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Love In The Time Of Fridges (2008)

by Tim Scott(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0553384414 (ISBN13: 9780553384413)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Spectra

review 1: In the future presented by this book, New Seattle is the place where the Health and Safety division rule, and, boy, do they have a lot of rules. Reader boards warn you not to fall down because it might hurt, and to avoid sharp corners. The mayor admonishes citizens not to die for no reason.Huckleberry Lindburgh, an ex-cop with a taste for mojitos, returns to New Seattle, discovers a plot against the citizens, falls in love, rescues a group of harmony humming fridges, and ruins a lot of clothes in this super silly, slightly sci-fi adventure story.It's short, doesn't take much brain power to read, and will make you laugh at least once. A good summer book.
review 2: In “Love in the Time of Fridges” (Bantam Spectra, $12, 364 pages), Tim Scott attempts to mel... mored absurdist humor, action and adventure in a near-future society, and a story about a wounded protagonist healed by love. It would take much more skill than Scott presently possesses to pull this off, and though there are successful moments, enjoying this book essentially comes down to getting the jokes.Some are obvious (the sentient refrigerators and coffee tables have some very good lines), but others are more obscure. The title, for example, is clearly a play on Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ long epic, “Love in the Time of Cholera” – which I confess I have not plowed through. So there may be a whole level I’m missing here, as well as the clear references to Samuel Coleridge’s famous “Xanadu,” which I have some recollection of.It may be that readers more familiar with both works would appreciate “Love in the Time of Fridges” more, or it’s equally possible that the narrative would simply be overwhelmed by the addition of more layers of potential meaning.As it is, “Love of the Time of Fridges” is intermittently entertaining, proudly surreal and an easy read. If that sounds appetizing, by all means visit New Seattle and its focus on keeping its residents from bumping into sharp corners. less

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