"Yoss (Super Extra Grande) is an eminent Cuban SF writer who also
fronts a heavy metal band; his iconoclastic spirit and rock-and-roll
aesthetic are on full ingenious display in this daring, rollicking, and
joyous novel.... This extended dirty joke is also an impressive science
fiction novel with much to say about sex, culture, and what it means to
be alien." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
In the 24th century, Josué Valdés' rise from an orphan in the slums of
Rubble City, Cuba to one of the galaxy's most accomplished explorers was
nothing short of meteoric. On the streets, Josue raced cockroaches for
cash--until he discovered his true-calling: as a sexual ambassador for
humanity and the Nu Barsa colony.
Every so-called "condomnaut" knows that diplomacy and trade deals depend
on sexual pacts in the galactic community--and every encounter becomes a
close encounter. While some condomnauts have been raised and genetically
enhanced to meet the needs of any tentacled insectoid in the galaxy,
Josué is a natural whose ego could eclipse the big dipper. Our intrepid
condomnauts travel light years across the galaxy and discover that old
rivalries--and prejudices--are never far behind. When the first
extragalactic beings arrive in the Milky Way, and with them the
potential to negotiate for extraordinary new technologies, Josué must
call upon every ounce of his talent to seal the deal for his colony and
all of humanity.
Indirectly investigating current sexual mores, Cuban science fiction
rock star Yoss plays upon stereotypes while making it clear that under
Communist Cuba what is daring is not always funny and vice versa.
Following the success of Super Extra Grande and A Planet for Rent,
Yoss brings us another uproarious space adventure with Condomnauts, a
wildly inventive and unapologetic tale that would make even Barbarella
blush.
