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Sunnyside: A Novel

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Pub Date Apr 21 2025 | Archive Date May 31 2025

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Description

Several centuries from now, on one of eight orbital outposts housing the last of humanity, Theo Hoover is suddenly thrust from mid-level History Repair Technician to “Grand Oversee,” the highest position of all – managing the terraforming of Sunnyside, mankind’s potential new home. Theo hasn’t got the slightest idea where to start. And his brother is missing. And people are dying. And aliens are coming. And Kate Kingston of all people has been assigned his Chief of Staff. But chaos is only the beginning. The fate of Sunnyside – and humanity – now rests in his shaky hands.

Sunnyside is a science fiction story with a dry, constant thread of humor, but it’s also a brotherhood story, a friendship story, a love story, a story about loss and letting go, and a story about our absurdities and whether we can overcome them – or if we even should. It’s very character-driven. The Blacklist describes it as “a distant future filled with irony, madcap characters, spaceships, a few bureaucratic conspiracies and an utterly unique voice with a pace and energy that moves at warp-speed.”

And dare I say the story is timely: it explores a world where bureaucracy is so tangled it gives rats’ nests a bad name, and corruption is rampant. BUT… it offers much needed hope (and a well-deserved escape) in these “interesting” times.

Several centuries from now, on one of eight orbital outposts housing the last of humanity, Theo Hoover is suddenly thrust from mid-level History Repair Technician to “Grand Oversee,” the highest...


A Note From the Publisher

Rob Dircks is the #1 Audible bestselling author of You're Going to Mars!, the Where the Hell is Tesla? trilogy, The Wrong Unit, and more (including the anti-self-help book Unleash the Sloth!). He narrates most of his own work, garnering praise from Audible for his work and performances in their "All-Time Favorites" list, alongside some of his heroes: Neil Gaiman, Kurt Vonnegut, Peter Clines, Philip K. Dick, Margaret Atwood, and Nick Harkaway. He's also got a drawerful of ideas and half-finished stories, some of which appear on his original audio sci-fi short story podcast, Listen To The Signal, which he also narrates.

Available as ebook, paperback, hardcover, and audiobook (Audible exclusive)

Rob Dircks is the #1 Audible bestselling author of You're Going to Mars!, the Where the Hell is Tesla? trilogy, The Wrong Unit, and more (including the anti-self-help book Unleash the Sloth!)...


Advance Praise

“SUNNYSIDE: A NOVEL takes us to a distant future filled with irony, madcap characters, spaceships, a few bureaucratic conspiracies and an utterly unique voice with a pace and energy that moves at warp-speed.” – The Black List

“Dircks’ unflagging ability to imbue plot-crackling science fiction with a deep vein of humor, heart, and hope reminds me of Ray Bradbury… with curses.” – Wendy Mass, New York Times bestselling author of Pi in the Sky and The Candymakers

“A cross between Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams, Rob Dircks has written a story with heart and terraforming. I absolutely loved it.” – Nora Raleigh Baskin, award winning author of Anything But Typical and Nine,Ten: A September 11 Story

“SUNNYSIDE: A NOVEL takes us to a distant future filled with irony, madcap characters, spaceships, a few bureaucratic conspiracies and an utterly unique voice with a pace and energy that moves at...


Marketing Plan

Blog/podcast interviews; Email blasts (both internal list and external sale sites); social media; in-person events; Amazon and Facebook advertising.

Blog/podcast interviews; Email blasts (both internal list and external sale sites); social media; in-person events; Amazon and Facebook advertising.


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ISBN 9781733017961
PRICE $13.95 (USD)

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