LoveStar

A multinational called LoveStar has put Iceland on the map by marketing death and programmed love. Indridi and Sigridur are cordless individuals in this technological community which they believe in until a letter arrives from the powers that throws their lives into disarray. They were not meant for each other and Sigridur is summoned north to Oxnadal Valley, where the LoveStar logo shines behind the clouds over a vast pleasure ground, to meet her only love. As soon as the lovers start to deal with the consequences of the letter, LoveStar, the founder of the company, is about to make the greatest discovery of his life.

A fantasy about a society in which the principles of marketing and technology rule supreme, but still fail to suppress man’s deepest and most ancient instincts: love and lust for life.

AWARDS

• Special citation, Philip K. Dick Award 2013, USA
• The Icelandic Booksellers‘ Prize 2002
• DV Cultural Prize for Literature
• Nominated for The Icelandic Literary Prize 2002
• 2016 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire
• Selected as one of five Orwellian dystopias of the 21st century by TheConversation.com
• Selected as 1 of the 10 most interesting novels of 2016, by Huffington Post
• TED speaker-recommended book of the year 2017

“Very entertaining, very funny and original concepts. I had a great time reading this book.”
— Breakfast TV, Channel 2

“Orwell, Vonnegut, and Douglas Adams are felt on every page, though Magnason is never derivative. His satire and insightful social commentary sweeten the pot and the sheer wackiness of Magnason’s oversized imagination is invigorating.”
— Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“Die Geschichte, die in der nahen Zukunft spielt, laviert irgendwo zwischen George Orwells “1984″, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Douglas Adams’ “Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis” und Herzschmerzkitsch à la Nicholas Sparks. Autor Andri Snaer Magnason beweist mit LoveStar (Verlag Lübbe), dass die Nordländer nicht nur das blutige, düstere Krimi-Genre draufhaben, sondern auch das Heiter-Absurde.”
– Auf Anita Lehmeier

“Eine Dystopie, eine negative Utopie könnte man Andri Magnasons “LoveStar” nennen, doch ist der Roman viel zu lustig, als dass man ihm ein so trübsinniges Etikett anheften möchte. Lieber setzt er auf Slapstick als auf Schauereffekte. Darin auch unterscheidet sich “LoveStar” von Klassikern des Genres wie Aldous Huxleys “Schöne neue Welt” und George Orwells “1984”: Er zeigt uns die Zukunft nicht als beklemmende Vision, sondern als skurrile Groteske.”
— Tobias Lehmkuhl (Deutchland Radio)