LoveStar: A Novel

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LoveStar: A Novel

"Orwell, Vonnegut, and Douglas Adams are felt on every page, thoughÂ Magnason is never derivative. His satire and insightful socialÂ commentary sweeten the pot and the sheer wackiness of Magnasonâ€™sÂ oversized imagination is invigorating."â€”Publishers Weekly, starred review

LoveStar, the enigmatic and obsessively driven founder of the LoveStar corporation, has unlocked the key to transmitting data via birdwaves, thus freeing mankind from wires and devices, and allowing consumerism, technology, and science to run rampant over all aspects of daily life. Cordless modern men and women are paid to howl advertisements at unsuspecting passers-by, REGRET machines eliminate doubt over roads not taken, soul mates are identified and brought together (while existing, unscientifically validated relationships are driven remorselessly asunder), and rocketing the dead into the sky becomesÂ both a status symbol and a beautiful, cathartic show for those left behind.
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Indridi and Sigrid, two blissfully happy young lovers, have their perfect worlds threatened (along with Indridiâ€™s sanity) when they are â€œcalculated apartâ€ and are forced to go to extreme lengths to prove their love. Their journey ultimately puts them on a collision course with LoveStar, who is on his own mission to find what might become the last idea in the world.
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Steeped in influences ranging from Italo Calvino, Jorge Luis Borges, and Kurt Vonnegut to George Orwell, Douglas Adams, and Monty Python, Andri SnÃ¦r Magnason has created aÂ surreal yet uncomfortably familiar world, where the honey embrace of love does its utmost to survive amidÂ relentless and overpowering controls.

Country	USA
Author	Andri Snaer Magnason
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781609804268
Edition	Reprint
ISBN	1609804260
Label	Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer	Seven Stories Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	320
PublicationDate	2012-11-20
Publisher	Seven Stories Press
ReleaseDate	2012-11-20
Studio	Seven Stories Press

LoveStar: A Novel

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