The Madonna and the Starship
by James Morrow
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Pub Date Jun 10 2014 | Archive Date Aug 15 2014
Description
Only Uncle Wonder can save us from the death beam of...
THE DIABOLICAL LOBSTERS FROM OUTER SPACE!
It is New York City, 1953. Young pulp-fiction writer Kurt Jastrow's world is thrown into disarray when two extraterrestrial lobsters-like creatures arrive at the NBC studios. Though rabid fans of Kurt's "scientific" alter-ego, loveable scientist Uncle Wonder, they also judge that the audience of a religious TV program is "a hive of irrationalist vermin." To Jastrow's horror, the crustaceans scheme to vaporize two million viewers when the next show goes on the air.
Now Jastrow and his co-conspirators have a mere forty hours to produce a script so explicitly rational and yet utterly absurd that it will somehow deter the aliens from their diabolical scheme....
If possible, please hold reviews until after 6/10 pub date.
THE DIABOLICAL LOBSTERS FROM OUTER SPACE!
It is New York City, 1953. Young pulp-fiction writer Kurt Jastrow's world is thrown into disarray when two extraterrestrial lobsters-like creatures arrive at the NBC studios. Though rabid fans of Kurt's "scientific" alter-ego, loveable scientist Uncle Wonder, they also judge that the audience of a religious TV program is "a hive of irrationalist vermin." To Jastrow's horror, the crustaceans scheme to vaporize two million viewers when the next show goes on the air.
Now Jastrow and his co-conspirators have a mere forty hours to produce a script so explicitly rational and yet utterly absurd that it will somehow deter the aliens from their diabolical scheme....
If possible, please hold reviews until after 6/10 pub date.
A Note From the Publisher
James Morrow is the author of the World Fantasy Award–winning Towing Jehovah, the New York Times Notable Book Blameless in Abaddon, the Nebula Award–winning Bible Stories for Adults, and the Theodore Sturgeon Award–winning Shambling Towards Hiroshima. A master of satiric and the surreal, he has enjoyed comparison with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, and John Updike. He has a collection of Lionel trains and a rapidly growing library of DVDs of questionable taste.
Advance Praise
Praise for James Morrow
“The most provocative satiric voice in science fiction.” —Washington Post
“Morrow is the only author who comes close to Vonnegut’s caliber.”
—Paul Constant, The Stranger
“Morrow understands theology like a theologian and psychology like a psychologist, but he writes like an angel.” —Richard Elliott Friedman, author of The Hidden Book in the Bible
Marketing Plan
-Consumer and trade advertising; co-op available
-Author tour to include select appearances and
national conventions
-Blog and interview tour; social media promotion
-Planned giveaways via Netgalley, Goodreads,
publisher website
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781616961596 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
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