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Summary: Ooh, makes you think
Review: This book is beautifully written, prose as well as poetry. It is also quite interesting and raises all sorts of questions regarding love, and not only of the sexual or romantic sort. What I like most about this book is the relationship between Jane and her mother. There is a highly memorable scene involving a phone call and the smell of perfume. In fact, there are a whole lot of highly memorable scenes. Read them!
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Summary: Irresistable melancholy romance
Review: Can't disagree with the reviewer who wrote that this is a book that will be read until it's worn out. Jane and Silver are unforgettable characters--and the human pettiness Lee ranges against them is marvellous, stilleto-real, and all too-believably unrelenting. The portrayal of Jane's relationship with her mother is particularly good--her mother is a clever woman, but she has never acknowledged to herself what it means to have a child and to pass into the older generation as that child reaches the cusp of womanhood. I don't want there to be a sequel to this book. I suppose in the current market, Lee is under much pressure to produce--both by her readers and by those in the business! For me, this book stands alone--and beautifully so. It's such an achievement in itself... Why would a sequel be necessary?
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Summary: A Wonderful and Tragic Work of Art
Review: This is an amazing and fantastic
story about society's future.
Tanith Lee does a fabulous job.
I didn't put it down until the end.
And even then I reread the last chapter.
I laughed, but mostly cried, but still
it is one of the greatest stories I've
ever read.
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Summary: Beautifully Addictive
Review: Although I was a fan of Tanith's before I read this book, afterwards I was absolutely awestruck by not only her obvious talent, but her wonderful imagination. The book is written well, and even though set in a far future, you could actually understand much of what is felt, what the heroine (Jane) feels and why.
At the end of this book I cried (seriously, I never cry!), and said to myself as I looked at my current boyfriend: "Why can't he be more like S.I.L.V.E.R?"
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Summary: Haunting, Sensual, Langorous Read - Taste the Fobidden Fruit
Review: Do not read this book all in one sitting. 'The Silver Metal Lover' is a book to be sipped at, taken in a delicate chapter at a time; with the sensual nature of the book, it's to be enjoyed in slices like fine fruit, not devoured and left unsavored. This is the story of a child--for she is not yet a woman at sixteen--who falls in love for the first time... with a creature unhuman. More then human, in some aspects. She loves this creature suddenly, stricken with it's beauty and does everything im her power to possess him. However, once she has him, she finds that not only is he capable and beautiful, he is intelligent, he is knowing, and he is... flawed. Neraly human, this robot called Silver becomes the most important thing in her life, and in turn, she becomes his. It is a love story in the most haunting of styles with Tanith Lee's usual, elegant writing. I know that over the final chapter, I cried, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who will be moved by this highly emotional, stirring account of this woman's love, and yes, loss. Pick up this book today.
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Summary: Fantastic! One of My Favorites
Review: In "The Silver Metal Lover", 16-year-old Jane narrates the first time she falls in love with a robot named S.I.L.V.E.R., which stands for Silver Ionized Locomotive Verisimulated Electronic Robot. At first, Jane is horrified and frightened by this machine that looks so much like a human being; she can't seem to comprehend that something so human-like could only be a bundle of wires and springs--and that something so alien could arouse her so much. Eventually, Jane does revert to her initial attraction to him, which makes her want to find a way to "own" him, even if that means giving up all her possessions, money, and status to become a social pariah, just as long as she can be with him forever. This is a very touching and captivating book. And it's kind of ironic that I consider it to be one of my favorite books, since I generally don't like romance or sci fi books. But I do love Tanith Lee's writing style, and that's why I decided to read it. So, if you're like me and tend to avoid most romantic/futuristic novels, then you should definitely try this one. You just might change your mind about such books. Finally, it looks like a sequel is in the works--"Metallic Love"--and will hopefully be out soon. I can't wait to find out if it's as good--or even better--than the first.
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Summary: A Beautiful and Enjoyable Read
Review: I read Tanith Lee's, Black Unicorn, years ago so when I stumbled across this on Amazon I was curious. After reading the reviews I decided to grab a copy and give it a go. A very wise move!
This is a really lovely tale of a young woman and her love for Silver, a robot. I was fascinated by the world it was set in, and of course the characters who were believable and enjoyable to read. Being a sucker for romance, I of course adored the love which develops between Jane and Silver.
Do yourself a favour and go and buy this one, its a keeper.
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Summary: Don't EVER let this book go out of print.
Review: Immortally beautiful, sweetly haunting. I first read this book in elementary school, & at age 30, I still give a long, tragic sigh upon closing the book.
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Summary: I love this book
Review: I found this book quite by accident, really. I was browsing through the romance section of Barns & Noble when I saw a book that didn't look like it belonged. Someone had, aparently looked at the title and placed it in the romance section when clearly it was a science fiction. Well, I brought it home and couldn't put it down. This is perhaps the most beautiful novel I have ever read. Every word sounds like music and will forever be held in my heart.
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Summary: an excellent take on the future of artificial intelligence
Review: It can be hard to identify with Jane, the spoiled teen heroine. However, Silver Metal Lover is well worth the read to explore this world of robotic humans. It is a future-vision only slightly brighter than A.I. It is certainly an interesting question that we will eventually face when artificial intelligence can make robots as realistic as ourselves, and Jane has to wonder if Silver truly loves her or not - and does it matter? I did find the book dragged at the beginning and the end, and I'm not sure I enjoyed it as thoroughly as some of Lee's other work. I suspect it was aimed at a teen audience.
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