All-American Alien Boy collects 11 of Steele's most powerful short tales--including the Hugo Award-winning story, "The Good Rat." Here Steele, with his endless daring and imagination, explores a strange and wonderful place--our own Earth.
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Down to Earth stories set in a science fictional backdrop
Nov 16 1997
By A Customer
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Allen Steele, well known for his novels The Jericho Iteration and The Tranquility Alternative shows us where his true talents lie...the short story/novella. This collection is full of insightful short fiction which uses science fiction not as a driving force behind the story, but rather as a backdrop. From the story "Lost in the Shopping Mall" which uses VR as the setting for a story about teen angst, to "Hunting Wabbit" in which the fact that the Earth is about to be destroyed is completely ancillary to a story about critics, authors, and the the relationships they share.
Each story is accompanied by the authors musings on his motivations behind the story and it is precisely this that makes this an excellent read even if you've read all the stories contained herein before.
Each story is accompanied by the authors musings on his motivations behind the story and it is precisely this that makes this an excellent read even if you've read all the stories contained herein before.
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Journalist of the Future
Jan 27 2013
By LTKepner
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What I like best about Allen Steele's writing is especially evident in this collection: he has a journalist's eye for detail. When I read these stories, I feel like I dropped a few years into the future and now I'm watching the evening news. He was there; he's reporting it as fact. They're fiction stories, written in a nonfiction writing style that makes you want to check out your window just to be sure your current car is still there in the driveway, no more rusted than it was before.
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