- Paperback
- Publisher: New American Library; First THUS edition (September 1985)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0879977213
- ISBN-13: 978-0879977214
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.2 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
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The Silver Metal Lover is a classic tale of transforming love. It's a keeper, a book that gets reread 'til it falls apart. Fans petitioned to get it reprinted, and after 10 years of waiting, here it is. Oddly, the book is seldom mentioned when Tanith Lee's work is discussed, perhaps because Lee's usual milieu is horror, and The Silver Metal Lover is a poignant romance requiring at least two hankies before the end.
Robots have replaced human labor on earth, causing massive unemployment in a world devastated by pollution and natural disasters. Then Electronic Metals releases a new line: performing artists and sexual companions designed to entertain human partners. Jane, a rich, lonely, and insecure 16-year-old, meets one, the minstrel Silver, and falls passionately in love, despite revulsion at the idea of preferring a mechanical man to a human. She gives up everything she has known for him, and discovers herself. Silver becomes more and more "human" in loving her--a clever illusion created by his programming. Or is it? This unstable society can't afford any evidence that some robots might be indistinguishable from humans. Tragedy is inevitable. Read it and weep--and don't forget to put it on the keeper shelf. --Nona Vero --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
Review
Praise for The Silver Metal Lover:
"Deftly written, moving, funny, totally convincing...this is quite simply the best sci-fi romance I've read in ages."
--Daily News, New York
"Tanith Lee has another winner in The Silver Metal Lover. It's an aluminum soufflé that's both amusing and touching."
--Asimov's Science Fiction
"The strengths of [The Silver Metal Lover] lie in the vivid vision of [Lee's] world--exotic and a little frightening, but quite believable....One of Lee's most fully realized creations."
--Publishers Weekly
"Lee continues to distinguish herself with her ability to bring flesh and blood to the worlds of the future. For those who like emotion and feeling in their SF, The Silver Metal Lover is highly recommended."
--Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
"Deftly written, moving, funny, totally convincing...this is quite simply the best sci-fi romance I've read in ages."
--Daily News, New York
"Tanith Lee has another winner in The Silver Metal Lover. It's an aluminum soufflé that's both amusing and touching."
--Asimov's Science Fiction
"The strengths of [The Silver Metal Lover] lie in the vivid vision of [Lee's] world--exotic and a little frightening, but quite believable....One of Lee's most fully realized creations."
--Publishers Weekly
"Lee continues to distinguish herself with her ability to bring flesh and blood to the worlds of the future. For those who like emotion and feeling in their SF, The Silver Metal Lover is highly recommended."
--Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Metal Love,
By Kristina D. Smith (Naperville,IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Silver Metal Lover (Mass Market Paperback)
This is one of my most favorite books. I rarely enjoy romance novels. However, there was just something intriguing about this one.I read it early high school and it's one of those books that I pick up reading once in a while. I really enjoyed the secondary plot of the homosexual liaison romance, with one of the characters. Lee does a wonderful job experiment different kinds of relationships and isn't afraid of writing different stories.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dont Have to Like Sci-Fi to Love this Book,
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This review is from: Silver Metal Lover (Hardcover)
This is a great love story that transcends the label of science fiction. Full of deep, believable characters, and plenty of teen angst from Jane. It is every teen's delusion that their parents are repressing them and keeping them from reaching their fullest potential, but in Jane's case it happens to be true. She finds a timeless love in the most unlikely place. My copy is a tattered favorite I first read over 20 years ago. I can't believe a new edition hasn't been published! Truly a classic love story.
4.0 out of 5 stars
In Love With A Robot,
By lovemebad (Naperville,IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Silver Metal Lover (Mass Market Paperback)
I all most never like romance novels. However, I very much enjoyed this book written by Tanith Lee.It's one of those few romance novels, that I go back to reading. Lee does a wonderful job writing the complications about being a robot and a girl being in love with a robot. It sounds kind of hockey at first but it's very well done and tragic in many ways. Really good for someone who wants a romance that isn't all kiss, kiss, and lets make up.
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