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The Death of Captain Future is a science-fiction novella by Allen Steele, first published in October 1995 in Asimov's Science Fiction. It won the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Novella. Set in Steele's Near Space future, it uses the name of Edmond Hamilton's pulp hero as an explicit point of departure while presenting a separate, more realistic spacefaring setting.
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When was The Death of Captain Future first published?
Allen Steele’s novella first appeared in the October 1995 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction. It then won the Hugo Award for Best Novella at the 1996 awards. [Official Hugo Awards](https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1996-hugo-awards/)
Is The Death of Captain Future an official Edmond Hamilton Captain Future story?
No, it is Allen Steele’s dark homage to the classic pulp character created by Edmond Hamilton. Steele places his story in a realistic near-future space setting rather than presenting it as a direct continuation of Hamilton’s original series.
Who is involved in the plot of The Death of Captain Future?
The story follows union laborer Rohr Furland after he takes work aboard a space freighter piloted by an immature and unstable Captain Future. A distress call from a nearby station forces the crew to confront the gap between pulp adventure fantasies and dangerous reality.
What award did The Death of Captain Future win?
It won the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Novella. The story was also published in Asimov’s in October 1995, making it a mid-1990s work rather than one of the original Captain Future pulp novels. [Official Hugo Awards](https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1996-hugo-awards/)
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