Ten top offbeat science fiction novels

Catherynne M. Valente is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction novels, short stories, and poetry. Her latest novel is Space Opera.

One of the author's ten favorite offbeat science fiction novels, as shared at Publishers Weekly:

Spaceman Blues by Brian Francis Slattery

Brian Francis Slattery’s debut novel is the definition of a tour-de-force. With prose like quick, staccato jazz, he guides us through the New York superhero apocalypse we’ve been waiting for but never knew it, along with one of the sweetest and most moving LGBT love stories in all of SF.

Read about another entry on the list.

The Page 69 Test: Spaceman Blues.

--Marshal Zeringue