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Romance can refer to an affair of the heart; it can also describe a heroic tale of extraordinary events. In A Scientific Romance, Wright plays on both possible meanings as he weaves a tragic story of betrayal and lost love into a larger narrative of time travel. Lambert, having lost the woman he loved, is reckless enough to test Wells's machine himself, catapulting 500 years into the future, where he finds London--indeed, all of England--a deserted, semitropical landscape. As David explores the future, he also sifts through his own past, creating in this Möbius strip of time and relationship a chilling cautionary tale about the limits of science and human ambition.
"Powerful...cunningly fashioned...It's flair for description can be positively Dickensian...A profound meditation on the nature of time." --John Vernon, The New York Times Book Review
"Witty, ambitious and thoughtful...an original and memorable first novel." --San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle
"Wright's vision of a lushly catastrophic future is both mesmerizing and grimly plausible, establishing him as a distinguished new voice." --Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times
"This is a boldly imagined novel that reveals in vivid description and a lean, muscular prose...a class act." --Dan Cryer, Newsday
"Extraordinary...a disturbing and very moving book...a work of great beauty built on a nightmare." --Anthony Miller, Boston Book Review
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