{"product_id":"the-imposition-of-unnecessary-obstacles-hardcover","title":"The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMalka Older\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2024 by \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a new mystery in the follow-up to the cozy space-opera detective mystery \u003ci\u003eThe Mimicking of Known Successes\u003c\/i\u003e, which Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders called \"an utter triumph.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMossa has returned to Valdegeld on a missing person's case, for which she'll once again need Pleiti's insight. Seventeen students and staff members have disappeared from Valdegeld University--yet no one has noticed. The answers to this case may lie on the moon of Io--Mossa's home--and the history of Jupiter's original settlements during humanity's exodus from Earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Pleiti's faith in her life's work as a scholar of the past has grown precarious, and this new case threatens to further destabilize her dreams for humanity's future, as well as her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mimicking of Known Successes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Centenal Cycle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfomocracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNull States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eState Tectonics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalka Older is an author, a humanitarian, a sociopunk, and a practitioner of speculative resistance and evidence-based creativity. Her political science fiction thriller \u003ci\u003eInfomocracy\u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the best books of 2016 by \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and with its sequels, \u003ci\u003eNull States \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eState Tectonics\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series. Her new series of mysteries set on a gas giant planet, begins with the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Mimicking of Known Successes \u003c\/i\u003eand continues with \u003ci\u003eThe Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written numerous serials, short stories, poetry, and essays, and published the collection \u003ci\u003e...And Other Disasters\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a faculty associate at Arizona State University, where she teaches on predictive fictions and hosts the Science Fiction Sparkle Salon. Her opinions can be found in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNBC THINK\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.66 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47260334162169,"sku":"9781250906793","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/O2LxbG5bMI9781250906793.webp?v=1768785160","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-imposition-of-unnecessary-obstacles-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}