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Publication Order of Flandry Books

We Claim These Stars (1959)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Earthman, Go Home! (1960)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mayday Orbit (1961)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Agent of the Terran Empire (1965)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Flandry of Terra (1965)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Ensign Flandry (1966)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Rebel Worlds / Commander Flandry (1969)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Circus of Hells (1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Day of Their Return (1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows / Knight Flandry (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Stone In Heaven (1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Long Night (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Game of Empire (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tiger by the Tail! (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Chronological Order of Flandry Books

Ensign Flandry(1966)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Circus of Hells(1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Rebel Worlds / Commander Flandry(1969)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Day of Their Return(1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Agent of the Terran Empire(1965)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Flandry of Terra(1965)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows / Knight Flandry(1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Stone In Heaven(1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Game of Empire(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
We Claim These Stars(1959)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Earthman, Go Home!(1960)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mayday Orbit(1961)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tiger by the Tail!(2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Long Night(1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Future History Of The Polesotechnic League Books

War of the Wing-Men / The Man Who Counts (1958)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Trader to the Stars (1964)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Trouble Twisters (1966)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Satan's World (1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The People of the Wind (1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mirkheim (1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Earth Book of Stormgate (1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Chronological Order of Future History Of The Polesotechnic League Books

War of the Wing-Men / The Man Who Counts(1958)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Trader to the Stars(1964)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Trouble Twisters(1966)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Satan's World(1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Earth Book of Stormgate(1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mirkheim(1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The People of the Wind(1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Hadding Books

War of the Gods (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Harvest Of Stars Books

Harvest of Stars (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Stars are Also Fire (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Harvest the Fire (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Fleet of Stars (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Hoka Books

with Gordon R. Dickson
Earthman's Burden (1957)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Star Prince Charlie (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hoka! (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hokas Pokas! (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Hoka Collections

with Gordon R. Dickson
Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Holger Danske Books

Three Hearts and Three Lions (1953)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Midsummer Tempest (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of King Of Ys Books

with Karen Anderson
Roma Mater (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Gallicenae (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dahut (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Dog and the Wolf (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Last Viking Books

The Golden Horn (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Road of the Sea Horse (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Sign of the Raven (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Maurai Books

The Horn of Time (1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be Time (1972)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Maurai & Kith (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Orion Shall Rise (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Millenium Books

The Legacy of Lehr (By: Katherine Kurtz) (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Chess With A Dragon (By: David Gerrold) (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Dark Traveling (By: Roger Zelazny) (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Project Pendulum (By: Robert Silverberg) (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Forever City (By: Richard A. Lupoff) (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year of the Ransom (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Joe Gosh (By: Tom De Haven) (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Place of Silver Silence (By: Ardath Mayhar) (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Homecoming (By: Barry B. Longyear) (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hong on the Range (By: William F. Wu) (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Operation Otherworld Books

Operation Chaos (1971)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Operation Luna (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Psychotechnic League Books

The Peregrine / Star Ways (1956)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Snows of Ganymede (1958)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Virgin Planet (1959)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Psycho-technic League (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cold Victory (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Starship (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Chronological Order of Psychotechnic League Books

The Psycho-technic League(1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cold Victory(1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Snows of Ganymede(1958)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Starship(1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Virgin Planet(1959)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Peregrine / Star Ways(1956)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Time Patrol Books

Guardians of Time (1955)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Time Patrolman (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Shield of Time (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Trygve Yamamura Books

Perish by the Sword (1959)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Murder in Black Letter (1960)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Murder Bound (1962)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Vault of the Ages (1952)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The War of Two Worlds (1953)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Brainwave (1954)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Broken Sword (1954)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
No World of Their Own / The Long Way Home (1955)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Planet of No Return / Question and Answer (1956)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Enemy Stars / We Have Fed Our Seas (1958)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Rogue Sword (1960)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The High Crusade (1960)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Golden Slave (1960)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Twilight World (1961)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Makeshift Rocket (1962)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
After Doomsday (1962)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Shield (1963)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Let the Spacemen Beware! / The Night Face (1963)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Three Worlds To Conquer (1964)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Star Fox (1965)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Corridors of Time (1965)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
World Without Stars (1967)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tau Zero (1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Dancer From Atlantis (1971)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Byworlder (1971)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hrolf Kraki's Saga (1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Inheritors of Earth (With: Gordon Eklund) (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fire Time (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Homeward and Beyond (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Winter of the World (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Two Worlds (1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Avatar (1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Merman's Children (1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Demon of Scattery (With: Mildred Downey Broxon) (1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Devil's Game (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Gods Laughed (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
New America (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Maurai and Kith (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
No Truce with Kings & Ship of Shadows (With: Fritz Leiber) (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Boat of a Million Years (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Inconstant Star (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Alight in the Void (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Genesis (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Starfarers (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mother of Kings (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
For Love and Glory (2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Duel on Syrtis (1951)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Inside Earth (1951)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Security (1953)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Sensitive Man (1954)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Burning Bridge (1960)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Industrial Revolution (1963)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Fox, the Dog, and the Griffin (1966)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Losers' Night (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Going for Infinity (2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Valor of Cappen Varra (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Sentiment, Inc. (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Orbit Unlimited (1961)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Strangers From Earth (1961)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Makeshift Rocket & Un-Man and Other Novellas (1962)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Time and Stars (1964)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Seven Conquests (1969)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Beyond the Beyond (1969)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tales of the Flying Mountains (1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Queen of Air and Darkness and Other Stories (1971)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Book of Poul Anderson / The Many Worlds of Poul Anderson (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Homebrew (1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best of Poul Anderson (1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Night Face and Other Stories (1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fantasy (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Explorations (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Dark Between Stars (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Winners (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conflict (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Past Times (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Unicorn Trade (With: Karen Anderson) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dialogue with Darkness (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Space Folk (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Kinship with the Stars (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Armies of Elfland (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
All One Universe (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories (2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Valor of Cappen Varra and Two Other Science Fiction Tales (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Two Worlds of Poul Anderson: Science Fiction from the Golden Age (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fragile and Distant Suns (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Swordsmen from the Stars (2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Collected Short Works Of Poul Anderson Books

Call Me Joe (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Queen of Air and Darkness (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Saturn Game (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Admiralty (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Door to Anywhere (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Bicycle Built for Brew (2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Question and Answer (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Is There Life on Other Worlds? (1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Infinite Voyage (1969)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Writing & Selling Science Fiction (1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Conan (Lancer/Ace) Books

The Return of Conan (By: L. Sprague de Camp) (1957)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Adventurer (By: Robert E. Howard) (1966)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Warrior (By: Robert E. Howard) (1967)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Usurper (By: Robert E. Howard) (1967)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Conqueror (By: Robert E. Howard) (1967)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Avenger (By: Robert E. Howard) (1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan of the Isles (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) (1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan (By: Robert E. Howard) (1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Freebooter (By: Robert E. Howard) (1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Wanderer (By: Lin Carter) (1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan of Cimmeria (By: Robert E. Howard,Lin Carter) (1969)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Buccaneer (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) (1971)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan of Aquilonia (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) (1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Swordsman (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter,Björn Nyberg) (1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan and the Sorcerer (By: Andrew J. Offutt) (1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Liberator (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) (1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan: The Road of Kings (By: Karl Edward Wagner) (1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan: The Sword of Skelos (By: Andrew J. Offutt) (1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan and the Spider God (By: L. Sprague de Camp) (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Rebel (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Conan the Mercenary (By: Andrew J. Offutt) (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of SF Authors Choice Books

SF Authors' Choice 2 (By: Harry Harrison) (1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
SF Authors' Choice 3 (By: Harry Harrison) (1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of The Pulp Writers Books

Anthology of Sci-Fi V1 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi, the Pulp Writers V1 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V2 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V3 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V4 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V5 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V6 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V7 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V5, the Pulp Writers - Alan E. Nourse (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V8 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V9 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V10 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V11 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V12 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V13 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V15 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V17 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V18 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V19 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V20 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V22 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology of Sci-Fi V24 (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology series.

Publication Order of The Hugo Winners Books

with Anne McCaffrey, Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Philip Jose Farmer, Fritz Leiber, Samuel R. Delany
1955 to 1961 (By: Isaac Asimov,Robert Bloch) (1962)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
1973 (By: Isaac Asimov) (1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
1976 - 1979 (By: Isaac Asimov) (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
1980 - 1982 (By: Isaac Asimov) (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
1986-1988 (By: Isaac Asimov) (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books

with Robert Silverberg, James Blish, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Robert Sheckley, Harry Harrison, Roger Dee, Anthony Gilmore, Robert Hoskins, Richard Rein Smith
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (By: Robert Sheckley) (2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (By: Robert Sheckley) (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (With: James Blish,Clifford D. Simak,Fritz Leiber,Harry Harrison,Roger Dee,Anthony Gilmore,Robert Hoskins,Richard Rein Smith) (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Ragnarok Books

Space Wars (With: Martin H. Greenberg,Charles G. Waugh) (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Anthologies

Swords & Sorcery(1963)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Alien Worlds(1964)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1965 July(1965)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Analog Science Fiction And Fact, March 1967(1967)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dangerous Visions(1967)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1967(1967)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nebula Award Stories 4(1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1968(1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Backdrop of Stars(1968)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tales of Time and Space(1969)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Swords Against Tomorrow(1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Never In This World(1971)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Day the Sun Stood Still(1972)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2(1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20th Series(1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A(1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology(1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Continuum 2(1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Wondermakers 2(1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology(1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Continuum 1(1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas Book 1(1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Beyond Tomorrow(1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A World Named Cleopatra(1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Study War No More(1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Other Worlds Volume 1(1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Get Out of My Sky(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Other Worlds Volume 2(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
2020 Vision(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor(1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mercenaries of Tomorrow(1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Berserker Base(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Terrorists of Tomorrow(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Barbarians(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Space Wars(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories(1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Longest Voyage & Slowlightning(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Night Fantastic(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Power(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
After the King(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Murasaki(1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Science Fiction Century(1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2001(2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Supermen(2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Hard SF Renaissance(2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The World Turned Upside Down(2005)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2(2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Fleet(2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Already Among Us(2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four, Jack Sharkey and Others(2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Contact: Stories of the New World(2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthropomorphic Aliens(2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Classic Martian Stories(2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories(2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Worst Contact(2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®(2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Realm of the Impossible(2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XV(2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X(2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Space Pioneers(2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System(2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Black Cat Weekly #29(2022)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Anderson (1926-2001) was an American novelist and one of the pioneers of sci-fi and fantasy novels. Poul Anderson will be remembered as the supreme SCI-FI master of his time. He wrote more than 100 novels and short stories during the sci-fi golden age. As a physics graduate, his book plot always leaned towards scientific ideas. He created thoughtful distinctive characters to fit in with his technical ideas. .Anderson published his first novel in 1952 with the Vault of the Ages. During his writing career, he achieved several notable writing recognitions, winning the Hugo Award 7 times, the Prometheus Award 4 times, the Nebula Award 3 times, and the SFWA Grand Master, and Gandalf awards. He was father-in-law to a fellow writer, sci-fi author Greg Bear. In this review, we shall cover Poul Anderson’s prolific sci-fi book series.

Harvest of Stars #1Harvest of Stars

This is the most ambitiously written book by Anderson to date. In this edition, Poul Anderson explores Earth lies crushed in the grip of absolutism. Outer terrestrial pilot Kyra Davis must save the planet. She embarks on a mission to save earth’s legendary leader. Her daring adventure will flounce her from Earth’s insurgent enclaves to the corrupt court of a foreign lunar colony. She leaves the practical realities of science and artificial intelligence to explore a world threatened by a dying star.

Harvest of Stars explores a future narration on Man’s advancement to the stars and a dexterous tract on Poul’s political (libertarian) thesis. Space pilot Kyra Davis’ exploration to a future nation, a totalitarian government is to confiscate the stored persona of Anson Guthrie, creator of the private space establishment, Fireball. Davis must engage the fierce space police who stand in the way of her mission. The space security patrol also captures intruders into their world to indoctrinate them with their political agenda. The Guthrie download seeks to take over a planet in the region of Alpha Centauri, while Earth’s progressive domination by artificial intelligence turns its watch inward.

Harvest of Stars presents an epic scope. It detailed centuries of the past on humans and classified among the most positive visions of the future. Anderson went heavy on the evil government theme, in support of the private sector. Anderson’s desire for human freedom, his heroic characters’ absolute allegiance to Anson Guthrie seems uncanny; if the evil antagonist represents “collectivists,” then the heroes consist of a feudal society under one protagonist. The leading role accounts for a suave and physically beautiful heroin, while the villain typically looks ugly.

There is a new twist on Anderson’s libertarianism, his abhorrence of AI. An advanced intelligence, more than millions of humans, could lead to a controlled market, the primary concern of the author’s free-market libertarianism. However, beyond that, Anderson feared that some innate intelligence might opt to assemble a virtual reality dwelling place or develop mathematical systems instead of exploring further solar systems. This edition sets up the conflict that forms the basis of his future books on the extra terrestrial historical outlines.

Anderson’s future vision is limited maybe due to the constraints of visualizing a digital world in an era with limited real-time technological advancement Guthrie represents a computerized mind from centuries ago. Moreover, the expectation is that a downloaded version of his intelligence opens up possibilities of creating similar artificial intelligence in identical computers. Anderson sets the ascension of AI soon after, but it seems challenging to come up with better plots for his future editions. The overall storyline adds up quite well, building into a solid theory of life in the outer space and the political implications of the time, seeing that he is extremely anti-government.

The Stars Are Also Fire #2 Harvest of Stars

We return to the brilliantly visualized future, this time focusing on a revolt and subsequent liberation on the Moon. The book explores in great depth the diversity between individuals, races, and above all, computers vs. humanity. We read about a future when computers revolutionalize the work force, creating a massive unemployment. Some individuals desperately seek answers and the next course of action in a world without any freedom of expression. It’s quite an enjoyable novel, especially the prediction of the robotic revolution. If you’re curious about the future world dominated by machines, this is a perfect book selection to quell your thirst.

It explores a fascinating world, with unique characters covering every aspect of a future world. Perhaps not as thrilling since the storyline dates twenty years back and we haven’t yet achieved any robotic take over in the workforce. However, I have to commend Anderson’s prolific magnificent coverage on artificial intelligence, hard astronomy, interstellar colonization, bioengineering, talking seals, heritably regressed Mormons, and so much more weird space jargon. This is a well-plotted and paced story with an adequately converged present timeline. But like most Sci-Fi editions of this period, it ends trying to resolve spiritual matters while attempting to stay true to its idealistic covetousness.

Harvest the Fire #3 Harvest of Stars

Poul Anderson devoted his writing career to the creative venture of creating science fiction, carefully set in extrapolated humans of the future. As a continuation to his previous editions in this book series, he takes a deep plunge into the futuristic world with Harvest the Fire. This is a tale of the growth of humanity to the solar system and afar. It also gives an account of the evolution of robot intelligence until humans and robots engage in conflict. The need to evolve creates a huge problem for people invading into unknown territory and their desire to conquer the space world.

Harvest the Fire centers on politics narrated poetically. Jesse Nicol is the poet, who seeks recognition in an era where literary greatness no longer exists. He travels to the Moon and meets a radiant beauty, Falaire, and immediately falls in love with her. Falaire has her concerns; she must escape from her masters–robotic machines. Robots control humans, and Falaire has vast knowledge that humans must seize. Poul Anderson writes a sharp and moving tale with the exactness and clear focus of an expert author. The fusion of poetry and science is simply audacious!

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