MixedSpace Shanty by Laughy, I'll give a B, which kind of hurts because I like Lafferty. I found this book boring after like the first half or so.
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Space Chantey (1976)
Others: Mixed Rediscover Hugo and Nebula award-nominated author R.A. Lafferty with this rollicking reimagining of Homer's Odyssey! Set in the far future, Space Chantey chronicles the adventures of Space Captain Roadstrum and his crew, on a journey through galaxies resonant with myth and peril as Roadstrum valiantly battles to return across the cosmos to Big Tulsa, the Capital of the World, and to his wife and young son Tele-Max.
- ISBN:
- 9780234770962
- Length:
- 128 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
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