The Stars Too Fondly - An interstellar sapphic romance that will lift you up steal your

Part space odyssey, part Sapphic romcom and all spaceship-stealing fun, Emily Hamilton''s breathtaking debut is a wild tale of galaxy-spanning friendship, improbable love, and wonder as vast as the universe itself . So, here''s the thing: Cleo and her friends really, truly didn''t mean to steal this spaceship. They just wanted to know why, twenty years ago, the entire Providence crew vanished without a trace. But then the stupid dark matter engine started all on its own, and now these four twenty-somethings are en route to Proxima Centauri, unable to turn around, and being harangued by a snarky hologram that has the face and attitude of the ship''s missing captain, Billie. Cleo has dreamt of being an astronaut all her life, and Earth is kind of a lost cause at this point, so this should be one of those blessings in disguise people talk about. But as the ship gets deeper into space, the laws of physics start twisting, old mysteries start crawling back to life, and Cleo''s initially combative relationship with Billie turns into something deeper and more desperate than either woman is prepared for. Lying somewhere in the subspace between science fantasy and sapphic rom-com, The Stars Too Fondly is a soaring near-future adventure about dark matter and alternate dimensions, leaving home and finding family, and the galaxy-saving power of letting yourself love and be loved.

About the author

Emily Hamilton is a science fiction author who writes about women kissing in space. She is also an award-winning staff writer at the alt-weekly newspaper Seven Days. She lives in Burlington, Vermont with her wife and their tiny dog Mimi.

Product details

• Authors: Emily Hamilton, Hamilton Emily
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.02.2025
• EAN: 9781399613804
• ISBN: 978-1-399-61380-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Adult & contemporary romance, FICTION / Romance / New Adult, contemporary romance, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Exploration, Humorous fiction, Science fiction: space exploration, Relating to lesbians, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Comic (humorous) fantasy, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian