I needn’t have worried Poore pulled me in right from the start. But, most importantly, I found a new-to-me author with a distinctive voice. While I found hints of Vonnegut and Gaiman, I found hints of other authors as well. I was pleasantly surprised reading reincarnation blues. Rarely do I find these sorts of comparisons to come even close to the truth. After all the summary compares Michael Poore’s writing to Neil Gaiman and Kurt Vonnegut. Weighty.When my Science Fiction Fantasy book club selected this book as our June read, I will admit, I was uncertain. It reads like a writer having fun.How do I describe Reincarnation Blues? Quirky. Reminiscent of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore, Poore finds humor in the dark absurdities of life.' - Chicago Review of Books 'Charming. Praise for Reincarnation Blues 'The most fun you'll have reading about a man who has been killed by both catapult and car accident.' -NPR 'This book made me laugh out loud. Because it's more than Milo and Suzie's story. As darkly enchanting as the works of Neil Gaiman and as wisely hilarious as Kurt Vonnegut's, Michael Poore's Reincarnation Blues is the story of everything that makes life profound, beautiful, absurd, and heartbreaking. But Reincarnation Blues is more than a great love story: Every journey from cradle to grave offers Milo more pieces of the great cosmic puzzle-if only he can piece them together in time to finally understand what it means to be part of something bigger than infinity. More than just Milo's lover throughout his countless layovers in the Afterlife, Suzie is literally his reason for living-as he dives into one new existence after another, praying for the day he'll never have to leave her side again. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death. If he doesn't make the cut, oblivion awaits. Milo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. Ten thousand lives to 'get it right.' Answer all the Big Questions. we get another try? Ten thousand tries, to be exact. 'Tales of gods and men akin to Neil Gaiman's Sandman as penned by a kindred spirit of Douglas Adams.'- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) First we live.

A wildly imaginative novel about a man who is reincarnated over ten thousand lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself.

Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore