Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror , Science Fiction & Fantasy
This is How You Lose the Time War
Paperback Published on: 18/07/2019
Price: £12.99
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Amazing!
I took my time with this one and ended up devouring every chapter, loving every little bit.
amazing, odd and it gripped me from start to finish.
Profound time travel romance
I have never read a romance so well written, time travel that is so creatively designed, nor such a short book that manages to be this epically beautiful.
A book designed to sweep you away
This is How You Lose the Time War is a book that feels custom made for me. The story of two women, Blue and Red, and their antagonism, which quickly turns ... READ MORE
The most perfect, epic love story of all time.
I was utterly astounded by the scope and depth of this slim volume. It is, above all, beautiful, both in writing and in sentiment. It is also an exciting t... READ MORE
An intense love story writ throughout times
Intense, taut and lyrical, this is a magnificent love story told across times, a time-travelling thriller writ through loves. A love, between apposing time... READ MORE
Retweet!
What else is there to say but, retweet!
The writing is remarkably beautiful and original, the relationship is touching and powerful, the sci-fi element... READ MORE
Lyrical, tender and wonderfully unique
Lyrical, tender and wonderfully unique, This is How You Lose the Time War is a brilliant character-driven story that captured my heart.
The beautiful w... READ MORE
Beautiful and unique
An incredible love story that will keep you captivated from start to finish, this book is masterfully crafted by two authors who possess a genuine passion ... READ MORE
This book has stolen my heart
This book was one of my top reads of last year, it was a complete and utter unstoppable force. The story sunk slowly into me and hasn't left since.
In sho... READ MORE
I love this book. I love this book. I love this book. I'll write it in waves. In skies. In my heart.
I'd like to start this review by saying this might be the most beautiful book I've ever read.
Told through a series of letters written between enemies ... READ MORE
exquisitely beautiful
Sci-fi to the max and the most deeply romantic story I think I have ever read?? The prose is beyond stunning. I can't stop thinking about it. Do not hesita... READ MORE
An absolute must read!
I can confidently say I have never read a book like this. It's complex, beautiful and has such a unique concept - I already want to read it again and lose ... READ MORE
poetic and heartbreaking
Loved every minute of this book, the poetic prose and the switch between the characters and how well defined their personalities were. A nice short read if... READ MORE
There aren't enough stars to rate this book!
Science fiction at its best! I had no idea what was happening while I was reading as you are thrown into this crazy sci-fi world without pretext. But I did... READ MORE
Utterly Fantastic
I absolutely loved this book. The sheer imagination and inventiveness kept me turning page after page I did not want to put it down.
This is the kind o... READ MORE
If you love poetic prose, mind-bending sci-fi and slow-burn romance, this one’s for you!
This book absolutely swept me away. Red and Blue—rival agents in a war across time—start off taunting each other through secret letters, but what unfolds i... READ MORE
a queer modern classic
A beautiful, poetic, love story filled with time travel, this is a queer modern classic! Brilliantly told through letters of opposing sides in a war.
One of my all-time favourite books
One of my all-time favourite books that I recommend to everyone - but the description never does it justice!
Poetic, mysterious, romantic (coming from som... READ MORE
Will leave you with a long reading list
I think others have said most of it, but I will add that this is the best review of (and homage to) Naomi Mitchison's Travel Light you could read. Rich wit... READ MORE
Synopsis
Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novella
Co-written by two award-winning writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading.
Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war. That's how war works. Right?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- ISBN: 9781529405231
- Number of pages: 208
- Dimensions: 196 x 124 x 20 mm
- Weight: 161g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allExcellent epistolary espionage romance
I've been looking forward to this book since I heard Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, each among the best speculative fiction writers working today, were ... READ MORE
The Perfect Recipe
This novella comes in the form of letters written from two opposing forces, that run through time and space. Each has an agency behind them, each is out in... READ MORE
Beautiful and enjoyable
I recently got back into reading and this book was the answer to why I enjoyed reading so much. Full of an equal balance of romance, sci-fi and in my opini... READ MORE
Intriguing snippets form sweeping story
This is How You Lose the Time War is poetry disguised as science fiction, a lyrical masterclass in how a story can successfully take a sweeping span of tim... READ MORE
Hauntingly true and beautiful
I'm grateful to Jo Fletcher Books for an advance e-copy of This is How You Lose the Time War via NetGalley.
'All good stories travel from the outside in'.... READ MORE
A romantic novella with the impact of a sci-fi epic
It is so unusual for me to give a romance story five stars, and while This Is How You Lose the Time War is also a time-travel sci-fi novella it is definite... READ MORE
Very good read
A brilliant novella in interesting epistolary form . Recommended.
What have I wasted my time and money on
I am amazed at the rave reviews. I must have read a different edition… reader, beware!
An amazingly written gut-wrenching love story
I cried several times throughout this book, from joy and sadness, But enjoyed every second of it. It’s not an especially long read but it is something that... READ MORE
Epic yet intimate
Please go into this blind if you can, it has time travel, mythology, history, battles, strange planets all spinning through a forbidden love story. It is e... READ MORE
A beautiful love story through time and space
By turns utterly heartbreaking and wonderously joyful, this novella does so much in such a short space. Telling the story of Red and Blue, two agents on op... READ MORE
My favourite book
This is my favourite book of 2022 and I have reread it many time now.
The intrigue and threats sparked an interest along with the letters to each other.
I ... READ MORE
Beyond Beautiful
That rare book which is actively better on every reread. The language is incredibly complex, perfectly balanced between romantic and incomprehensible. The ... READ MORE
Purity
There are no true ways to describe this book for it must be experienced to understand. This is the book that shows everyone that falling in love is to trul... READ MORE
Short but so well written!
I loved this book! It was my first foray back into fiction after a while of solely reading non-fiction and it was delightful. Lyrical and heart wrenching, ... READ MORE
A Modern Classic
A Tik Tok sensation, this has become a modern classic of the sci fi genre and I was curious to see what all the fuss was about. I can see why people like i... READ MORE
PERFECT
I absolutely AODRED this book, every aspect of it weaves together so wonderfully. I wholeheartedly believe every lesbian ever should read it. I love it so ... READ MORE
Superior sci-fi.
Clever, classy, erudite and with an impressive deftness of touch, "This Is How You Lose The Time War" is a superior piece of science fiction.
Red and B... READ MORE
Read for book club and it was very divisive
I joined Waterstones book club in January and this was the first book we read this year, the authors were both new to me so I was not sure what to expect.
... READ MORE
A new all-time favourite
I wasn't expecting the most romantic book I'd ever read to also be a wacky science fiction time-travel novella, yet here we are.
This is How You Lose th... READ MORE
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