You know, that really does have a hell of a lot of appeal to
> teenagers. Robin Hahnel thinks it is the most fun political novel ever
> written.
>
You guys missed the original stipulation that we're looking for short novels or novellas. Atlas Shrugged is four of those.
I'll second Bujold's _Shards of Honor_, which I reread last night while thinking about this thread. As a bonus, it now comes bound together with _Barryar_.
Another good scifi suggestion would be _China Mountain Zhang_ by Maureen McHugh, which is not a unified romance between two people, but the plot line is driven by various romances, crushes, and love affairs.
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