The Complete "Near Space" Stories, Expanded Edition

All the stories of Allen Steele's award-winning "Near Space" series—now in an expanded and revised second edition!

Since its first publication in 1999, Sex and Violence in Zero-G has become one of the most long-sought and hard-to-find of Steele's books. At last, this massive collection is back in print—complete with a new introduction, five additional stories, and a revised timeline.

Includes the Hugo Award-winning novella "The Death of Captain Future" and the Hugo Award-winning novelette "The Emperor of Mars."

Table of Contents:

Introduction (1999): The Coming of the Space Age Introduction (2010): Return to Near-Space Walking on the Moon The Diamondback Jack Quartet:      Free Beer and the William Casey Society      The Return of Weird Frank      Sugar's Blues      The Flying Triangle The Zoo Team Live from the Mars Hotel The War Memorial Moreau2 The Great Galactic Ghoul The Emperor of Mars Zwarte Piet's Tale The Weight Kronos The Captain Future Duet:      The Death of Captain Future      The Exile of Evening Star 0.0G Sex: A User's Guide Working for Mister Chicago High Roller Shepherd Moon Appendix 1: "Near Space" Timeline Appendix 2: Spacecraft and Space Station Designs

Reviews:

…the Near Space series "presents a realistic and action-packed modern vision of the industrialization of space and those who make it happen. If the collective governments of the world had any sense, they'd be using these books as texts for ushering in a future worth having.… Never read Allen Steele? Here's a great place to start. If you like Analog, you'll like Steele. Already an Allen Steele fan? Then what are you doing still reading? Go get the book already!" —Don Sakers, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2012.

Listed as one of the "titles worth a look" for January 2012. —John DeNardo in Kirkus Reviews

Reviews of the first edition:

"Sex and Violence in Zero-G collects some important work by an author who has become one of the finer hard science fiction writers around… definitely a worthwhile collection." —Sci-Fi Weekly (A-)

"Steele's vision of the future offers a great departure from the idea that Space is for the elite." —Tangent Online

"For those of you unfortunate enough to have not yet discovered Allen Steele, this collection of short stories is the perfect place to start." —Explorations