Lauren Groff on Work and Love
This week’s story, “ Between the Shadow and the Soul ,” is about a fifty-year-old woman named Eliza who has
Menu
Listen to this article now00:0009:36 Overview: In Peninsula sci-fi and fantasy author Mike Chen’s newest novel, “A Quantum Love Story,” strangers brought together by supremely bizarre circumstances at a mysterious Bay Area particle accelerator find that their relationship can develop even as time stands still. Peninsula author Mike Chen’s latest novel is “A Quantum Love Story.” Courtesy Mike Chen. Imagine you were trapped in a time loop, living the same few days over and over with no end in sight. How would you react? What would you do? And what would it mean to you if you could connect with the one other person who might be going through the same thing? In Peninsula sci-fi and fantasy author Mike Chen’s newest novel, “A Quantum Love Story,” these themes are explored through the perspectives of Mariana Pineda, a scientist grieving a recent personal loss, and Carter Cho, who has family issues of his own. Strangers brought together by supremely bizarre circumstances at a mysterious Bay Area particle accelerator, they find that their relationship can develop even as time stands still. “What is it like for two people to be stuck when their world does not change but they do?” Chen said of the mind-bending adventure, which he called “as close to romance as I can write.” The novel is “a slow burn love story of two people coming to understand each other and how they can change each other.” There’s something about the idea of a time loop that’s endlessly fascinating. A few things, actually, according to Chen. One is the ability to reset; to get infinite do-overs. “I’m sure we all wish we had that at some point. Resetting until you get it right – it would be wonderful to turn on that ability,” he said. Another is the wish-fulfillment aspect of being able to take whatever actions you want, knowing that you won’t suffer any consequences, for better or worse. Cover art for Mike Chen’s “A Quantum Love Story.” Courtesy Mike Chen. “I think that’s a really interesting thought experiment: If you have x amount of time where […]
Click here to view original page at Peninsula sci-fi author Mike Chen discusses time loops, writing strategies and his new novel, ‘A Quantum Love Story’
© 2024, wcadmin. All rights reserved, Writers Critique, LLC Unless otherwise noted, all posts remain copyright of their respective authors.
This week’s story, “ Between the Shadow and the Soul ,” is about a fifty-year-old woman named Eliza who has
The British realist director Mike Leigh loves the term “character actor,” which he uses often and with zeal. To him,
