Radiomen
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Author | Eleanor Lerman |
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Cover artist | Lon Kirschner |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Published | 2015 |
Publisher | Permanent Press |
Publication place | United States |
Radiomen is an American science fiction novel by Eleanor Lerman.[1]
Plot
[edit]Laurie Perzin is a middle-aged bartender in Queens that works nights at Kennedy airport. She lives an unremarkable life, having no close family and a childhood memory of a mysterious encounter with "the radioman." When she was six she met a shadowy figure when listening to her uncle’s radio. She spends years pretending the meeting was a dream and it sets off a sequence of events that pull her into the company of a psychic, a radio host, a strange dog and the leader of a religious cult that believes aliens, including the radioman, are destined to bring humans to enlightenment.
Awards
[edit]The novel was the winner of the 2016 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kirkus Reviews
- ^ "John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2016". Locus. Retrieved 2016-07-06 – via Science Fiction Awards Database.