false <![CDATA[Spaceman Blues: A Love Song]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863819m/74789.jpg 74789 3 <div><div>When Manuel Rodrigo de Guzmán González disappears, Wendell Apogee decides to find out where he has gone and why. But in order to figure out what happened to Manuel, Wendell must contend with parties, cockfights, and chases; an underground city whose people live in houses suspended from cavern ceilings; urban weirdos and alien assassins; immigrants, the black market, flight, riots, and religious cults.<br> <br>Painted in browns and grays and sparked by sudden fires, <i>Spaceman Blues</i> is a literary retro-pulp science-fiction-mystery-superhero novel, the debut of a true voice of the future, and a cult classic in the making.</div></div> 369118 2007 Spaceman Blues: A Love Song total:137|5:38|4:40|3:36|2:15|1:8| 137 496 245 50 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 21:10:35 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 17:20:33 -0700 2007 Neverwhere meets Men in Black, if that can be believed. Wendell's lover Manuel disappears, and rather than grieve and let go, Wendell decides to dedicate himself to finding him, even if it means giving up everything he is and traveling deep into New York City's underworld, a city beneath th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 08:40:10 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 06:32:29 -0800 2008 V, about the sailors carousing around the city, and yo-yo'ing around, and built that into a jazzy, loose narrative abou...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 22 21:00:09 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 21:03:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 21:44:36 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 17:57:06 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 14:26:49 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 15:14:23 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 06:38:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 04:52:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 11:06:19 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 05:51:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 18:27:04 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 00:38:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 24 14:38:29 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 14:52:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 18:50:41 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 20:36:03 -0800 2007
This book a fever dream song set to a Latin rhythm. Slattery's words pour off the page and dance around to Cumbia, merengue and Nina Simone singing 'Sinnerman'. You won't so much read this as hear it playing in your he...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 23:24:36 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:34:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 08:04:22 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 08:06:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 21:35:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 14:37:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 10:46:05 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 13:44:21 -0700 2009 Spaceman Blues, really I did, having two separate attempts over the past few months to read it, but could never really get into it despite those efforts.

Manuel Gonzalez, New York resident and all round party animal, mysteriously disappears and his lover and best friend Wende...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 09 06:11:11 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 06:14:14 -0700 2009
The people need the funk.]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 26 15:58:49 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 17:30:17 -0800 2008 tor.com community gives away a free ebook to members every once in a while, and this one made it onto my Palm. I was hooked after the first couple of pages. Slattery has written a mad paean to love, humanity, and New York City. It's part epic love story, part War of the Worlds, and part Howl. Wh...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 01:07:12 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 01:09:42 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 05:20:35 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 05:25:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun May 24 13:39:47 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 13:40:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 09:08:13 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 09:22:20 -0800 2009 Where it all happens.
all happens first
and once,
and at any time.

"..."


and awe,
we do all
love each other.
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