Brian J Carlin

Memoirs of a Romantic Space Cadet Brian J Carlin

Trek along with a hopeless romantic on a scintillating sojourn filled with sex, psychedelia, and 70's rock in this coming-of-age memoir that explores the deepest, most sensitive regions of the heart and the pursuit of understanding. Born into an oh-so-typical, mid-20th century, Irish-American family, this budding pilot takes off from a comical birth, navigates the turbulence of the anxiety, heartbreak, and depression of the coming-of-age years to reach euphoric heights few have known, and finally reaches his destination: love. With reckless abandon and LSD fueling dozens of launches, our space cadet pilots many an inner-galactic mission to discover, in words anyone can understand (and a few thousand others), what psychedelic drugs do to your brain! This odyssey through the early years ultimately leads him to simply find joy in "The Moment," and a way to live life to the final moment.