Galaxy Blues by Allen Steele
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(Mass Market Paperback - Reprint)
- Pub. Date: February 2009
- 304pp
- Sales Rank: 121,214
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: February 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 304pp
- Sales Rank: 121,214
- ISBN-13: 9780441016983
- ISBN: 0441016987
- Edition Description: Reprint
Synopsis
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 through an inhabited star system.
Publishers Weekly
This grand interstellar adventure exemplifies Hugo-winner Steele's skill with near-future tech and struggle with human interactions. Kicked out of the Western Hemisphere Union Astronautica space fleet, 20-ish Jules Truffaut cleverly stows away on the Robert E. Lee, bound for the Coyote Federation, where he intends to defect. Circumstances force him to accept a mysterious job as shuttle pilot for billionaire Morgan Goldstein, who's plotting to corner trade with the alien hjadd. Steele (Spindrift) makes in-flight technicalities almost tangible, and he equips his hissing, grunting, slithering aliens with convincing motivations. He's less adept at portraying the human crew who accompany Truffaut to a vast space city, where the interstellar coalition called the Talus must decide whether to allow humans to join. Subplots such as Jules's attraction to sexy crew member Rain Thompson and Goldstein's predictable big-boss machinations are tepid, even stereotypical, but a rousing climax rescues the crew and the novel from boredom. (Apr.)
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Allen Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and received his B.A. in Communications from New England College and a Master's Degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri. He is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award in the novella category. He lives with his wife, Linda.
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Another good book from Allen Steeleby Anonymous
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May 04, 2009: Doesn't quite have the intensity of the main Coyote series. The story is somewhat predictable, but still a very good read. If the Galaxy Blues is a start on expanding Coyote to off-world stories, then the ship's crew is an excellent start on development. I'd like to see more of Coyote's people and influence included, to tie the stories more closely to Coyote.
I Also Recommend: The Lost Fleet, Old Man's War.
Excellent sf thrillerby harstan
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February 22, 2008: Being caught helping his brother to pass his exams at the Space Academy by giving him the answers, Jules Truffaut is kicked out of Union Astronautica Space Fleet. For months he works towards one goal: to get airborne. He stows away on the spaceship headed for Coyote but he gets caught. He steals the shuttle and lands on the planet where he is arrested. He hoped to ask for asylum when he landed but instead he knows with the charges against him that the Chief Magistrate will deport him. P Before he goes in front of the judge, billionaire Morgan Goldstein visits Jules in his prison cell the wealthy man offers a proportion to the prisoner. He gives Jules a chance to become a crew member of the Pride of Cucamonga en route to the Rho Coronae Borealis System in order to make a trade pact with the elder species the hjadd. If he agrees all charges will be dropped and he will receive asylum. He agrees to go on the mission. P When the crew reach their destination, a cultural misunderstanding turns disastrous. Jules and his mates take part on a dangerous mission that more than likely will mean their death, but correcting the blunder is critical. If they succeed the hjadd will reconsider allowing humanity into the Talus, an organization of highly sentient races who exchange science and technological advances. P Set in the same universe as the Coyote trilogy, GALAXY BLUES is a rip roaring electrifying space opera in which humans are infants compared to the elder races. Readers will thoroughly enjoy learning about the hjadd and their strong unconscious belief in their superiority to the visiting barbaric mankind. Jules is an interesting antihero who tries to disapprove the hjadd perception that advanced technology equates to superior culture and species. Fans will appreciate his efforts. P Harriet Klausner
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