"Orwell, Vonnegut, and Douglas Adams are felt on
every page, though Magnason is never derivative.
His satire and insightful social commentary
sweeten the pot and the sheer wackiness of
Magnason's oversized imagination is
invigorating." --"Publishers Weekly, "starred
review LoveStar, the enigmatic and obsessively
driven founder of the LoveStar corporation, has
unlocked the key to transmitting data via
birdwaves, thus freeing mankind from wires and
devices, and allowing consumerism, technology,
and science to run rampant over all aspects of
daily life. Cordless modern men and women are
paid to howl advertisements at unsuspecting
passers-by, REGRET machines eliminate doubt over
roads not taken, soul mates are identified and
brought together (while existing,
unscientifically validated relationships are
driven remorselessly asunder), and rocketing the
dead into the sky becomes both a status symbol
and a beautiful, cathartic show for those left
behind.