Summer of Love
AuthorLisa Mason
IllustratorTom Robinson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
Set inSan Francisco (1967)
PublisherBantam Books
Publication date
1994
Media typePrint
Pages384
ISBN0553373307
OCLC29954671
813.54
LC ClassPS3563.A7924

Summer of Love is a novel by Lisa Mason. It is about a time traveler from the year 2467, who goes back in time to the 1967 Summer of Love.

Reception

Summer of Love was a finalist for the 1994 Philip K. Dick Award.[1]

Publishers Weekly described it as "psychedelic" and "quirky", and lauded Mason's "extrapolations (of) future social and environmental conditions" as "intriguing and plausible", but faulted it for having a "(r)ecycled premise and two-dimensional characters".[2] Entertainment Weekly called it "The Terminator in love beads".[3]

In 2013, David G. Hartwell included it on the New York Review of Science Fiction's list of "200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984–2001".[4]

References

  1. ^ List of all works nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, at PhilipKDickAward.org; retrieved March 23, 2019
  2. ^ Summer of Love, reviewed at Publishers Weekly, published May 30, 1994; retrieved March 23, 2019
  3. ^ Summer of Love, reviewed by Daneet Steffens, in Entertainment Weekly; published Jul 29, 1994; retrieved March 23, 2019
  4. ^ 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984–2001, by David G. Hartwell, in the New York Review of Science Fiction; published February 15, 2013; retrieved March 23, 2019
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