From the extinguished HomeWorld, the Settlers traveled across the stars to NewWorld with hopes of starting over again.
In the war-torn nation of Illyria, Maya just wants to grow vegetables and live in peace. But she has a dark secret she can never reveal, especially to her beloved Yuri.
Written in the tradition of Fritz Leiber’s classic story, “The Man Who Never Grew Young,” and Martin Amis’s novel, Time’s Arrow, Illyria, My Love is uniquely told from a woman’s point of view. The story’s title is an homage to the 1959 film by Alain Resnais, “Hiroshima, Mon Amour.” The ebook includes an Afterword. Now published in an ebook and in a beautiful trade paperback in ODDITIES: 22 Stories.
From the author of Summer of Love (a Philip K. Dick Award Finalist and San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book); The Gilded Age (a New York Times Notable Book and New York Public Library Recommended Book), Arachne (A Locus Hardcover Bestseller), Cyberweb (the sequel to Arachne), Celestial Girl (A Lily Modjeska Mystery), The Garden of Abracadabra, and Strange Ladies: 7 Stories.
Praise for Books by Lisa Mason
Strange Ladies: 7 Stories
“Offers everything you could possibly want, from more traditional science fiction and fantasy tropes to thought-provoking explorations of gender issues and pleasing postmodern humor…This is a must-read collection.”
—The San Francisco Review of Books
Summer of Love
A Philip K. Dick Award Finalist
A San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book of the Year
“Remarkable . . . the intellect on display is clear-sighted, witty, and wise.”
—Locus, The Trade Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Gilded Age
A New York Times Notable Book
A New York Public Library Recommended Book
“A winning mixture of intelligence and passion.”
—The New York Times Book Review
Arachne
A Locus Hardcover Bestseller
“Powerful . . . Entertaining . . . Imaginative.”
—People Magazine
Afterword for "Illyria, My Love"
For my short novel, One Day in the Life of Alexa, I studied the 1990s wars in the Balkans, as well as the history leading up to those conflicts. (Note that One Day in the Life of Alexa is IN PRINT and an ebook on all the retailers worldwide.)
I was struck by the adage, “The more things change, the more they remain the same,” and the tragic effects of those terrible wars on the lives of ordinary people. “Illyria, My Love,” is one woman’s story viewed through the ironic lens of backwards-in-time.
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