# Radiomen

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{{short description|Novel by Eleanor Lerman}}
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'''''Radiomen''''' is an American science fiction novel by [Eleanor Lerman](/source/Eleanor_Lerman).<ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eleanor-lerman/radiomen/ Kirkus Reviews]</ref>

==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](/source/John_W._Campbell_Memorial_Award_for_Best_Science_Fiction_Novel).<ref name="Loc16">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/John_W_Campbell_Memorial_Award_2016 |title=John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2016 |via=Science Fiction Awards Database |work=[Locus](/source/Locus_(magazine)) |accessdate=2016-07-06}}</ref>

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Category:2015 American novels
Category:2015 English-language novels
Category:2015 science fiction novels
Category:American science fiction novels
Category:John W. Campbell Award for Best Science Fiction Novel–winning works
Category:Novels about alien visitations
Category:Permanent Press (publisher) books

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