Tragic, never comic. Think ofTroilus.

We're drawn to virtual romance, to computer games that seem like worlds, to the idea that robots, robots, will someday be our true companions.

If you, for example, look at the male archetype, the male hero, it's almost identical across all romance novels.

But of course, that was in Austria, at the height of Romantic Lyricism, not here in the suburbs of Cleveland.

So, romance novels are almost exclusively read by women, around the world, whether you are from Peru, or Egypt or Montreal, it's read by women.

We're drawn to virtual romance, to computer games that seem like worlds, to the idea that robots, robots, will someday be our true companions.