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Badasstronauts - by  Grady Hendrix (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Badasstronauts - by Grady Hendrix (Paperback)

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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.
  • About the Author: Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in New York City.
  • 166 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction

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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.



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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 NASA's budget cut to the bone, there's 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, isn't going to let that happen.

Tanked on vodka, living on a "farm" whose only crop is cars on cinderblocks, Walter's a wash-out from the Shuttle Program and he'll be damned if he's going to let his cousin die in the sky like a dog. And so he begins to build a rocket. If America won't rescue its astronauts, he'll do it himself.

Violating numerous laws, good taste, common sense, logic, and reason, Walter becomes a lightning rod for people who aren't 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 shouldn't just be for billionaires. But it won't be easy. Chances are good they'll blow themselves up, get arrested, or kill each other before they ever get into orbit.



About the Author



Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. His books include Horrorstör, about a haunted IKEA, My Best Friend's Exorcism, We Sold Our Souls, and the New York Times bestseller, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. He's also the author of the non-fiction book, Paperbacks from Hell, a history of the horror paperback boom of the '70s and '80s, and his screenplays include Mohawk (2017) and Satanic Panic (2019).
Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: .44 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 166
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Jab Books
Theme: Humorous
Format: Paperback
Author: Grady Hendrix
Language: English
Street Date: April 19, 2022
TCIN: 1009381077
UPC: 9781625675583
Item Number (DPCI): 247-54-6215
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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