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Rude Astronauts

Allen SteeleSeries: Near Space
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Pages
263
Year
2013
Language
English
Publisher
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy

About

Fifteen stories and essays from a modern master of Heinleinian science fiction In Rude Astronauts, Allen Steele presents some of his finest stories-including the Diamondback Jack Trilogy and his first published story, "Live from the Mars Hotel"-along with excerpts of the nonfiction science writing with which he made his name. In Steele's universe, the stars are cold, space is big, and it's the normal people who make things interesting.

Related Subjects

  • Short Stories (single author)
  • Adult Fiction
  • Collections & Anthologies
  • Science Fiction
  • Action & Adventure
  • Cosmology
  • Space Science
  • Science
  • Adult Nonfiction

Extended Details

  • SeriesNear Space

    Reviews

    "Space travel with a gritty industrial realism . . . upbeat, optimistic, hardware-oriented SF."
    Manchester City Life
    "Allen Steele is among the best."
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    "A portrait of a writer who lives and breathes the dreams of science fiction."
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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