Radiomen

This article is about the Eleanor Lerman novel. For other uses, see radio man (disambiguation).

Radiomen is an American science fiction novel by Eleanor Lerman.

Radiomen

First edition
Author	Eleanor Lerman
Cover artist	Lon Kirschner
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Published	2015
Publisher	Permanent Press
Publication place	United States

Plot

Laurie Perzin is a middle-aged bartender in Queens that works nights at Kennedy airport. She lives an unremarkable life, having no close family and a childhood memory of a mysterious encounter with "the radioman." When she was six she met a shadowy figure when listening to her uncle’s radio. She spends years pretending the meeting was a dream and it sets off a sequence of events that pull her into the company of a psychic, a radio host, a strange dog and the leader of a religious cult that believes aliens, including the radioman, are destined to bring humans to enlightenment.

Awards

The novel was the winner of the 2016 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.