From the Street to the Stars (Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star, Book 1)

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Published by Shadowpaw Press

Originally Published by Roussan Publishers

Nominated for a Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award

Named to the Our Choice list by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre

Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star was my first published science fiction (as opposed to fantasy) novel. It appeared in print from Montreal’s Roussan Publishers in 1999. It was named to the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s prestigious Our Choice list, and was a finalist for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award.

Now it’s available again, in a completely revised version!

A sequel, Double Trouble, also exists (although Roussan went out of business before I could offer it to them), and will be out in the not-too-distant future (as soon as I get it rewritten). If demand is there, I have enough story ideas for…oh, a dozen books or so. We’ll see.

The original Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star had some great reviews, but my favorite was this one from a young reader’s book report, which I found online:

“The book is like Star Wars plus drug dealers plus rock stars all joined into one book. If you like to read about that stuff then you will love this book…This is a cool book so check it out!”

Here’s the blurb:

After a lifetime of sleeping in alleys and flophouses, Kit’s musical talent is discovered, and he is remade into Andy Nebula.

Well-fed, content with a warm bed and contract, Andy begins to wonder why every previous “Sensation Single” star was a flash-in-the-pan. Little does he know that the answer lies with the off-world Hydras and their taste for music and flash, a drug forbidden to humans…and that he is their next fix.

And here are some more reviews:

“The action in Andy Nebula moves along at a cracking pace and the characters are well-drawn…Andy Nebula is fast and furious enough to keep even reluctant readers turning the pages, and young teen fans of fantasy and science fiction will not be disappointed.” – John Wilson, Quill & Quire

“… gritty and clever…Willett tells a fast-moving tale that has plenty of colour. He wastes few words and presents some good characterizations…All in all, a worthy addition to a young reader’s shelf of SF books.” – A. L. Sirois, SF Site

“It’s the combination of the familiar with the speculative that lifts Andy Nebula above the crowd…From page one we know we are in another time and place thanks to Willett’s deft and never-faltering use of a convincing invented slang…Get one copy for yourself, and another for a young person.” – Donna Farley, NCF Guide to Canadian Science Fiction and Fandom

“Willett writes in a humorous and flamboyant style not unlike an old-style detective novel…The novel is fast and exciting with lots of action. It also involves broader themes like differentiating between the authentic and the contrived, values and measuring success, drug addiction and tolerance between species…The writing is trim and humourous but far from vacuous. This book is fun to read. Kids will like it, too.” – Jocolyn Caton, The Regina Sun

 

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