- Science Fiction, Science Fiction Anthology, English Short stories, Fiction, general
Time and Stars (1964) is a wonderful collection of short works by one of the greats, Poul Anderson. Anderson is best known for hard science fiction novels such as Tau Zero (1970) as well as fast paced pulp adventures exemplified by his Dominic Flandry (à la James Bond in space) sequence which he started in the 50s.
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Classical in form, earnest, cool and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Poul Anderson
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 206
- Publisher
- Berkley, Doubleday, Moewig
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9780856178177
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“Die ganze Messe war betrunken, und die jüngeren Offiziere am unteren Ende der langen Tafel waren nur wenig geräuschvoller als die Dienstälteren in der Nähe des Colonels.”
Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kruse in 1953. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is married to science fiction author Greg Bear. Anderson was the sixth President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972.
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