COWBOY HEAVEN

by Ron Goulart ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 2, 1978

Goulart's comic-strip narratives are just good enough to make you wish he'd write a real science-fiction novel. Cowboy Heaven is a memorabilia palace about to open in Texas; the plot concerns the efforts of an agent to send a malfunctioning robot stand-in to the opening in place of veteran property Jake Troop, whose $70,000 Japanese mechanical ticker is unfortunately on its last transistor. There's the usual complement of lively Goulart throwaways (""Effigy is a tough medium to work in"") and routines: a couple of rival rainmakers running for governor of California; the robot Jake's tendency to switch over to the memory banks of a George Saintsbury android. Otherwise, the kind of vehicle the Jumblies went to sea in.

Pub Date: Feb. 2, 1978

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1978

Categories: FICTION