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1 month ago | 
theportalist.com | Kayleigh Donaldson |Poul Anderson |Octavia E. Butler |Arthur Clarke
With centuries of work to its genre and countless millions of words in print, the history of science fiction is too vast to be summarized. It’s a field that encompasses endless themes, styles, ideas, and plots. It covers the full gamut of what it means to be human or alien. Even condensing the genre into its greatest writers is a task and a half.
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2 months ago | 
theportalist.com | Jena Brown |Poul Anderson
While earning a bachelor’s degree in physics, Poul Anderson was using his education to dream up fantastic stories. His first short story was published (while he was still in school) in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. After graduating with honors, he turned to writing full time. Over the course of his career, Anderson published more than one hundred novels and short stories. His influence on the science fiction and fantasy world helped shape the genre over the ‘60, ’70s, and '80s.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
onenewspage.com | Poul Anderson
The Man Who Meant To Kill A Martian
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
trendradars.com | Poul Anderson
Short story about an astronomer who has horrible luck – maybe by Poul AndersonI think this short story was by Poul Anderson (or maybe Frederic Pohl?) and that it appeared in the early to mid-1970s. It was not an Analog-type story, so that leaves the other magazines published in that period, like F&SF or Galaxy. The main character is an astronomer who begins life with high hopes but ends up failing in everything he does.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
shepherd.com | Rowdy Geirsson |Poul Anderson |Klas Östergren |E.R. Eddison
Poul Anderson is best known for his science fiction, but he was also one of the great fantasy and historical fiction writers of the 20th century, as well as a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. His fantasy and historical fiction novels tended to focus on the Viking Age and/or Norse myths, and War of the Gods is my favorite of these. It is a rousing novelization of Book 1 from Saxo Grammaticus’ Gesta Danorum, one of our foremost sources of Norse mythology.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
hackernoon.com | Poul Anderson
Industrial Revolution by Poul Anderson, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION"Well, yes," Amspaugh admitted, "it was a unique war in many ways, including its origin. However, there are so many analogies to other colonial revolutions—" His words trailed off as usual. "I know. Earth's mercantile policies and so forth," said Lindgren. He fancies himself a student of interplanetary history.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
hackernoon.com | Poul Anderson
Inside Earth by Poul Anderson, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. Inside EarthInside EarthThe biotechnicians had been very thorough. I was already a little undersized, which meant that my height and build were suitable—I could pass for a big Earthling. And of course my face and hands and so on were all right, the Earthlings being a remarkably humanoid race.
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Jul 13, 2023 | 
hackernoon.com | Poul Anderson
The Chapter Ends by Poul Anderson, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. The Chapter EndsThe Chapter EndsJulith clasped the star-man's arm with one hand, while her other arm gripped his waist. The generator in Jorun's skull responded to his will ... they rose quietly and went slowly seaward.... "Look around you, Jorun of Fulkhis. This is Earth. This is the old home of all mankind. You cannot go off and forget it. Man cannot do so.
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Feb 10, 2023 | 
hackernoon.com | Poul Anderson
Sentiment, Inc. by Poul Anderson, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. Sentiment, Inc. The way we feel about another person, or about objects, is often bound up in associations that have no direct connection with the person or object at all. Often, what we call a "change of heart" comes about sheerly from a change in the many associations which make up our present viewpoint.
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Feb 10, 2023 | 
hackernoon.com | Poul Anderson
The Valor of Cappen Varra by Poul Anderson, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. The Valor of Cappen VarraThe Valor of Cappen VarraThe wind came from the north with sleet on its back. Raw shuddering gusts whipped the sea till the ship lurched and men felt driven spindrift stinging their faces.
