Orbital Decay (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Allen Steele
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrapolatory
- Time of Work: 2016
- Setting: Olympus, a space station orbiting Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Twenty-first century, Construction or construction workers
- Locales: Solar system
The Plot
Allen Steele’s first novel, Orbital Decay, immediately established him as a major science-fiction writer. Recalling the early Robert A. Heinlein in his devotion to common people and their everyday lives, Steele describes a rambunctious team of blue-collar space workers primarily interested in surviving their work shifts, making money, and having fun whenever they can. When the occasion arises, they prove capable of extraordinary heroism. The story is narrated by computer expert Sam Sloane as he lies dying on the lunar surface after an accident.
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