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Worldcon, Reno, NV

17 August at 12:00

- 21 August at 12:00

 

Join Allen at Renovation, in Reno, NV He'll be doing panels, signings, maybe some hiking, and more. So, if you are in Reno, stop by and say hi. Here is the website for more info http://www.renovationsf.or​g/

 

Conjecture 2011 in San Diego, CA

09 September at 12:00

- 11 September at 15:00

 

Allen will be making his first appearance at a West Coast Convention in 13 years. He will be the Guest of Honor at Conjecture 2011. Here's all the Details

http://2011.conjecture.org​/

Galaxy Blues...

Galaxy Blues - Front CoverTwo-Time Hugo Award Winning Author of the Coyote Trilogy and Spinfrift

Expelled from the Union Astronautica space fleet, Jules Truffaut faces a future on the ground instead of the stars.  Desperate to put his disgrace behind him, he stows away on board a Coyote Federation flagship in order to start his life over on the colony world.

But after a misunderstanding involving a stolen lifeboat and a crash landing, Jules begins his new life on Coyote in prison.  Before he can be deported back to Earth for a lengthy incarceration, Jules receives an unexpected visitor.  Morgan Goldstein, a billionaire entrepreneur, offers him a proposition: sign up as shuttle pilot aboard the freighter Pride of Cucamonga in exchange for amnesty.

The Pride’s mission to Rho Coronae Borealis to develop a trade relationship with the alien hjadd runs smoothly – at first.  Then Jules’s luck betrays him once again.  Now, to make amends with both the aliens and his employer, he 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…

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