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Lonesome Hearts

By R. R. (Russell Robert) Winterbotham

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

Driven by love across the emptiness of space, an alien discovers his beloved has become the nascent building blocks of a new world.

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2009-10-04
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Summary

"Lonesome Hearts" by R. R. Winterbotham is a science fiction story from the 1950s that uses an alien love story to ask big questions about life, love, and what it means to be alone. It centers on an alien named Yljm, who goes on a quest across the stars to find his lost love, Mjly, after she flees their dying planet for Earth. Yljm's journey is filled with sorrow as he struggles to grapple with Mjly's fate; she has changed into the very thing that will transform Earth forever. Yljm now must face this harsh reality, left to ponder love's meaning while facing complete solitude.

About the Author

Russell Robert Winterbotham was an American writer of western and science fiction genre fiction, and the author of instructional pamphlets and several Big Little Books. He also wrote crime stories and one science fiction novel using the pen name "J. Harvey Bond". Another science fiction novel used the pseudonym "Franklin Hadley". He also wrote scripts for Fred Harman's western comic Red Ryder.

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