A.G. Rodriguez: Writing with Heart, Humour, and a Broken Mop
- Tom Odlin
- Jul 3
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 5
A.G. Rodriguez is not here to save the galaxy. He’s here to clean it.
In a sci-fi market often driven by high drama and even higher stakes, Rodriguez offers something different.
His stories are funny, messy, character-driven, and emotionally honest. They remind us that not every hero needs a chosen-one arc or a tragic backstory. Some just need a job. And maybe a decent mop.
His debut novel, Space Brooms!, arrived with very little fanfare and immediately built a cult following. Readers expected jokes, and they got them. What they didn’t expect was a gut punch of sincerity buried under the laser cows and broken plumbing.
From Frustration to Fiction
Before publishing, Rodriguez worked across a range of industries, including hospitality and tech support. He’s the kind of writer who knows what it means to work late shifts, stretch paychecks, and laugh through it all.
That lived experience seeps into his stories, giving them a grounded, working-class texture rarely seen in science fiction.
Rodriguez once described his writing as “a mix of duct tape, found dialogue, and too much caffeine.” His characters fumble through disasters, both cosmic and personal.
His worlds feel broken in, duct-taped together and barely functioning. But his voice never wavers. There is clarity in the chaos.
A Sense of Humor with Something to Say
Rodriguez is undeniably funny. His dialogue snaps. His pacing is relentless. But what keeps readers coming back is the emotional honesty beneath the absurdity. In Space Brooms!, the jokes are never cruel, and the chaos never comes at the expense of character.
He writes about failure with unusual tenderness. His protagonist, Johnny Gomez, might be a disaster, but he’s never treated like one. Rodriguez has a gift for making readers laugh and then quietly breaking their hearts in the space of a paragraph.
It’s not just comedy. It’s catharsis.
Why A.G. Rodriguez Deserves Your Attention
Rodriguez is part of a new wave of sci-fi authors who aren’t afraid to be weird and aren’t afraid to be kind. His work challenges the notion that science fiction must be grand and profound to be considered meaningful.
He shows that there’s space for small stories, too. The ones about friendships, frustrations, quiet victories, and the people who get forgotten in the background of most space operas.
He’s writing for the ones who clean up after the heroes. And he’s doing it with love.
The Road Ahead
Rodriguez has hinted at more stories in the Space Brooms! universe, but also has plans for something even stranger. He’s interested in unreliable machines, accidental gods, and what happens when you try to unionize on Mars.
Whatever he writes next, it will be unpredictable, heartfelt, and probably hilarious. And if it makes you tear up a little while laughing at a plumbing emergency in zero gravity? Even better.
Ready to discover A.G. Rodriguez?
It's a hilariously heartfelt sci-fi romp about janitors, laser cows, and trying to survive late capitalism in outer space.
Recommended if you like:
Anything that reminds you it’s okay to laugh while the ship is on fire.