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Poul Anderson


(Poul William Anderson)
USA flag (1926 - 2001)
Husband of Karen Anderson, father-in-law of Greg Bear

aka A A Craig, Michael Karageorge, Winston P Sanders

Poul Anderson was one of the most prolific and popular writers in science fiction. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times, as well as many other awards, notably including the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America for a lifetime of distinguished achievement. With a degree in physics, and a wide knowledge of other fields of science, he was noted for building stories on a solid foundation of real science, as well as for being one of the most skilled creators of fast-paced adventure stories. He was author of over a hundred novels and story collections, and several hundred short stories, as well as several mysteries and non-fiction books. He died in 2001.
 

Awards: Campbell (2001), Nebula (1998), Prometheus (1995), Hugo (1982)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery
 
Series
Psychotechnic League
   2. Cold Victory (1982)
   3. The Snows of Ganymede (1958)
   4. Starship (1982)
   5. Virgin Planet (1959)
   6. Star Ways (1956)
     aka The Peregrine
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Hoka (with Gordon R Dickson)
   1. Earthman's Burden (1957)
   2. Star Prince Charlie (1975)
   Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! (1983)
   3. Hoka! (1983)
   4. Hokas Pokas (2000)
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Future history of the Polesotechnic League
   1. The Man who Counts (1958)
     aka War of the Wing-Men
   2. Trader to the Stars (1964)
   3. The Trouble Twisters (1966)
   4. Satan's World (1969)
   5. The Earth Book of Stormgate (1978)
   6. Mirkheim (1977)
   7. The People of the Wind (1973)
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Flandry
   We Claim These Stars (1959)
   1. Ensign Flandry (1966)
   2. A Circus of Hells (1970)
   3. The Rebel Worlds (1966)
     aka Commander Flandry
   4. The Day of Their Return (1975)
   5. Agent of the Terran Empire (1965)
   6. Flandry of Terra (1965)
   7. A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (1975)
     aka Knight Flandry
   8. A Stone in Heaven (1979)
   9. The Game of Empire (1985)
   10. The Long Night (1983)
   11. The Night Face (1963)

     aka Let the Spacemen Beware!

   Tiger By the Tail! (2010)
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Trygve Yamamura
   1. Perish by the Sword (1959)
   2. Murder in Black Letter (1960)
   3. Murder Bound (1962)
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Time Patrol
   1. Guardians of Time (1961)
   2. Time Patrolman (1983)
   3. The Year of the Ransom (1988)
   4. The Shield of Time (1990)
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Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson
   1. Call Me Joe (2009)
   2. The Queen of Air and Darkness (1973)
   3. The Saturn Game (2016)
   4. Admiralty (2011)
   5. Door to Anywhere (2021)
   6. A Bicycle Built for Brew (2014)
   7. Question and Answer (2017)
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Last Viking
   1. The Golden Horn (1980)
   2. The Road of the Sea Horse (1980)
   3. The Sign of the Raven (1980)
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King of Ys (with Karen Anderson)
   1. Roma Mater (1986)
   2. The Gallicenae (1987)
   3. Dahut (1988)
   4. The Dog and the Wolf (1988)
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Harvest of Stars
   1. Harvest of Stars (1993)
   2. The Stars Are Also Fire (1994)
   3. Harvest the Fire (1995)
   4. The Fleet of Stars (1997)
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Novels
   Vault of the Ages (1952)
   The War of Two Worlds (1953)
   Brain Wave (1954)
   The Broken Sword (1954)
   The Long Way Home (1955)
     aka No World of Their Own
   Planet of No Return (1956)
     aka Question and Answer
   The Enemy Stars (1959)
     aka We Have Fed Our Seas
   The Golden Slave (1960)
   The High Crusade (1960)
   Rogue Sword (1960)
   Twilight World (1961)
   After Doomsday (1962)
   The Makeshift Rocket (1962)
   Shield (1963)
   Three Worlds to Conquer (1964)
   The Corridors of Time (1965)
   The Star Fox (1965)
   The Fox, the Dog, and the Griffin (1966)
   World without Stars (1966)
   The Horn of Time (1968)
   Tau Zero (1970)
   Operation Chaos (1971)
   The Byworlder (1971)
   The Dancer from Atlantis (1972)
   There Will Be Time (1972)
   Hrolf Kraki's Saga (1973)
   The Worlds of Poul Anderson (1974)
   Fire Time (1974)
   Inheritors of the Earth (1974) (with Gordon Eklund)
   Homeward and Beyond (1975)
   The Winter of the World (1976)
   The Avatar (1978)
   Two Worlds (1978)
   The Demon of Scattery (1979) (with Mildred Downey Broxon)
   The Merman's Children (1979)
   The Devil's Game (1980)
   Winners (1981)
   Fantasy (1981)
   Conquests (1981)
   The Gods Laughed (1982)
   Maurai and Kith (1982)
   New America (1982)
   Orion Shall Rise (1983)
   Cold Victory: Grassy Knoll (1985)
   No Truce with Kings (1986)
   The Boat of a Million Years (1989)
   Inconstant Star (1991)
   Alight in the Void (1991)
   War of the Gods (1997)
   Starfarers (1998)
   Operation Luna (1999)
   Genesis (2000)
   Mother of Kings (2001)
   For Love and Glory (2003)
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Collections
   Orbit Unlimited (1961)
   Strangers from Earth (1961)
   Time and Stars (1965)
   Beyond the Beyond (1969)
   Seven Conquests (1969)
   Tales of the Flying Mountains (1970)
   The Day the Sun Stood Still (1972) (with Gordon R Dickson and Robert Silverberg)
   Un-Man (1972)
   The Book of Poul Anderson (1974)
     aka The Many Worlds of Poul Anderson
   The Best of Poul Anderson (1976)
   Homebrew (1976)
   Get Out of My Sky (1980) (with James Blish and Thomas N Scortia)
   The Dark Between the Stars (1981)
   Explorations (1981)
   Operation Otherworld (1983)
   Conflict (1983)
   Past Times (1984)
   The Unicorn Trade (1984) (with Karen Anderson)
   Dialogue with Darkness (1985)
   Space Folk (1989)
   Kinship with the Stars (1991)
   The Armies of Elfland (1992)
   All One Universe (1996)
   Going for Infinity (2002)
   To Outlive Eternity (2007)
   Fragile and Distant Suns (2010)
   Two Worlds of Poul Anderson (2010)
   Beyond the Moons of Fomalhaut (2010) (with others)
   Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four (2012) (with others)
   Giant Science-Fiction Six-Pack (2014) (with others)
   The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XV (2016) (with others)
   Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack 2 (2018) (with others)
   The 15th Science Fiction MEGAPACK (2020) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Duel On Syrtis (1951)
   Security (1953)
   The Temple of Earth (1953)
   Sentiment, Inc. (1953)
   The Chapter Ends (1954)
   The Sensitive Man (1954)
   The Man Who Came Early (1956)
   The Valor of Cappen Varra (1957)
   The Longest Voyage (1960)
   The Burning Bridge (1960)
   The Saturn Game (1989)
   How to Build a Planet (1991) (with Stephen W Gillett)
   Losers' Night (1991)
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Anthologies edited
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Books containing stories by Poul Anderson
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Speaking of the Fantastic V (2024)
(Speaking of the Fantastic, book 5)
edited by
Darrell Schweitzer
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Black Cat Weekly #113 (2023)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 113)

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Awards
2001 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : Genesis
1998 Grand Master Award
1995 Prometheus Award : The Stars Are Also Fire
1982 Nebula Award for Best Novella : The Saturn Game [short story]
1982 Hugo Award for Best Novella : The Saturn Game [short story]
1979 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : Hunter's Moon
1975 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award : A Midsummer Tempest
1974 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel : Hrolf Kraki's Saga
1973 Nebula Award for Best Novelette : Goat Song
1973 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : Goat Song
1972 Nebula Award for Best Novelette : The Queen of Air and Darkness [short story]
1972 Hugo Award for Best Novella : The Queen of Air and Darkness [short story]
1969 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : The Sharing of Flesh
1964 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : No Truce with Kings [short story]
1961 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : The Longest Voyage

Award nominations
2024 Prometheus Hall Of Fame Award (nominee) : Orion Shall Rise
2014 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Door to Anywhere
2012 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Admiralty
2011 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Saturn Game
2010 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Call Me Joe
2004 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Un-Man: And Other Novellas
2004 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Three Hearts and Three Lions
2004 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Sam Hall
2004 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound
2003 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Going for Infinity: A Literary Journey
2002 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Mother of Kings
2001 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Helping Hand
2001 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Genesis
1999 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Starfarers
1999 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Starfarers
1998 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Fleet of Stars
1998 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Fleet of Stars
1997 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : All One Universe
1996 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Harvest the Fire
1995 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Stars Are Also Fire
1994 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Harvest of Stars
1992 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Star of the Sea
1991 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Shield of Time
1990 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Boat of a Million Years
1990 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Boat of a Million Years
1990 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Boat of a Million Years
1989 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Boat of a Million Years
1987 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Roma Mater
1984 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Orion Shall Rise
1984 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Orion Shall Rise
1984 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Time Patrolman
1984 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Hoka!
1983 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Maurai and Kith
1982 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Saturn Game
1982 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Winners
1980 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Ways of Love
1980 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Merman's Children
1979 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Avatar
1979 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Avatar
1979 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Earth Book of Stormgate
1978 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Mirkheim
1978 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Joelle
1975 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Midsummer Tempest
1975 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Midsummer Tempest
1975 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : A Midsummer Tempest
1975 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
1975 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Fire Time
1975 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Fire Time
1974 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : Hrolf Kraki's Saga
1974 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The People of the Wind
1974 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The People of the Wind
1973 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The People of the Wind
1973 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : The Dancer from Atlantis
1973 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : There Will Be Time
1973 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Day the Sun Stood Still: Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction
1973 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : There Will Be Time
1972 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Byworlder
1971 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Fatal Fulfillment
1971 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Byworlder
1971 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Tau Zero
1971 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Tau Zero
1969 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Kyrie
1969 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Sharing of Flesh
1966 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Life of Your Time
1966 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Marque and Reprisal
1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Star Fox
1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The High Crusade
1959 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Enemy Stars


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Shadow of the Seer (2001)
(Winter of the World, book 6)
Michael Scott Rohan
"Scott Rohan has an extraordinary gift for making every scene come to life with vivid reality."
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The King's Peace (2000)
(Tir Tanagiri, book 1)
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"The King's Peace beautifully and thought-provokingly tells a story set in a world and a history almost like ours, but different enough to be in itself a kind of elvenland. It's good to know that there will be more."

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