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We Travel the Spaceways (Black Stars)

We Travel the Spaceways (Black Stars)

byVictor LaValle
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Ollie@TheStoneCloud
5.0 out of 5 starsDefinitely something special here.
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021
Credit to the audiobook narrator for giving the story an extra dimension to a powerful tale. My first Victor Lavalle read to date, and I savored every minute of it.

What really struck me was in the way the story flips from the heart shattering reality of poverty and mental illness to a grand scale Cosmic space operatic vision. Read it, listen to it, cry to it. It's raw and for such a short read, provided much payoff.
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Kindle CustomerTop Contributor: Coloring
1.0 out of 5 starsBoringly written
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2021
talking cans / bottles from outer space as the inner / schizo voice of a homeless NY man? And romance thrown in? The writing makes you feel disconnected from the protagonist so just could not get into the story.
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Ollie@TheStoneCloud
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely something special here.
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021
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Credit to the audiobook narrator for giving the story an extra dimension to a powerful tale. My first Victor Lavalle read to date, and I savored every minute of it.

What really struck me was in the way the story flips from the heart shattering reality of poverty and mental illness to a grand scale Cosmic space operatic vision. Read it, listen to it, cry to it. It's raw and for such a short read, provided much payoff.
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Sarmat Chowdhury
5.0 out of 5 stars a unique LaValle sci-fi novella with a touch of fantasy
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2022
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I love Victor LaValle and his writing style ever since I came across one of the first novellas that I truly enjoyed “The Ballad of Black Tom” and so when I saw that he had released another novella with collection, I knew I had to read it and once again, it did not disappoint.

The story is based on the character Grimace who operates as a Signalman - at least, he thinks he does. To our eyes, he’s one of the millions of New Yorkers who is homeless and part of the unseen of the city and what makes the novella even more gripping is that LaValle makes the novella current - and ties it one of the darker episodes that undermine America today.

Def a novella to check out from a needed voice in the genre.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2022
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What a story. The only thing I didn't like about this was that I allowed it to sit unread for so long.

It's the first thing I've read by LaValle. It definitely won't be the last.
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lesliethesmith
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this the more I thought about it
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021
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I enjoyed this story the first time I read it, but didn't initially give it five stars. After sitting with it for a few days and reading the other stories in the series, I realized how much my mind kept coming back to this story and how much I really enjoyed it. A fantastic piece!
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SunShyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Masterfully written!
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2022
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I enjoyed this ride!! Victor Lavalle did a fantastic job of creating a space that needs no explanation. I was able to follow along the story without trying to figure out what was happening. I'm looking forward to reading more of his work.
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SR
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2021
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I wanted more of this story!!! It was that good. And it left me trying to figure out fact from fiction, and the twist at the end.
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Megan Rakeepile
5.0 out of 5 stars Take me to another world
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2021
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So captivating, love the knowledge drops in the book. This book had my full attention, can't wait to read more!
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4.0 out of 5 stars What a way to close out the collection!
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2021
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4.5 stars.

“I’ll be honest, when New York City voted in Mayor Dinkins, a Black mayor, I swore there would be a change down here on street level. But so far I hadn’t seen it. The cops still carried guns and clubs and used them at their discretion.”

Victor Lavalle’s addition to the Black Stars collection, “We Travel The Spaceways” was unexpectedly and incredibly GOOD! I enjoyed this story and its concept as it was clear and concise.

The story takes place in New York and it is on those streets that we meet Grimace. Grimace is homeless and at the story’s opening we find him searching for food on the and specifically at fast food restaurants where he has developed quite the reputation.

Oddly enough, Grimace believes that the cans he’s been carrying around are talking to him. They’ve told him that his mission is to free Black people from emotional slavery. As a result he’s been setting fires in Black churches. The overarching problem though is that Grimace hardly feels heard nor seen. To many he is invisible. That is, until he meets Kim, a transgender runaway that will join him in his quest for freedom against oppression and make it all make sense.

All this to say, I need to read more from this author! Nice work.
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Kindle CustomerTop Contributor: Coloring
1.0 out of 5 stars Boringly written
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2021
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talking cans / bottles from outer space as the inner / schizo voice of a homeless NY man? And romance thrown in? The writing makes you feel disconnected from the protagonist so just could not get into the story.
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Zuzecawi
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but too short!
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2022
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If you enjoy Samuel Delaney or RA Lafferty, you’ll love this one. There are shades of old science fiction, back when deep thought and fierce juxtapositions were still encouraged, before the more vapid and consumable styles favored today took over.

My only complaints with this are that A: it’s too dang short! And B: the character development was also a little too short. This feels like a world that deserves expansion, and I’ll definitely look for more LaVelle stories in the future.
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