Eighteen-year-old Stan Duncan (who loves sci-fi/pulp comics) falls for beautiful Serafina, who claims she is from the galaxy Euphoria, or is she? A lovely and unusual read with warm characters and an absorbing storyline. I liked the old-fashioned feel of the book. Serafina was quite a mysterious heroine and I was curious to see how everything would work out in the end. Another great read by Bobby Underwood. ( )

“Stan dreamed of a girl whose outer beauty was luminous, but came from within, transcending all planets, all galaxies. She looked remarkably like Serafina. She was bathed in pretend moonlight from the incandescent lamp behind her. She walked toward him, and when she lay beside him in the dream, Stan knew in his heart nothing would ever be the same. Stan’s dingy basement room became a rocket ship that transported him to a world of sensations and delights so wonderful he never wanted to return. The colors of this new world were vibrant and bright, washing over him with a feeling of joy and contentment. The world in Stan’s dream was vast, and soft, and there were so many breathtaking sites to see and bask in that he knew it would take him a hundred human lifetimes to explore them all.”

Take a nostalgic trip back to the days of early science fiction pulp with this lovely novella.
As Bobby Underwood says in the introduction, “Those days of the early science fiction magazines were filled with wonder and possibilities. There also existed a sweetness and innocence to many of the stories…”
That’s exactly what you get in this fantastic story. Even though the setting is the present day, it has all those sweet and innocent qualities that makes you yearn for those days gone by when young men and women could enjoy a good story devoid of the dark rot that so many writers produce today.
What you’ll find here is fun, romantic, and laced with an innocence that makes for a beautiful reading experience. I hope a lot of teens today find this lovely book.
Cheers to you Mr. Underwood for giving this reader a piece of my youth back. ( )