Crosstalk by Connie Willis
Fiction

Want to get more connected with your love interest? Briddey Flannigan does in this quirky novel that blends screwball romantic comedy with science fiction. In the near future, a trendy new surgery known as EED makes it possible to open emotional pathways between two people. Briddey plans to get the surgery with her co-worker and boyfriend Trent, despite objections from her nosey Irish-American family and her nerdy colleague, C. B. Schwartz. But soon after the EED, Briddey realizes that she isn’t connected with Trent; instead, her head is filled with C. B.’s thoughts. Briddey’s desperate attempts to keep her telepathic connection with C.B. a secret lead to a series of hilarious misunderstandings as well as some frightening threats to her privacy and sanity. This satirical yet warm-hearted commentary on modern society dependent on electronic connections might make you want to disconnect with your technology, but you’ll be laughing while you do it.

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