Williams, and Chris Hockabout is a sourcebook for {{CP|2020}}. It is based on the ''Budayeen'' series by [[wikipedia:George Alec Effinger|George Alec Effinger]], of which ''[[wikipedia:When_Gravity_Fails|When Gravity Fails]]'' was the first novel.<ref>{{RefCP|2020WGF}}</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The series takes place in an alternate future in which Humanity strove for the stars and fell back in failure. The whole world is now balkanized in a patchwork of micro-states feuding for the few remaining resources and food supplies. The only island of comparatively organized and centralized power is the Caliphate, an Islamic state sprawling across the Middle East, Near East, the Arabian Peninsula | The series takes place in an alternate future in which Humanity strove for the stars and fell back in failure. The whole world is now balkanized in a patchwork of micro-states feuding for the few remaining resources and food supplies. The only island of comparatively organized and centralized power is the Caliphate, an Islamic state sprawling across the Middle East, Near East, the Arabian Peninsula, and North Africa. | ||
The stories are set in the | The stories are set in the Budayeen, the red-light district of an unnamed city-state in the Caliphate. It is home to two major power-brokers: Friedlander Bey and Reza Abu Adil. Friedlander Bey is like the Godfather of the Budayeen and Reza Abu Adil is his nemesis. The plots of the novels always revolve around the power struggle between the two. Rumor has it that it began when they fought over a woman. | ||
[[Murid Audran]] is the main character. A freelance hustler, Murid fancies himself a tough and clever man like his fictional hero, private eye ?. | [[Murid Audran]] is the main character. A freelance hustler, Murid fancies himself a tough and clever man like his fictional hero, private eye ?. | ||
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'''Personality Modules''' (or "moddies") are available that override the user's personality with a programmed artificial one. The subject can become a celebrity or fictional character (or a celebrity actor playing a fictional character). The subject would behave like the character would and have access to skills they would use. There are even costume supply stores that sell props to aid in characterization. | '''Personality Modules''' (or "moddies") are available that override the user's personality with a programmed artificial one. The subject can become a celebrity or fictional character (or a celebrity actor playing a fictional character). The subject would behave like the character would and have access to skills they would use. There are even costume supply stores that sell props to aid in characterization. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||