Description: " Spaceman Blues is a mad ride related by a pulp sensibility filtered through the nonstop freneticism of New York''s subcultures, real and imagined." -- Booklist "For Fans Of: the surreal odyssey of Ralph Ellison''s Invisible Man ; Plan 9 from Outer Space .... For all its colorful characters and gonzo thrills, Slattery''s debut is first and foremost a moving portrait of Wendell''s griefs. A-" -- Entertainment Weekly "Slattery''s debut is a kaleidoscopic celebration of the immigrant experience.... Pynchon crossed with Steinbeck, painted by Dal: impossible to summarize, swinging from the surreal to the hyper-real, a brilliantly handled, tumultuous yarn." -- Kirkus Reviews "The book is a marvel: funny, weird, touching, a joy to read not just for its music and its imagination, but for the generous and intelligent view of life that it offers: a view of life that is neither sentimental nor cynical, full of a certain type of hope but never blind to the miseries hope can cause. Spaceman Blues is a cousin and equal of some recent novels that have maintained my faith in the ability of fiction to simultaneously possess meaning, beauty, and vision, but it''s a singular book, offering its own riffs on the joys and pains of life and its own rifts across the surface of our shared delusions and commingled dreams." -- Matthew Cheney, Las Vegas Weekly and The Mumpsimus "I could think of two other Toms who came to mind while reading the book: Tom Wolfe and Tom Robbins." -- Leonard Lopate (regarding prior comparisons to Thomas Pynchon) "Slattery''s chaotic debut takes readers on a headlong trip to the end of the world.... Slattery has a grand time showing off the colorful underground culture of cockfights, raves and endless intoxication that keeps things moving in his hallucinatory vision of New York." -- Publishers Weekly "The book jacket describes Spaceman Blues as a ''literary retro-pulp science-fiction-mystery-superhero novel,'' and it not only lives up to the hype, but may include a genre or two more besides.... The book weaves a mixture of gritty war elements with hardboiled Hammett-like detective mystery, poetic romance reminiscent of Isabel Allende, and science fiction that brings Stanislaw Lem to mind--into something that seems fresh and compelling." -- School Library Journal " Spaceman Blues is a welcome Band-Aid for those still mourning the loss of Kurt Vonnegut and his uniquely wacky, satirical brand of sci-fi. There''s also a touch of Paul Auster''s flair for genre blending and New York mythologizing.... A strange and whimsical mash note to the city, Slattery''s apocalyptome proves that this newcomer is as thoughtful and irreverent as doomsayers come. [Four stars.s hope can cause. Spaceman Blues is a cousin and equal of some recent novels that have maintained my faith in the ability of fiction to simultaneously possess meaning, beauty, and vision, but it''s a singular book, offering its own riffs on the joys and pains of life and its own rifts across the surface of our shared delusions and commingled dreams." -- Matthew Cheney, Las Vegas Weekly and The Mumpsimus "I could think of two other Toms who came to mind while reading the book: Tom Wolfe and Tom Robbins." -- Leonard Lopate (regarding prior comparisons to Thomas Pynchon) "Slattery''s chaotic debut takes readers on a headlong trip to the end of the world.... Slattery has a grand time showing off the colorful underground culture of cockfights, raves and endless intoxication that keeps things moving in his hallucinatory vision of New York." -- Publishers Weekly "The book jacket describes Spaceman Blues as a ''literary retro-pulp science-fiction-mystery-superhero novel,'' and it not only lives up to the hype, but may include a genre or two more besides.... The book weaves a mixture of gritty war elements with hardboiled Hammett-like detective mystery, poetic romance reminiscent of Isabel Allende, and science fiction that brings Stanislaw Lem to mind--into something that seems fresh and compelling." -- School Library Journal " Spaceman Blues is a welcome Band-Aid for those still mourning the loss of Kurt Vonnegut and his uniquely wacky, satirical brand of sci-fi. There''s also a touch of Paul Auster''s flair for genre blending and New York mythologizing.... A strange and whimsical mash note to the city, Slattery''s apocalyptome proves that this newcomer is as thoughtful and irreverent as doomsayers come. [Four stars.el,'' and it not only lives up to the hype, but may include a genre or two more besides.... The book weaves a mixture of gritty war elements with hardboiled Hammett-like detective mystery, poetic romance reminiscent of Isabel Allende, and science fiction that brings Stanislaw Lem to mind--into something that seems fresh and compelling." -- School Library Journal " Spaceman Blues is a welcome Band-Aid for those still mourning the loss of Kurt Vonnegut and his uniquely wacky, satirical brand of sci-fi. There''s also a touch of Paul Auster''s flair for genre blending and New York mythologizing.... A strange and whimsical mash note to the city, Slattery''s apocalyptome proves that this newcomer is as thoughtful and irreverent as doomsayers come. [Four stars.s hope can cause. Spaceman Blues is a cousin and equal of some recent novels that have maintained my faith in the ability of fiction to simultaneously possess meaning, beauty, and vision, but it''s a singular book, offering its own riffs on the joys and pains of life and its own rifts across the surface of our shared delusions and commingled dreams." -- Matthew Cheney, Las Vegas Weekly and The Mumpsimus "I could think of two other Toms who came to mind while reading the book: Tom Wolfe and Tom Robbins." -- Leonard Lopate (regarding prior comparisons to Thomas Pynchon) "Slattery''s chaotic debut takes readers on a headlong trip to the end of the world.... Slattery has a grand time showing off the colorful underground culture of cockfights, raves and endless intoxication that keeps things moving in his hallucinatory vision of New York." -- Publishers Weekly "The book jacket describes Spaceman Blues as a ''literary retro-pulp science-fiction-mystery-superhero novel,'' and it not only lives up to the hype, but may include a genre or two more besides.... The book weaves a mixture of gritty war elements with hardboiled Hammett-like detective mystery, poetic romance reminiscent of Isabel Allende, and science fiction that brings Stanislaw Lem to mind--into something that seems fresh and compelling." -- School Library Journal " Spaceman Blues is a welcome Band-Aid for those still mourning the loss of Kurt Vonnegut and his uniquely wacky, satirical brand of sci-fi. There''s also a touch of Paul Auster''s flair for genre blending and New York mythologizing.... A strange and whimsical mash note to the city, Slattery''s apocalyptome proves that this newcomer is as thoughtful and irreverent as doomsayers come. [Four stars.s hope can cause. Spaceman Blues is a cousin and equal of some recent novels that have maintained my faith in the ability of fiction to simultaneously possess meaning, beauty, and vision, but it''s a singular book, offering its own riffs on the joys and pains of life and its own rifts across the surface of our shared delusions and commingled dreams." -- Matthew Cheney, Las Vegas Weekly and The Mumpsimus "I could think of two other Toms who came to mind while reading the book: Tom Wolfe and Tom Robbins." -- Leonard Lopate (regarding prior comparisons to Thomas Pynchon) "Slattery''s chaotic debut takes readers on a headlong trip to the end of the world.... Slattery has a grand time showing off the colorful underground culture of cockfights, raves and endless intoxication that keeps things moving in his hallucinatory vision of New York." -- Publishers Weekly "The book jacket describes Spaceman Blues as a ''literary retro-pulp science-fiction-mystery-superhero novel,'' and it not only lives up to the hype, but may include a genre or two more besides.... The book weaves a mixture of gritty war elements with hardboiled Hammett-like detective mystery, poetic romance reminiscent of Isabel Allende, and science fiction that brings Stanislaw Lem to mind--into something that seems fresh and compelling." -- School Library Journal " Spaceman Blues is a welcome Band-Aid for those still mourning the loss of Kurt Vonnegut and his uniquely wacky, satirical brand of sci-fi. There''s also a touch of Paul Auster''s flair for genre blending and New York mythologizing.... A strange and whimsical mash note to the city, Slattery''s apocalyptome proves that this newcomer is as thoughtful and irreverent as doomsayers come. [Four stars.el,'' and it not only lives up to the hype, but may include a genre or two more besides.... The book weaves a mixture of gritty war elements with hardboiled Hammett-like detective mystery, poetic romance reminiscent of Isabel Allende, and science fiction that brings Stanislaw Lem to mind--into something that seems fresh and compelling." -- School Library Journal " Spaceman Blues is a welcome Band-Aid for those still mourning the loss of Kurt Vonnegut and his uniquely wacky, satirical brand of sci-fi. There''s also a touch of Paul Auster''s flair for genre blending and New York mythologizing.... A strange and whimsical mash note to the city, Slattery''s apocalyptome proves that this newcomer is as thoughtful and irreverent as doomsayers come. [Four stars.el,'' and it not only lives up to the h

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