Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Exploration

2002 Steele, Allen M[ulherin, Jr.] (b. 1958). Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Exploration. New York: Ace Books. Originally published in different versions as “Stealing Alabama.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 25.1 (300) (January 2001): 86-130; “The Days Between.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 25.3 (302) (March 2001): 14-34; “Coming to Coyote.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 25.7 (306) (July 2001): 92-135; “Liberty Journals.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 25.10 & 11 (309 & 310) (October/November 2001): 128-42; “The Boid Hunt.” Star Colonies. Ed. Martin Greenberg and John Helfers (New York: DAW Books, 2000), 70-94; “Across the Eastern Divide.” Asimov’s Science Fiction (February 2002); “Lonesome and a Long Way Home.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 26.6 (317) (June 2002): 76-96; and “Glorious Destiny.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 26.12 (323) (December 2002): 92-131 [The copyright page notes that this story is completely unaltered]. CU-Riv, PSt

The novel begins on an authoritarian dystopia on Earth and ends with a group of libertarian rebels settling a new planet. See also 2004 and 2005 Steele. His Spindrift. New York: Ace Books, 2007. U.K. ed. London: Orbit, 2007 is a first contact novel that uses the setting of the Coyote novels, and his Galaxy Blues. New York: Ace Books, 2008 is set in the same universe. Three novels that relate to and continue aspects of Coyote history are Coyote Horizon: A Novel of Interstellar Discovery. New York: Ace Books, 2009; part originally published as “Walking Star.” Forbidden Planets. Ed. Marvin Kaye (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2006), 49-98; Coyote Destiny: A Novel of Interstellar Discovery. New York: Ace Books, 2010; and Hex. New York: Ace Books, 2011. A related story is “Tagging Bruno.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 41 1 & 2 (492 & 493) (January-February 2017): 28-47.