The Stargazer's Embassy
by Eleanor Lerman
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Pub Date Jul 11 2017 | Archive Date Jul 11 2017
Description
From the 2016
John W. Campbell Prize Winner for Best Science Fiction…
AN EVOCATIVE AND UNEXPECTED TAKE ON THE FRIGHTENING PHENOMENON OF ALIEN ABDUCTION
The Stargazer’s Embassy upends how we think about alien abduction: in this story, it is the aliens who seem fearful of Julia Glazer, the woman they are desperately trying to make contact with.
Violent and despairing after the murder of the one person she loved -- a psychiatrist who was studying abductees -- Julia continues to rebuff the aliens until her relationships with others who have met “the things,” as she calls them (including a tattoo artist, a strange man who can take photographs with the power of his mind, and an abductee locked up in a mental hospital) force her deeper into direct alien contact, and a confrontation about what death means to humans and aliens alike.
Advance Praise
Praise for Eleanor Lerman’s The Stargazer’s Embassy:
"In poet and author Lerman’s skillful and satisfying novel of a very personal alien invasion, shadows may hide enemies or friends, and the greatest dangers come from within oneself. Julia Glazer is content to be a janitor in 1990 New York City; listening to music while she’s working drowns out her constant fears of the alien “things” that often approach her when she’s alone, and puts some distance between her and the memory of her dead UFO-obsessed mother, Laura, who forced Julia into an alien encounter when she was a little girl. When Julia falls for a professor, the subsequent changes in her life bring her face-to-face with how entangled she really is with her fears, her past, the aliens themselves, and the human urge to search for one’s place in the universe. Lerman uses expansive prose and Julia’s potentially unreliable narration to keep the balance shifting between hope and menace. There are no spaceships or laser blasts; Lerman’s tense but thoughtful novel explores the mysteries of the psyche as much as those of outer space, and is fitting for any reader who enjoys deep and subtle stories." – Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"I really liked this novel. It’s wonderfully eerie, mysterious, captivating and thought-provoking. I got pulled into the story right away and thoroughly enjoyed the read. Highly recommended." – Toby Johnson author of The Myth of the Great Secret: An Appreciation of Joseph Campbell
Praise for Eleanor Lerman’s Radiomen:
“As Lerman’s entertaining second novel winds to its conclusion…i’ll leave
readers wondering if there might be life out there.” – Publishers Weekly
“This philosophical novel reflects on physics and cults, analyzing the nature of mysteries.” – Foreword Reviews
“This novel has an inspiring premise and an even better plot. It’s a hybrid between conventional novel and science fiction…Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing once said that science fiction had its second-tier reputation only because so few good writers had attempted the form. Eleanor Lerman, an award–winning poet, is such a first-tier writer.” – New York Journal of Books
“Eleanor Lerman’s odd, compelling novel Radiomen, published by Sag Harbor’s The Permanent Press, can lay claim to showing its author’s skill as a poet… Radiomen may be science fiction, but it’s hardly a predictable or typical example of the genre.” -- Dan's Papers
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* August 2017 blog tour *
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781936419739 |
| PRICE | $18.95 (USD) |
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