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Check out this new cover for Sureblood by Susan Grant... You'd never know it's a swashbuckling adventure about space pirates. As the genre of science-fiction romance explodes, publishers are trying to hide the fact that these books are science fiction. More »
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The final frontier of pulp literature is the romance novel, which is also the biggst selling book genre. So it's not surprising that a growing subset of romance novels also feature lovelorn spacemen (and women.) After all, astronauts need loving too. As the handful of romance books featuring spaceship battles and aliens has grown, the sub-genre has gotten more sophisticated — and closer to real science fiction. We give you a taste of these soft-core space operas. Just watch out for shirtless cover models and purple prose. More »
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The next new genre of romance novels? Science fiction romance, claims author Jordan Summers, based on industry gossip. It's been ages since science fiction romances have had a surge in popularity, and science fiction could replace vampires as the next "paranormal" romance genre. Summers herself writes in the urban fantasy and romance genres, and her next novel Red is set in a near-future world where a future cop named Red meets a mysterious stranger named Morgan who will change her life forever. But Summers admits, "I haven't read a lot of sci-fi romance, unless you consider Old Man's War and S.L. Viehl romances." [Jordan Summers] More »
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