false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217715679m/929164.jpg 140146 2 Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille serves the best matzo-ball soup in the Galaxy and hires some of the best musicians you'll ever hear. It's a great place to visit, but it tends to move around a bit. From Earth to the Moon to Mars to another solar system, it's always just a step ahead of whatever mysterious conspiracy is reducing whole worlds to radioactive ash. And Cowboy Feng's may be humanity's last hope for survival. 135107 1990 Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille total:320|5:59|4:118|3:104|2:32|1:7| 320 1150 430 20 3 3 false true Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 13 15:56:43 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 22 17:40:37 -0800 2008 1
It's told in first person (with a few Intermezzos of third person to fill in the blanks) of a banjo player in a folk band named Billy. We meet Billy in Cowboy Feng's as he listens to his ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 27 18:04:13 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 13 00:15:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 23 15:43:14 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 15:45:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Mar 27 06:38:40 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 06:40:57 -0700 2009 Unfortunately, most of the actual action of the plot occurs 'off stage' and the ending is vague and feels slightly unsatisfying.

A good idea that ended up as a only 'so-so' novel.


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But fear also...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 09:09:49 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 09:10:38 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Wed Dec 31 19:07:55 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 05:53:29 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Sep 12 18:12:28 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 18:12:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Dec 19 03:38:59 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 17 10:45:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 18:08:46 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 16:33:13 -0700 2007
I'm not a sci-fi purist so I can't tell you if his time travel plot is derivative or implausible or whatever. But it worked fo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 10:24:27 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 10:43:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Oct 02 11:32:06 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 11:34:38 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon May 14 19:04:15 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 10:46:27 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Aug 14 08:39:52 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 14 18:15:37 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 14 08:39:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 12:59:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 15:24:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 19:19:16 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 19:20:45 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed May 07 13:19:27 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:21:39 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jul 06 18:05:07 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 18:05:42 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Oct 29 14:15:36 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 14:15:52 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=929164