Primary Ignition: Essays 1997-2001

Assembled for the first time are all of two-time Hugo Award-winner Allen M. Steele's articles, essays, and travelogs. Drawn from such diverse sources as Absolute Magnitude, Artemis, and even his testimony on space travel before the United States Congress, Steele has put together a collection of work which spans his entire career as a writer. From insightful looks into the future of space travel, the nature of science fiction, the global village, and much more, here is a book certain to appeal to Steele's legion of fans, as well as readers of popular non-fiction and science fiction.