Another Dimension of Us, Mike Albo
Another Dimension of Us, Mike Albo
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Another Dimension of Us

Author: Mike Albo

Narrator: Max Meyers, Jordan Cobb, Goddexx, Alex Picard, Ferdelle Capistrano, Vidish Athavale

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/17/2023


Synopsis

Mike Albo delivers a thrilling transdimensional love story in what can best be described as The Breakfast Club meets Brit Marling's The OA, as five teens travel across the astral plane at different points in the past, present, and future of the rapidly changing Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Renaldo Calabasas may be the most talented writer Heron High has produced. But at the height of the AIDS crisis and amidst the homophobia present most everywhere in 1986, not many of his fellow students seem to agree. But something changes the night Rene is struck by lightning and only his closest friend, Katie, and love interest, Tommy, can tell he's undergone some inexplicable transformation. Meanwhile in 2036, Heron High students Priss and Gaye survive an ongoing plague called "The Virus" as they try to solve the mystery of what happened fifty years earlier in what locals affectionately call "The Murder House." At the scene of the crimes, they happen upon an old self-help novel that is effectively a guide to transdimensional travel. As bodies and minds merge and travel across the astral plane, the characters discover that they are not as isolated as they often feel and that the shadow chasing them all might very well be a reflection of their own darkest secrets.

About The Author

Mike Albo is the author of two novels, Hornito (HarperCollins) and The Underminer: The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life (Bloomsbury, co-written with Virginia Heffernan), as well as the novella The Junket and the short memoir Spermhood: Diary of a Donor (both Kindle Singles). He has written for The New York Times, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Town & Country, TED.com, and many other outlets. As a performer, he has presented more than seven solo shows, including Spermhood and The Junket, which appeared Off Broadway in 2014, and regularly performs comedy at Joe's Pub. website: mikealbo.net. IG and Twitter: @albomike


Reviews

Goodreads review by atlas ♡ on November 23, 2022

Another Dimension of Us follows two different timelines before a merge of the two due to Astral Porjection. I was definitely a bit confused with this topic at the beginning. Many time travel novels don't go this route so it was very intriguing. They start of this book immediately captured me. After......more

Goodreads review by Tim on May 26, 2023

A mind-bending delight. As someone who came of age in the 1980s, I identified with the arty goth poetry-writing queer misfits in the first section of the book but I really loved it when the queer kids of the past and the future started meeting up in the astral plane, which was like some kind of wild......more

Goodreads review by ash (smokedshelves) on January 14, 2023

thank you to penguin young readers for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. a queer sci-fi, that’s usually right up my alley. however, and it truly pains me to say this, but it was really not for me. it started off so strong, following tommy and rené, writing their poem......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on December 12, 2024

Thank you to Penguin Teen for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. Another Dimension of Us follows Tommy Gaye in 1986, who’s struggling to reconcile with his (very gay) feelings for his best friend Renaldo. But when René gets sucked into the world of astral projection (......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on January 20, 2023

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Teen for an earc of this book! This is such an interesting mix of historical fiction and sci-fi and time travel but really astral plane travel??? Also like possession? Lmao there is a lot going on. All in all, I really enjoyed this book and the characters. At times t......more


Quotes

A Town & Country Must-Read Book for Winter 2023

"The narrative’s myriad alternating perspectives and well-plotted timeline smartly propel intense action, and references to the AIDS crisis and an unnamed 2044 virus grounds this imaginative telling in contemporary reality." —Publishers Weekly

"Albo explores the universal emotions of adolescence that not only span time and dimension but are ultimately connected in this lucid and thought-provoking novel with appealing and sympathetic characters." —Booklist

"It all comes together in a remarkably smooth way, the layers of story building to an appropriately tragic and beautifully sculpted conclusion . . . while science fiction buffs may be the most likely audience, romance readers will also find a stunning love story within the shifting timelines." —Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books