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This Is How You Lose the Time War
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" An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as it plays with cause and effect, wildly imaginative technologies, and increasingly intricate wordplay...This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities." --Publishers Weekly (starred review). From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That's how war works, right? Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: El-Mohtar, Amal
- ISBN: 9781534430990
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.60
- Number Of Pages: 224
- Publication Year: 2020
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“Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world
Anna F. - 5 months agoThis is How You Lose the Time War is a fascinating tale of two opposing agents from different timelines and their relationship. Poetic and gripping, the book follows them on their assignments throughout various points in history and documents the letters they leave behind for each other. Each with their own unique worlds and quick wit, you really feel like you're watching the respect and admiration grow between two highly competent people on equal footing. Highly recommend!
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Lovers in a Dangerous Time (or Two, or Three, or...)
Vivian F. - 4 years 8 months agoImagine a venn diagram of these tropes: enemies-to-rivals-to-lovers and time travel. If you think you fall in the dead center of this diagram, I could not recommend this book to you enough. Authors El-Mohtar and Gladstone weave an intricate romance between two agents on opposite sides of a war that transcends time itself through the letters they leave behind for each other. The love between these two women is frighteningly intimate, hopeful and doomed all at once. This Is How You Lose the Time War is a novella that sets itself apart from the science fiction genre with lyrical exposition and strong, engaging protagonists. A must read!
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Great read - the characters and story unfold as you go
Celina R. - 5 years 2 months agoBeautifully written epistolary novel. The prose is lovely and rich - we see back and forth letters between two members of opposing factions in a seemingly infinite war. Because both main characters are field operatives, we don't get a broader view of the goals of the war or the purpose their missions serve - it's a nice change of pace from war novels told from the perspective of generals to be on the ground following orders. This book leans into the chaos of a time-travel story, instead of carefully tip-toeing around the risk of paradoxes etc. We have a multiverse to play in and infinite timelines to dabble with - in that, there's a freedom to have some fun. This book is a fun adventure in my mind more than a romance. There's a deep connection between the two characters and it's really something special to read, but I found the fun of their different missions just as compelling as the love story itself (trying to save as much as possible from yet another falling city of Atlantis? Spooking a monk so he'll start a hermitage that will eventually shelter a mother and her eventually-important child? Love it). Short story long - it's a great read, very fun, characters are a treasure that you discover along the way just from the way they write to each other, and the writing itself is exceptional. Highly recommend it!
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Too vague. No attachment to characters or setting.
Morgan J. - 5 years 6 months agoThis is mostly marketed as a science fiction novel, I think. That’s how I was introduced to it at least. But it’s mostly just a romance based vaguely in a science fiction world. But, you learn next to nothing about the world or the two characters it’s about. Hard to form a bond or care about anything when it’s so vague 🤷🏻♀️ #SpringPicks
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Beautiful blend of scifi and romance
Suzanne S. - 6 years 4 months agoI originally listened to this in audiobook format from the library and loved it so much that I immediately went to the nearest HPB to get the hardcover so I could read it over and over and lend it out to friends. It's such a beautiful blend of science fiction and queer romance. Despite the fantastical setting, the journey this book takes you on with these two characters feels utterly real. As much as I love scifi and time travel and the way that was presented here, it was the characters and how they were written so beautifully that made me fall in love with this book. I think what struck me most was that it was anything but a typical romance. Their relationship was never about physical actions but rather emotions and words, which I think made their connection that much stronger. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who enjoys either science fiction or romance. #SummerReading