Love Minus Eighty
Autor Will McIntoshen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 iun 2013
In the future, love is complicated and death is not necessarily the end.Love Minus Eightyfollows several interconnected people in a disquieting vision of romantic life in the century to come.
There's
Rob,
who
accidentally
kills
a
jogger,
then
sacrifices
all
to
visit
her
in
a
cryogenic
dating
facility,
seeking
forgiveness
but
instead
falling
in
love.
Veronika,
a
shy
dating
coach,
finds
herself
coaching
the
very
woman
who
is
stealing
the
man
she
loves.
And
Mira,
a
gay
woman
accidentally
placed
in
a
heterosexual
dating
center
near
its
inception,
desperately
seeks
a
way
to
reunite
with
her
frozen
partner
as
the
years
pass.
In
this
daring
and
big-hearted
novel
based
on
the
Hugo-winning
short
story,
the
lovelorn
navigate
a
world
in
which
technology
has
reached
the
outer
limits
of
morality
and
romance.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316217781
ISBN-10: 0316217786
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Orbit
Colecția Orbit
ISBN-10: 0316217786
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Orbit
Colecția Orbit
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Notă biografică
Will
McIntosh
is
a
Hugo
award
winner
and
Nebula
finalist
whose
short
stories
have
appeared
inAsimov's(where
he
won
the
2010
Reader's
Award
for
short
story),Strange
Horizons,Interzone,
andScience
Fiction
and
Fantasy:
Best
of
the
Year,
among
others.
His
first
novel,Soft
Apocalypse,
was
released
in
2011
from
Night
Shade
Books,
and
his
second
novel,Hitchers,
was
released
in
February,
2012.
In
2008
he
became
the
father
of
twins.
Recenzii
"How
do
we
keep
on
connecting
in
our
ever-growing
maze
of
social
technologies?
How
can
love
succeed
in
the
techno-surround
we've
trapped
ourselves
in?
These
are
the
questions
Will
McIntosh
explores
in
this
tightly
plotted
tangle
of
love
stories.
The
stirring
result
casts
a
clear
and
knowing
eye
on
our
current
society,
from
the
best
viewpoint
of
all:
the
future."—New
York
Times
bestselling
author
Kim
Stanley
Robinson
on
Love
Minus
Eighty
"Love Minus Eightyis a book that makes me envious as a writer: a clever premise, brilliantly executed. More importantly, though, it's a book that thrilled and delighted me as a reader, chilling and touching at the same time, a great story that stimulates the mind, the heart and the nerves."—Charles Yu, the author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
"McIntosh's latest novel combines sf future tech with horror to craft a story that is both disturbing and hopeful as it questions the value of a life on borrowed time. The dystopic view of the future is both frightening and plausible, while the characters keep the story grounded in the details of human existence."—Library Journal on Love Minus Eighty
"Building his Hugo-winning short story "Bridesicle" into a novel, McIntosh takes a cold-eyed look at relationships in a grim future... Fans of "what if?" SF will enjoy this dystopian tale."—Publishers Weekly on Love Minus Eighty
"McIntosh manages to show how technology can both divide and unite us while delivering a highly entertaining tale."—RT Book Reviews on Love Minus Eighty
"McIntosh paints an intriguing picture of a society ruled by celebrity culture."—Daily Mail
"[Love Minus Eighty] manages to deliver a light, romantic story without ever sacrificing its dark vision of the future."—i09
"More people should be reading Will McIntosh."—Tor.com
"Credible, compelling and relentless ... the best and most disturbing moments will stay with the reader for a long time.—
"Grimly plausible.. this SF romance is a fine piece of work."—SFX
"Will McIntosh has created a highly plausible future... a good conceit with a great deal of potential."—SciFi Now
"A very intense page-turner of a book."—SFCrowsnest
"[A] heartfelt, funny, and often infuriating tale of hearts in conflict in a world where, extreme advances in technology aside, people remain essentially what they are now: selfless, self-absorbed, certain, confused, generous, cruel, kind, perceptive, and blind."—SciFi
"Love Minus Eightyis a book that makes me envious as a writer: a clever premise, brilliantly executed. More importantly, though, it's a book that thrilled and delighted me as a reader, chilling and touching at the same time, a great story that stimulates the mind, the heart and the nerves."—Charles Yu, the author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
"McIntosh's latest novel combines sf future tech with horror to craft a story that is both disturbing and hopeful as it questions the value of a life on borrowed time. The dystopic view of the future is both frightening and plausible, while the characters keep the story grounded in the details of human existence."—Library Journal on Love Minus Eighty
"Building his Hugo-winning short story "Bridesicle" into a novel, McIntosh takes a cold-eyed look at relationships in a grim future... Fans of "what if?" SF will enjoy this dystopian tale."—Publishers Weekly on Love Minus Eighty
"McIntosh manages to show how technology can both divide and unite us while delivering a highly entertaining tale."—RT Book Reviews on Love Minus Eighty
"McIntosh paints an intriguing picture of a society ruled by celebrity culture."—Daily Mail
"[Love Minus Eighty] manages to deliver a light, romantic story without ever sacrificing its dark vision of the future."—i09
"More people should be reading Will McIntosh."—Tor.com
"Credible, compelling and relentless ... the best and most disturbing moments will stay with the reader for a long time.—
Locus,
onSoft
Apocalypse
"A
prime
example
of
masterful
storytelling--the
characters
are
so
well-drawn
you
feel
like
they're
sitting
beside
you."
—Mur
Lafferty,
author
ofThe
Afterlife
Series,
onHitchers
"An
intriguing
story
that
explores
the
meaning
of
what
it
is
to
be
dead.
Far
from
the
usual
'occult'
tale,
this
original
and
intelligent
work
well
illustrates
the
complexity
of
the
human
soul."
—Pat
Whitaker,
author
ofAntithesisandMindset,onHitchers
"Grimly plausible.. this SF romance is a fine piece of work."—SFX
"Will McIntosh has created a highly plausible future... a good conceit with a great deal of potential."—SciFi Now
"A very intense page-turner of a book."—SFCrowsnest
"[A] heartfelt, funny, and often infuriating tale of hearts in conflict in a world where, extreme advances in technology aside, people remain essentially what they are now: selfless, self-absorbed, certain, confused, generous, cruel, kind, perceptive, and blind."—SciFi
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A NOVEL OF LOVE AND DEATH, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
The words were gentle strokes, drawing her awake.
"Hello. Hello there."
She felt the light on her eyelids, and knew that if she opened her eyes they would sting, and she would have to shade them with her palm and let the light bleed through a crack.
"Feel like talking?" A man's soft voice.
And then her mind cleared enough to wonder: who was this man at her bedside?
She tried to sigh, but no breath came. Her eyes flew open in alarm.
The Minus Eighty . . .
Where millionaires browse the catalogue of icy women, judging on beauty ratings and revival costs.
Where a freezer's gentle hum plays the background symphony for the world's most expensive first dates.
Where death is only the beginning.
Love Minus Eighty is a disquieting vision of our romantic future, as hopeful as it is horrifying, by a Hugo Award-winning author.
A NOVEL OF LOVE AND DEATH, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
The words were gentle strokes, drawing her awake.
"Hello. Hello there."
She felt the light on her eyelids, and knew that if she opened her eyes they would sting, and she would have to shade them with her palm and let the light bleed through a crack.
"Feel like talking?" A man's soft voice.
And then her mind cleared enough to wonder: who was this man at her bedside?
She tried to sigh, but no breath came. Her eyes flew open in alarm.
The Minus Eighty . . .
Where millionaires browse the catalogue of icy women, judging on beauty ratings and revival costs.
Where a freezer's gentle hum plays the background symphony for the world's most expensive first dates.
Where death is only the beginning.
Love Minus Eighty is a disquieting vision of our romantic future, as hopeful as it is horrifying, by a Hugo Award-winning author.