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Futurelove: A Science Fiction Triad
Contains three short novellas by leading science fiction authors, all pondering the possiblities of love & romance in a futuristic or other-worldly environment.
Introduction (1977) essay by Gordon R. Dickson
The Greatest Love (1977) novella by Anne McCaffrey
Psi Clone (1977) novella by Joan Hunter Holly
Love Rogo (1977) novella by Jeffrey A. Carver
Introduction (1977) essay by Gordon R. Dickson
The Greatest Love (1977) novella by Anne McCaffrey
Psi Clone (1977) novella by Joan Hunter Holly
Love Rogo (1977) novella by Jeffrey A. Carver
177 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1977
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Roger Elwood
184 books28 followersRoger Elwood was an American science fiction writer and editor, perhaps best known for having edited a large number of anthologies and collections for a variety of publishers in the early 1970s. Elwood was also the founding editor of Laser Books and, in more recent years, worked in the evangelical Christian market.
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July 9, 2021*Joan* Hunter Holly died at 50 and often wrote under gender-free names. I grabbed this from the newly open stacks of the university library, and even though I don't have high hopes that I'll love it, I must try, as maybe Holly is a hidden gem.
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McCaffrey's story is sentimental, superficial, and unsatisfying, and almost half the book. Love of parent & child, and between adult siblings, not romantic love.
Holly's is wonderful investigation of that a clone of someone with Total PSI might be like, and how the two would relate. It got a titch wordy in the middle, but I do indeed want to read more by her.
Carver's doesn't work at all imo. One could make an argument that it's a literary metaphor, but, ah, no.
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McCaffrey's story is sentimental, superficial, and unsatisfying, and almost half the book. Love of parent & child, and between adult siblings, not romantic love.
Holly's is wonderful investigation of that a clone of someone with Total PSI might be like, and how the two would relate. It got a titch wordy in the middle, but I do indeed want to read more by her.
Carver's doesn't work at all imo. One could make an argument that it's a literary metaphor, but, ah, no.
July 7, 2021
I'm in two minds about this book.
The first story of three, 'The Greatest Love', by Anne McCaffrey, is a wonderful tale, of love overcoming adversity and, as is her way, Anne shines a bright light on just how much love someone can have, to bear children for her brother and sister in law.
Patricia Kellogg visits Doctor Allison Craft, and asks for her help, as her sister in law, Cecily, is unable to bear a child to term and, as her brother, Peter, is blind, they couldn't adopt. They desperately want children, and so Pat tries to make it happen for them.
Doctor Craft had been recommended, as someone who might be able to do something about this.
After a lot of thought, questions, and experimenting, Doctor Craft succeeds in using Patricia to grow Peter and Cecily's baby, using exogenesis, to move the fertilized ova from Cecily, and place it in Pat's own, prepared, womb. As it happens, because of a slight temperature change, the ova splits, and Pat ends up giving birth to twin girls.
This story was written in the 60's, and so the science of exogenesis was still in it's early days, but the story really tells the cost, psychologically, physically, and morally, as to how the people around them react to the birth.
The story is full of humour, love, and compassion, but also plenty of negative emotions, as the best, and the worst, in people is revealed!
I've given the four stars just for this story alone!
The second story, 'PSI Clone' , by Joan Hunter Holly, tells the tale of Councillor Minor, the only totally PSI man in the world. It tells how alone he feels, until his 18 year old Clone is introduced to him for the first time but, rather than relieving his loneliness, the clone, Minc, hates him, and plans to take over the world.
To be honest with you, I nearly fell asleep reading this and, rather than feeling sad for Minor, I couldn't feel anything for any of the characters, and the only emotion it evoked in me, was the urge to throw the book away!
The third story, 'Love Rogo', by Jeffrey A. Carver, tells the story of animals, called B-mot, brought to Earth by beings from Betelgeuse.
One particular B-mot, called Rogo, is adopted by a happy couple, called Janice and John, who adore Rogo, and are really happy with him. But, over time, things start to go wrong, and John realises that Rogo is taking all of their love, to the point that they are drained emotionally.
I really couldn't take this story seriously. It was quite clunky, with no real focus, and I just couldn't seem to care about the characters enough to suspend disbelief.
It's such a shame that only the one story spoke to me, but then, I only bought this book because it had a McCaffrey story in it!
I'll keep the book, purely for that one story, though I don't think I'll waste precious reading time on the other two stories in the future! Lol
The first story of three, 'The Greatest Love', by Anne McCaffrey, is a wonderful tale, of love overcoming adversity and, as is her way, Anne shines a bright light on just how much love someone can have, to bear children for her brother and sister in law.
Patricia Kellogg visits Doctor Allison Craft, and asks for her help, as her sister in law, Cecily, is unable to bear a child to term and, as her brother, Peter, is blind, they couldn't adopt. They desperately want children, and so Pat tries to make it happen for them.
Doctor Craft had been recommended, as someone who might be able to do something about this.
After a lot of thought, questions, and experimenting, Doctor Craft succeeds in using Patricia to grow Peter and Cecily's baby, using exogenesis, to move the fertilized ova from Cecily, and place it in Pat's own, prepared, womb. As it happens, because of a slight temperature change, the ova splits, and Pat ends up giving birth to twin girls.
This story was written in the 60's, and so the science of exogenesis was still in it's early days, but the story really tells the cost, psychologically, physically, and morally, as to how the people around them react to the birth.
The story is full of humour, love, and compassion, but also plenty of negative emotions, as the best, and the worst, in people is revealed!
I've given the four stars just for this story alone!
The second story, 'PSI Clone' , by Joan Hunter Holly, tells the tale of Councillor Minor, the only totally PSI man in the world. It tells how alone he feels, until his 18 year old Clone is introduced to him for the first time but, rather than relieving his loneliness, the clone, Minc, hates him, and plans to take over the world.
To be honest with you, I nearly fell asleep reading this and, rather than feeling sad for Minor, I couldn't feel anything for any of the characters, and the only emotion it evoked in me, was the urge to throw the book away!
The third story, 'Love Rogo', by Jeffrey A. Carver, tells the story of animals, called B-mot, brought to Earth by beings from Betelgeuse.
One particular B-mot, called Rogo, is adopted by a happy couple, called Janice and John, who adore Rogo, and are really happy with him. But, over time, things start to go wrong, and John realises that Rogo is taking all of their love, to the point that they are drained emotionally.
I really couldn't take this story seriously. It was quite clunky, with no real focus, and I just couldn't seem to care about the characters enough to suspend disbelief.
It's such a shame that only the one story spoke to me, but then, I only bought this book because it had a McCaffrey story in it!
I'll keep the book, purely for that one story, though I don't think I'll waste precious reading time on the other two stories in the future! Lol
March 31, 2010
Skilled authors, clearly. Outdated scifi, definitely. If you're into retro 60s futuristic, this is your bag.
March 27, 2011
Nothing memorable. Got either through the Science Fiction Book Club or simply at a used bookstore.
July 27, 2011
I found this tired old book on a free shelf took it home and glad I did.
March 18, 2015
Meh. None of the stories really caught me, but they were just interesting enough not to abandon it.
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