Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede

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Summary: A MUST-read for sci-fi OR Rock and roll fans
Review: Although my generation is much more rcent than the rock and roll legends of this book, I found the novel entertaining, exciting, suspensful, and with a great sense of humor. Even rock-and-roll fans, if not sci-fi fans, should read this treasure!

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Summary: Surreal SF That is Extremely Real
Review: I was born and raised about 10 miles from where Bradley Denton went to high school and that location in Kansas is the scene of the climax in this extremely funny and bizarre SF novel. Denton is a brilliant writer, simply put. He creates believable characters with whom it is incredibly easy to empathize, then places them in extremely surreal and unimaginable situations. The result is a modern nod to Heinlein with humor and violence running hand-in-hand to point out the foibles and hypocrisy of modern society. These themes are common in all of Denton's novels and short stories, but this particular book brings it home in a much funnier story. Of course, the impact of the book is even stronger when some of the action literally travels down a street you grew up on and comes to a climax in the local drive-in theater where you spent many a hot summer night as a youth. At any rate, fans of classic rock'n'roll who also enjoy brilliant science fiction will love Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede. Bring the popcorn!

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Summary: Why do so many of these great books go out of print?
Review: This is the best, most gonzo, most hilarious rock 'n' roll SF book ever written. Read the editorial reviews to get a sense of the incredible characters that find their way into the side-splitting chase sequence in the second half of the book.