BadAsstronauts / Grady Hendrix.
Melville, SC was out of money, it was out of jobs, it was out of hope, and now it was out of astronauts. There'd only been two to begin with, and one of them was currently stuck up on the International Space Station, abandoned to his fate as both the American and Soviet space programs were cut to the bone due to budget problems. If you're going to get anything done, you've usually got to do it yourself and so Melville's burned-out, bored, and economically body-slammed residents decide to build their own rocket to bring their boy home. As they attempt to reach low earth orbit, they defy insurance regulations, shred international missile launch treaties, step on the toes of the FBI, and ultimately show that everyone's got the right stuff, even if their house is underwater, they love beer a little too much, and they never graduated from high school.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781625675583 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1625675585
- Physical Description: 161 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : JABberwocky Literary Agency, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in 2012 as "Occupy space". |
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Subject: | Astronauts > Fiction. Small cities > Fiction. Astronautics > Fiction. Rocketry > Fiction. |
Genre: | Science fiction. Novellas. |
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From New York Times bestselling author of My Best Friend's Exorcism, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and The Final Girl Support Group, Grady Hendrix takes a break from horror and goes all-in on sci-fi in this novella about backyard rocket jockeys trying to get into low earth orbit.
Melville, South Carolina was out of money, it was out of jobs, it was out of hope, and today it was out of astronauts. There were only two to begin with, and now one is stuck on the abandoned International Space Station after his mission went south. With NASAâs budget cut to the bone, thereâs no one to bring him back home, so everyone is only too happy to ignore this embarrassing sign of American Failure and just let him die. But his cousin, Walter Reddie, isnât going to let that happen.
Tanked on vodka, living on a âfarmâ whose only crop is cars on cinderblocks, Walter's a wash-out from the Shuttle Program and heâll be damned if heâs going to let his cousin die in the sky like a dog. And so he begins to build a rocket. If America wonât rescue its astronauts, heâll do it himself.
Violating numerous laws, good taste, common sense, logic, and reason, Walter becomes a lightning rod for people who arenât ready to give up. His farm is transformed into the promised land for misfits, drifters, rocket junkies, pyromaniacs, dreamers, science nerds, and astro-hippies who believe that space shouldnât just be for billionaires. But it wonât be easy. Chances are good theyâll blow themselves up, get arrested, or kill each other before they ever get into orbit.