An old-fashioned romance with a far-future time travel setting
Let me start with this: I honestly did not expect to like this as much as I did, based on the preview. It's a novella written somewhat abstractly at first, and it does take a bit to wrap your head around the particulars of this sci-fi setting. The authors are also very good about parceling out crumbs that flesh out both the setting and the characters. The whole plot blossoms before you, and at the end when the threads of time and plot are all brought together - sublime.
It is a surprisingly old-fashioned romance, through letters and mementos, forged as much through mutual respect as a mutual yearning - yearning for an anchor while being untethered from time. They come from two separate worlds, one inorganic (unembodied cyberworld) and one entirely organic (giant sentient garden), red and blue, opposites yet so very similar. It would be almost cliche, if it didn't include, say, snorting clay or having bones chime to see love letters.
I read that in this case, one author wrote Red and one wrote Blue, so it becomes a tad like roleplaying, writing together like that. It makes the reactions feel more genuine.
This is a sci-fi novella that would NOT translate well to a movie - too abstract, I feel - but it is honestly quite cinematic. The ending scene in the jail! Swoon.
Go into this with an open mind and let This Is How You Lose the Time War take you on an adventure.
It is a surprisingly old-fashioned romance, through letters and mementos, forged as much through mutual respect as a mutual yearning - yearning for an anchor while being untethered from time. They come from two separate worlds, one inorganic (unembodied cyberworld) and one entirely organic (giant sentient garden), red and blue, opposites yet so very similar. It would be almost cliche, if it didn't include, say, snorting clay or having bones chime to see love letters.
I read that in this case, one author wrote Red and one wrote Blue, so it becomes a tad like roleplaying, writing together like that. It makes the reactions feel more genuine.
This is a sci-fi novella that would NOT translate well to a movie - too abstract, I feel - but it is honestly quite cinematic. The ending scene in the jail! Swoon.
Go into this with an open mind and let This Is How You Lose the Time War take you on an adventure.