![]() ![]() I told myself that this would be a novel ABOUT Romance, and not a romance novel. First off, the term Love, meant that this would be about, well, love. When I read the description for Love Minus Eighty it contained some key phrases that just told me this would be a novel that requires my brain to be ready to consume a nice big thinky piece of cow flesh. I know I can be a moody reader, and sometimes the worst thing for me to do is eat a steak when all I want is candy. Yet, I had recently finished a literary science fiction novel that I felt I should have loved, and whose style and literary flair I appreciated, but I just couldn’t engage with it. After reading Soft Apocalypse, I knew Will McIntosh would be an author whose work I would savor. It wasn’t that I didn’t expect it to be good, quite the opposite. I was quite hesitant to start Love Minus Eighty. It is an exploration of our romantic future and an affective romance all in one wonderful novel. McIntosh has created a darkly beautiful near future world and populated it with characters you truly wish were real. Quick Thoughts: Love Minus Eighty is one of the most engrossing science fiction novels I have read in a long time. ![]()
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