{"product_id":"this-weightless-world","title":"This Weightless World","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThis Weightless World\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAdam Soto\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781662601750\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAstra House\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's precisely Soto's refusal to be 'weighted' down by decades of genre tradition, to instead turn the trope on its head and in doing so remind us that no-one but ourselves is coming to save us, that makes \u003ci\u003eThis Weightless World\u003c\/i\u003e such an exciting and radical novel. --Ian Monde, \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Silicon Valley and Chicago, \u003ci\u003eThis Weightless World\u003c\/i\u003e considers questions of morality in a world where people feel powerless in the face of formidable systemic forces. \u003cb\u003e--Laura Adamczyk, \u003ci\u003eA.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA literary debut subverting classic sci-fi tropes set in gentrified Chicago, Silicon Valley, and across the vastness of the cosmos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the streets of gentrified Chicago, to the tech boom corridors of Silicon Valley, \u003ci\u003eThis Weightless World\u003c\/i\u003e follows a revolving cast of characters after alien contact upends their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are introduced to Sevi, a burned-out music teacher desperate for connection; Ramona, his on-again, off-again computer programmer girlfriend; and Sevi's cello protégé Eason, struggling with the closure of his high school; after a mysterious signal arrives from outer space. When the signal--at first seen as a sign of hope--stops as abruptly as it started, they are all forced to reckon with its aftermath. In San Francisco, Sevi fights to find meaning in rekindled love; and Ramona-determined to build an AI to prevent mankind's self-destruction-begins to feel the weight of past mistakes. And in Chicago, Eason measures his commitment to an estranged childhood friend against the chance of escaping neighborhood troubles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dazzling deconstruction of science-fiction tropes, \u003ci\u003eThis Weightless World\u003c\/i\u003e looks to the past for a vision of the future.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"This Weightless World | Adam Soto | Paperback | 9781662601750 | New | Sci-Fi \u0026 Fantasy 1462066","offer_id":48757664940184,"sku":"1462066","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/31Q8ZH1qW4L.jpg?v=1774236767","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/this-weightless-world","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}