By calling it Space Brooms!, and by having it start on a space station that references Kurt Vonnegut, author A.G. Rodriquez is making it very clear that his new science fiction novel is deadly serious, maybe even academic.
And if you believe that, I have a bridge on Mars you might be interested in…cheap.
In the following email interview about Space Brooms! (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), Rodriquez talks about what inspired and influenced this humorous sci-fi story, as well as how laughable it actually gets (hint: very).