title: Soulful Sex: The Science Fiction Collection: the Science Fiction Collection
author: Laurence, Diana
description: Diana Laurence explores the intersection of sex and science fiction in her newest collection of "erotica with soul." The three novellas in this anthology feature aliens, other worlds, and strange visions of the future, as another trio of couples explore romance in settings that stretch the boundaries of the imagination. In "Alloy Love," Earth has suffered a venereal plague resulting in the eradication of romance and sex between humans, and the development of mind-bogglingly pleasurable sex machines like the AddamsTech 5. Helen Cameron, who does marketing for AddamsTech, questions her love for her machine when videographic genius Sadhil Narayan turns her world upside down. In "Claude's Laboratory," it's 1871, and Jane Howard finds herself the captor of a handsome young scientist named Claude, who quickly proves they are further from her home in Yorkshire than Jane could ever dream. The alien researcher has chosen her as his subject for some "harmless" experiments in human sexuality. In "Spacewrecked with Joel Fennimore," author Evie Perkins gets a gig documenting the life of renowned intergalactic survivalist Joel Fennimore, on whom she's had a crush for several years. On the distant planet Eknis, Joel and Evie must survive both the natural dangers of a strange world, and its supernatural effects upon their minds-and libidos.