Science Fiction Romance
I'm working on a romantic short story, and I'm using as inspirtation the great romances of each genre of fiction. I picked them partly because they're relatable, and partly because they're intimately intwined with the kind of story I want to tell. So far I have:
Fantasy: Aeowyn and Faramir (yes, it's not the big on-screen romance, and it's arguable that the secondary romance is actually Rosie and Sam, whose story I would love to tell, just not here)
Mystery: Dr. and Mrs. Watson (who fall in love in the The Sign of the Four, which is the only on-page romance in the cannonical Sherlock Holmes series, understated and victorian as it was.)
Horror: Jon and Mina Harker (Mina, as my husband points out, seems far more interested in Dracula than Harker, but that works fine for what I want to do.)
But then I got stuck because I could not think of an iconic science fiction romance. The best I could come up with was Bobby Newmark and Molly Millions, which I think says more about me than anything about SF.
I'd love to hear your speculations on why that is, and I'd also love to hear your candidate for iconic science fiction romance.
Fantasy: Aeowyn and Faramir (yes, it's not the big on-screen romance, and it's arguable that the secondary romance is actually Rosie and Sam, whose story I would love to tell, just not here)
Mystery: Dr. and Mrs. Watson (who fall in love in the The Sign of the Four, which is the only on-page romance in the cannonical Sherlock Holmes series, understated and victorian as it was.)
Horror: Jon and Mina Harker (Mina, as my husband points out, seems far more interested in Dracula than Harker, but that works fine for what I want to do.)
But then I got stuck because I could not think of an iconic science fiction romance. The best I could come up with was Bobby Newmark and Molly Millions, which I think says more about me than anything about SF.
I'd love to hear your speculations on why that is, and I'd also love to hear your candidate for iconic science fiction romance.