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By Ed Luhrs|Amazon Verified Purchase

“Summer of Love is an important American literary contribution that may very well have a strong and viable fan base. Where are you? Join us!

“This novel is loads of fun to read. The majority of the characters are hippies from the 1960s who meet a stranger from the future who’s looking to save his world. This fellow, Chiron, needs to find a troubled adolescent teen named Susan (a.k.a. Starbright) for a very compelling reason. The book has a great deal to offer: swift action, lovable characters, spiritual insight, and well-chosen primary documents such as essays, poems, and news articles which round out the reader’s understanding of the worldview of the novel.

“I think Summer of Love has excellent potential for a wider audience. I hope it continues to enjoy a healthy amount of sales in the used books market on this site. I wish even more for it to be in wider circulation. Some books talk about the sixties. This novel IS the sixties, thanks to the spirit and scholarship of its author. And, as one reader aptly put it, “the sci-fi stuff is just plain off the hook.” Get a copy. Most people who have read it seem to respect it and enjoy it every bit as much as I do.”

I don’t who Ed Luhrs is, but I thank him!

For all my science fiction and fantasy books, stories, screenplays, and forthcoming news about print books and ebooks, visit me at Lisa Mason’s Official Web Site.

There you’ll find the re-edited ebook adaptation of my Philip K. Dick Award finalist and San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book, Summer of Love, A Time Travel on Nook and Kindle; and the sequel, an ebook adaptation of my New York Times Notable Book and New York Public Library Recommended book, The Gilded Age, A Time Travel on Nook and Kindle.

My short science fiction thriller, SHAKEN, an ebook adaptation of Deus Ex Machina, first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, republished in the anthology Transcendental Tales From Asimov’s (Donning), and translated and republished in Europe and South America, is now on Nook and Kindle. A List of Sources follows this short novel.

Tesla, A Worthy of His Time, A Screenplay, which was read by the producer of “Aliens” and “The Abyss” and is currently under consideration at another L.A. producer, is on Nook and Kindle. I’ve also included a List of Sources with this title.

New Novelettes republished for the first time include:

Tomorrow’s Child, first published in Omni and sold to Universal Studios, together with my blog from January 30 through February 21 setting out the twists and turns the project took from a medical documentary to an Omni story, The Story Behind the Story That Sold to the Movies, is on Nook and Kindle.

The Sixty-third Anniversary of Hysteria, first published in the acclaimed anthology, Full Spectrum 5 (Bantam), which also included stories by Neal Stephenson, Karen Joy Fowler, and Jonathan Lethem, on Nook and Kindle, was inspired by my favorite Surrealist artists, Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. In the story, a visionary artist, Nora, takes a brief harrowing journey into madness, which she survives. I also include Sources with this novelette.

Every Mystery Unexplained, first published in David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible (HarperPrism), an anthology that also included stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, and Kevin J. Anderson, on Nook and Kindle, tells the tale of a young stage magician in 1895 who must come to grips with the accidental death of his mother and assume his rightful place, surpassing his famous magician father.

For something fast and fun, U F uh-O, A Sci Fi Comedy, my script for a producer looking for the next Galaxy Quest or Men in Black, that evolved into a novella, is on Nook and Kindle.

And Daughter of the Tao, first published in Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn anthology (HarperPrism), which also included stories by Charles de Lint, Karen Joy Fowler, Robert Sheckley, and Ellen Kushner, on Nook and Kindle, is a novelette about a young Chinese slave girl who must save herself using Tao magic.

For a short erotic novel, I recommend Eon’s Kiss by Suzanna Moore on Nook and Kindle. This has a paranormal hero who is not a vampire or a werewolf. Check it out!

My brand-new, big new urban fantasy The Garden of Abracadabra is proximately done and the next book in the series is in research and development. I’ll be posting developments on the website. Stay tuned!

Forthcoming is The Quester Trilogy, an ebook adaptation of my cyberpunk classics, Arachne and Cyberweb, and much more.

Visit me and feast your eyes on the lovely book covers. I thank you for your readership!

In Summer of Love, A Time Travel (on Nook and Kindle), the third main POV character is Ruby A. Maverick.

Unlike Susan Bell and Chiron, Ruby is a native of San Francisco and by 1967, she’s seen it all: World War II, the post-war period of the 1950s, the sea change of the Sixties, and the rise of the Haight-Ashbury as a bell-weather cultural phenomenon. As a successful shop keeper and a woman of mixed blood, she’s well aware of the sexism and racism all around her, even within the “Hip Community,” and by 1967, she’s become cynical. The moral center of the book, Ruby helps Susan find her inner strength and Chiron gain perspective. Humorous and wise-cracking, Ruby is many readers’ favorite character.

By the book’s end, she’s rediscovered her ideals, learned to forgive herself for the mistakes she’s made, and sets off to actualize those ideals again.

She grows in character!

For all my science fiction and fantasy books, stories, screenplays, and forthcoming news about print books and ebooks, visit me at Lisa Mason’s Official Web Site.

There you’ll find the re-edited ebook adaptation of my Philip K. Dick Award finalist and San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book, Summer of Love, A Time Travel on Nook and Kindle; and the sequel, an ebook adaptation of my New York Times Notable Book and New York Public Library Recommended book, The Gilded Age, A Time Travel on Nook and Kindle.

My short science fiction thriller, SHAKEN, an ebook adaptation of Deus Ex Machina, first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, republished in the anthology Transcendental Tales From Asimov’s (Donning), and translated and republished in Europe and South America, is now on Nook and Kindle. A List of Sources follows this short novel.

Tesla, A Worthy of His Time, A Screenplay, which was read by the producer of “Aliens” and “The Abyss” and is currently under consideration at another L.A. producer, is on Nook and Kindle. I’ve also included a List of Sources with this title.

New Novelettes republished for the first time include:

Tomorrow’s Child, first published in Omni and sold to Universal Studios, together with my blog from January 30 through February 21 setting out the twists and turns the project took from a medical documentary to an Omni story, The Story Behind the Story That Sold to the Movies, is on Nook and Kindle.

The Sixty-third Anniversary of Hysteria, first published in the acclaimed anthology, Full Spectrum 5 (Bantam), which also included stories by Neal Stephenson, Karen Joy Fowler, and Jonathan Lethem, on Nook and Kindle, was inspired by my favorite Surrealist artists, Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. In the story, a visionary artist, Nora, takes a brief harrowing journey into madness, which she survives. I also include Sources with this novelette.

Every Mystery Unexplained, first published in David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible (HarperPrism), an anthology that also included stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, and Kevin J. Anderson, on Nook and Kindle, tells the tale of a young stage magician in 1895 who must come to grips with the accidental death of his mother and assume his rightful place, surpassing his famous magician father.

For something fast and fun, U F uh-O, A Sci Fi Comedy, my script for a producer looking for the next Galaxy Quest or Men in Black, that evolved into a novella, is on Nook and Kindle.

And Daughter of the Tao, first published in Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn anthology (HarperPrism), which also included stories by Charles de Lint, Karen Joy Fowler, Robert Sheckley, and Ellen Kushner, on Nook and Kindle, is a novelette about a young Chinese slave girl who must save herself using Tao magic.

For a short erotic novel, I recommend Eon’s Kiss by Suzanna Moore on Nook and Kindle. This has a paranormal hero who is not a vampire or a werewolf. Check it out!

My brand-new, big new urban fantasy The Garden of Abracadabra is proximately done and the next book in the series is in research and development. I’ll be posting developments on the website.

Forthcoming is The Quester Trilogy, an ebook adaptation of my cyberpunk classics, Arachne and Cyberweb, and much more.

Visit me and feast your eyes on the lovely book covers. I thank you for your readership!