Summer of Love (novel) explained

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 Fictions list of "200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984–2001".^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.philipkdickaward.org/2003/03/list_of_all_wor.html List of all works nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award
2. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-553-37330-1 Summer of Love
3. https://ew.com/article/1994/07/29/summer-love/ Summer of Love
4. https://www.nyrsf.com/2013/02/200-significant-science-fiction-books-by-women-19842001-by-david-g-hartwell.html 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984–2001