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Earth was a planet of incompetents, but Simmons was the greatest loser of all. It seemed as if the powers of the Universe were concentrated on grinding his small soul into ultimate insignificance, until the aliens came. To them, Simmons was the most important human on the planet - for only through his mind could they overcome this world.

©1975 Barry N. Malzberg (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Dark humor and sci fi at the racetrack.

This is an obscure novel recommended on YouTube by someone I respect. I gave it a try and was pleasantly surprised. Malzberg wrote a very strange novel here, occasionally his prose is sublime. I am going to read more of his works and see if they can match what he did with this one.