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 Coyote - Allen Steele
 Coyote - Allen Steele ... 40-odd light years from Earth. A despotic post-US government decides to colonise this precious find and constructs the starship Alabama. The ship is about to launch when it is hijacked by its own crew. Instead of the intended party loyalists it is populated with malcontents and social dissidents who must learn to work together in the struggle to reach and then conquer their prize: Coyote. Vast in scope, passionate in its conviction, and set against a backdrop of completely plausible events, Coyote tells the story of Earth's first extra-solar colonists, and the mysterious planet that becomes their home.Newest Review: ... trained, that the crew still includes people loyal to the fascist regime and that there's no real data on Coyote other than ... more ... it could probably support life?
Reading the blurb on the book ("An epic novel of space exploration") would suggest that Coyote was a science fiction novel. My first thought was that it would be something similar to Arthur C Clarke's 'Rendezvous with Rama', which is one of my favourite books. However, that's not really the case. Coyote's origin is as a series of eight short stories, all of which have been published elsewhere. While the overall picture of the colonisation of Coyote is always there, the focus a...more |
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Coyote - Allen Steele: Not a dog, but not up to scratch either. (759 words)
by - written on 10/10/05 (Very useful, 117 readings)
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Around 46 light years from Earth is the star of 47 Ursae Majoris. A major discovery leads scientists to believe that one of the moons orbiting 47 Ursae Majoris B, a gas giant, in this star system could be capable of sustaining life. A new America, now a fascist state, pours all of its resources into creating an interstellar starship capable of traveling the huge distance to this new world, named Coyote, in the hopes that colonisation is possible. What's not planned, though, is for the ship's captain, Robert E. Lee, to steal the ship during launch with the help of his mostly loyal crew. Also onboard are a number of 'dissidents', rescued during the ... Read the complete review
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