Allen Steele
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Bio: Allen Steele became a full-time science fiction writer in 1988, following publication of his first short story, "Live From The Mars Hotel" (Asimov's, mid-Dec. `88). Since then he has become a prolific author of novels, short stories, and essays, with his work appearing in England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Japan.
Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He received his B.A. in Communications from New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire, and his M.A. in Journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Before turning to SF, he worked for as a staff writer for daily and weekly newspapers in Tennessee, Missouri, and Massachusetts, freelanced for business and general-interest magazines in the Northeast, and spent a short tenure as a Washington correspondent, covering politics on Capitol Hill.
His novels include Orbital Decay, Clarke County, Space, Lunar Descent, Labyrinth of Night, The Jericho Iteration, The Tranquillity Alternative, and A King of Infinite Space. He has also published three collections of short fiction, Rude Astronauts, All-American Alien Boy, and Sex and Violence in Zero-G . His work has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Omni, Science Fiction Age, Absolute Magnitude, Journal Wired, Pirate Writngs, and The New York Review of Science Fiction, as well as in many anthologies.
His novella "The Death Of Captain Future" (Asimov's, Oct.`95; The Year's Best Science Fiction, 13th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois) received the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Novella, won a 1996 Science Fiction Weekly Reader Appreciation Award, and was nominated for a 1997 Nebula Award by the Science Fiction Writers of America. His novelette "The Good Rat" (Analog, mid-Dec.`95) was nominated for a Hugo in 1996. Orbital Decay received the 1990 Locus Award for Best First Novel, and Clarke County, Space was nominated for the 1991 Philip K. Dick Award. Steele was First Runner-Up for the 1990 John W. Campbell Award, and received the Donald A. Wollheim Award in 1993.
His novella "...Where Angels Fear to Tread" was nominated for the Nebula award and won the Hugo and the annual Reader's Poll of Asimov's Science Fiction as Best Novella of the Year. His next book, OceanSpace will be published in February, 2000. He now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife and three dogs. He is currently writing a new novel.
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Coyote Frontier: A Novel of Interstellar Colonization [Coyote Series Book 3] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
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 The revolution that won Coyote's independence from Earth is 20 years past. Coyote's aging computers, aircraft, and medical equipment are badly in need of replacement. And the colony's survival is in question. Now the colony's hard-won independence depends on the descendants of Coyote's original settlers-versus help from Earth that may be more of a detriment than a boon: Former freedom fighter Carlos Montero, now in his fifties and burdened with the responsibilities of leadership. Manuel Castro, ... more info>>
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Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Exploration [Coyote Series Book 1] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
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Coyote marks a dramatic new turn in the career of Allen Steele, Hugo Award-winning author of Chronospace. Epic in scope, passionate in its conviction, and set against a backdrop of plausible events, it tells the brilliant story of Earth's first interstellar colonists--and the mysterious planet that becomes their home. The crime of the century begins without a hitch. On July 5th, 2070, as it's about to be launched, the starship Alabama is hijacked-by her captain and crew. In defiance of the repre... more info>> 2004
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Coyote Rising: A Novel of Interstellar Revolution [Coyote Series Book 2] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
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Hugo Award-winning author Allen Steele's critically acclaimed Coyote was a dramatic new departure-"a terrific, break-out book" (Robert J. Sawyer) of "classic science-fiction" (Orlando Sentinel). But if Coyote was a grand novel of interstellar exploration, then Coyote Rising is the bold next step--a novel of interstellar revolution. The crew of the hijacked starship Alabama fled their colony on Coyote after more colonists arrived--along with a new, repressive government and all of Earth's social ... more info>>
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Spindrift [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
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The EASS Galileo disappeared decades ago while investigating an unidentified object, code-named Spindrift. Now the Galileo's shuttle has returned carrying three surviving expedition members, who still appear to be the same age they were when they departed. They report that they have, indeed, made contact with an extraterrestrial race--and become enmeshed in a conflict that brought them face to face with the most apocalyptic force in the galaxy.
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Galaxy Blues [Coyote Series Book 6] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
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 A new science fiction epic from the national bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author. Expelled from the Union Astronautica space fleet and facing charges of grand theft, Jules Truffant agrees to sign up as shuttle pilot aboard the freighter Pride of Cucamonga in exchange for amnesty. After botching Pride's mission to RhoCorenae and upsetting an alien culture in the process, Jules must take part in a voyage across the galaxy to place a probe squarely in the path of a black hole as it plows thro... more info>>
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Oceanspace [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
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The undersea research habitat known as Tethys, deep beneath the surface of the Atlantic, exists to provide information about the unexplored ocean depths--until a close encounter with a monstrous creature of unknown origin sparks a tense battle of secrecy and betrayal. Steele (Labyrinth of Night) deftly portrays the tenuous nature of humanity's relationship with the sea in this taut, suspenseful sf adventure, which should appeal to fans of underwater action.
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Chronospace [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
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When two 24th-century chrononauts travel back in time, they inadvertently disrupt the voyage of the Hindenburg-causing it to land successfully. Now, lost in a parallel universe, their mistake will be felt by every single human being. 2004
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Agape Among The Robots [MultiFormat]
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The race is on to create the first commercially viable household robot, and two cybernetics experts are unexpectedly reunited twelve years after a bitter ending to their volatile relationship. The stormy affair resumes as the pair competes for the elusive approval of their company's CEO ... and the engineering crew begins to realize why his 'male' robot is displaying uncourtly behavior toward her 'female' counterpart. 2000 Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 10027 - Reading Time: 28-40 min.
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Stealing Alabama [MultiFormat]
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The second American Revolution has propelled the Southern-controlled United Republic of America into power, its oppressive laws enforced by the National Reform Progam's re-education camps. As citizens suffer from militaristic tyranny and federal extortion at the expense of an ambitious space program designed to propagate the galaxy with model citizens of the Republic, a silent underground faction plans to commandeer the ship and make a great escape to the stars. 2000 Nebula Award(R) Preliminary Ballot Nominee
Words: 24661 - Reading Time: 70-98 min.
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Zwarte Piet's Tale [MultiFormat]
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[A "Near Space" Tale] 22nd century Mars: Amid political strife and economic struggles, a thin, white-bearded doctor reinvents himself as the original Sinterklaas to bring toys, candy, and much-needed medical care to the children of the Red Planet colonies. 1998 Locus Poll Award Nominee, Hugo Award Nominee, Asimov's Reader's Choice Award Winner
Words: 10982 - Reading Time: 31-43 min.
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The Good Rat [MultiFormat]
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In a future where animal laboratory testing is banned and possession of cigarettes is a felony, the medical research industry pays humans to be subjects for experimentation. Written by a professional 'rat' who can barely read and write, this story traces the path of a lost soul who finds his way out of the cage. 1995 Hugo Award Nominee, Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 8449 - Reading Time: 24-33 min.
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The Death Of Captain Future [MultiFormat]
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[A "Near Space" Tale] Union laborer Rohr Furland begrudgingly takes a job on a space freighter piloted by Captain Future, an immature and slightly-crazed ship captain with an obsession for early 20th-century science fiction novels. When they receive a distress call from a nearby space station, Furland and the first officer blend the dangers of reality into the Captain's fantasy world. 1995 Hugo Award Winner, Locus Poll Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee, SF Chronicle Poll Nominee, Seiun Award Winner
Words: 17417 - Reading Time: 49-69 min.
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Kronos [MultiFormat]
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There has been no communication with Titan Base in the ten months since the telemetric link was mysteriously dropped, and the harrowing final transmission from the 12-member research team on Saturn's largest moon has been kept secret from everyone on the rescue mission except the captain. As the mixed crew of humans and 'googles' approaches the giant ringed planet, a delicate balance of loyalties is tested between the genetically enhanced humans--specifically tailored for life aboard space vesse... more info>> 1996 Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 17056 - Reading Time: 48-68 min.
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The Days Between [MultiFormat]
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Communications officer Leslie Gillis is accidentally resuscitated from biostastis 230 years before his ship is scheduled to arrive at 47 Ursae Majoris. While the other 104 crewmembers remain safely stored in their bio cells, Gillis learns from the ship's AI system that his cell has been permanently deactivated, and his timeless ride through space is suddenly transformed into an endless journey of solitude and self-discovery. 2001 Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 11446 - Reading Time: 32-45 min.
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