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Near Space Series

5 primary works • 10 total works
Also called the Rude Astronauts series.

Book 1

Orbital Decay
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3.64 · 757 Ratings · 81 Reviews · published 1989 · 18 editions
The government and military think they have a hand…

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    Book 2

    Clarke County, Space
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    3.72     · 349 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 1990 · 15 editions
    Trouble has come to Clarke County, trouble in the …

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    Book 3

    Lunar Descent
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    3.85     · 272 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1991 · 13 editions
    Angry over their treatment at the hands of their p…

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    Book 4

    Labyrinth of Night
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    3.52     · 289 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1992 · 15 editions
    Years after a NASA probe had spied a city on the s…

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    Book 5

    A King of Infinite Space
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    3.70     · 264 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1997 · 6 editions
    For William Alec Tucker III, the son of rich, guil…

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    The Emperor of Mars
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    3.79     · 84 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 2010 · 3 editions
    "Out here, there’s a lot of ways to go crazy. Get …

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    Rude Astronauts
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    3.67     · 136 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1993 · 10 editions
    A collection featuring the author's first publishe…

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    Sex and Violence in Zero-G
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    3.88     · 81 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1999 · 6 editions
    All the stories of Allen Steele's award-winning "N…

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    Zwarte Piet's Tale
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    3.88     · 8 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2003 · 1 edition
    [A "Near Space" Tale] 22nd century Mars: Amid poli…

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    The Weight
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    4.00     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1995 · 1 edition
    Set in the same universe as the author's "Labyrint…

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