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Rude Astronauts: Real and Imagined Stories Hardcover – 1 Jun. 1993
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherOld Earth Books
- Publication date1 Jun. 1993
- Dimensions15.88 x 2.54 x 23.5 cm
- ISBN-10188296800X
- ISBN-13978-1882968008
Product details
- Publisher : Old Earth Books
- Publication date : 1 Jun. 1993
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 188296800X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1882968008
- Item weight : 635 g
- Dimensions : 15.88 x 2.54 x 23.5 cm
- Book 5 of 5 : Near-Space
- Best Sellers Rank: 55,125 in Short Stories (Books)
- Customer reviews:
About the author

Allen Steele is a science fiction writer with twenty-three novels and eight collections of short fiction to his credit. His works have been translated worldwide and have received the Hugo, Locus, and Seiun awards, and have been nominated for the Nebula, Sturgeon, and Sidewise Awards. He is also a recipient of the the Robert A. Heinlein Award. His first published story, "Live from the Mars Hotel," was published in 1988, and his first novel, Orbital Decay, was published in 1989. His best-known work is the Coyote series -- Coyote, Coyote Rising, Coyote Frontier, Coyote Horizon, and Coyote Destiny -- and the associative novels set in the same universe: Spindrift, Galaxy Blues, and Hex. A graduate of New England College and the University of Missouri, he is a former journalist, and once spent a brief tenure as a Washington correspondent. He was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, and now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife and dogs.
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- HeimdallReviewed in the United States on 24 June 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Order was delivered on-time and as-advertised.
Order was delivered on-time and as-advertised.
- David P. GrafReviewed in the United States on 23 April 2025
1.0 out of 5 stars He must have been paid by the word...
Imagine that you know someone who takes an enormous amount of time to get to the point. Then, imagine that he's written a series
of stories. If you like pages and pages of background details which have nothing to do with the point of the story then you'll enjoy this author. Otherwise, buyer beware.