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Lodestar (Anderson)
The following is a list of works by science fiction and fantasy author Poul Anderson. Novels and related short stories Science fiction Hoka * '' Earthman's Burden'' (1957) with Gordon R. Dickson * ''Star Prince Charlie'' (1975) with Gordon R. Dickson * ''Hoka!'' (1983) with Gordon R. Dickson Reissued by Baen as: * '' Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!'' (1998) with Gordon R. Dickson * '' Hokas Pokas!'' (2000) with Gordon R. Dickson The Psychotechnic League * ''Star Ways'' (also known as ''The Peregrine'') (1956) * ''The Snows of Ganymede'' (1958) * ''Virgin Planet'' (1959) * ''The Psychotechnic League'' (1981) ** '' Marius (Anderson)'' ** ''Brake (Anderson)'' * ''Cold Victory'' (1982) * ''Starship'' (1982) Tomorrow's Children * "Tomorrow's Children" (1947) with F. N. Waldrop * "Chain of Logic" (1947) * "Children of Fortune" (1961) * "Epilogue" (1961) * ''Twilight World'' (1961) Technic History The technic history stories embrace a single future history including the Polesotechni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planet Stories 195101
A planet is a large, rounded Astronomical object, astronomical body that is neither a star nor its Stellar remnant, remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary disk. Planets grow in this disk by the gradual accumulation of material driven by gravity, a process called accretion (astrophysics), accretion. The Solar System has at least eight planets: the terrestrial planets Mercury (planet), Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. These planets each rotate around an axis axial tilt, tilted with respect to its orbital pole. All of them possess an atmosphere, although Atmosphere of Mercury, that of Mercury is tenuous, and some share such features as ice caps, seasons, volcano, volcanism, hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology. Apart from Venus and Mars, the Solar System pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon R
Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, aka the House of Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia *Gordon, Australian Capital Territory *Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia *Gordon, Victoria *Gordon River, Tasmania *Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada *Gordon Parish, New Brunswick *Gordon/Barrie Island, municipality in Ontario *Gordon River (Chochocouane River), a river in Quebec Scotland *Gordon ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodestar (Anderson)
The following is a list of works by science fiction and fantasy author Poul Anderson. Novels and related short stories Science fiction Hoka * '' Earthman's Burden'' (1957) with Gordon R. Dickson * ''Star Prince Charlie'' (1975) with Gordon R. Dickson * ''Hoka!'' (1983) with Gordon R. Dickson Reissued by Baen as: * '' Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!'' (1998) with Gordon R. Dickson * '' Hokas Pokas!'' (2000) with Gordon R. Dickson The Psychotechnic League * ''Star Ways'' (also known as ''The Peregrine'') (1956) * ''The Snows of Ganymede'' (1958) * ''Virgin Planet'' (1959) * ''The Psychotechnic League'' (1981) ** '' Marius (Anderson)'' ** ''Brake (Anderson)'' * ''Cold Victory'' (1982) * ''Starship'' (1982) Tomorrow's Children * "Tomorrow's Children" (1947) with F. N. Waldrop * "Chain of Logic" (1947) * "Children of Fortune" (1961) * "Epilogue" (1961) * ''Twilight World'' (1961) Technic History The technic history stories embrace a single future history including the Polesotechni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prometheus Award
The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society. American author and activist L. Neil Smith established the award in 1979, but it was not awarded regularly until the newly founded Libertarian Futurist Society revived it in 1982. The Society created a Hall of Fame Award (for classic works of libertarian science fiction, not necessarily novels) in 1983, and also presents occasional one-off Special Awards. Multiple recipients Some authors have won the award for best novel more than once: Thrice * Cory Doctorow * Victor Koman * Ken MacLeod * L. Neil Smith Twice * Travis J I Corcoran * James P. Hogan * Neal Stephenson * Vernor Vinge * F. Paul Wilson A few authors have won the Prometheus Hall of Fame award more than once: * Poul Anderson * Robert Heinlein * George Orwell * Ayn Rand * F. Paul Wilson Process Books published in a given year are eligible (although books from the last few months of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Flandry
Dominic Flandry is a fictional character and the protagonist of the second half of Poul Anderson's Technic History science fiction series. He first appeared in 1951. The space opera series is set in the 31st century, during the waning days of the Terran Empire. Flandry is a dashing field agent of the Imperial Intelligence Corps who travels the stars to fight off imminent threats to the empire from both external enemies and internal treachery. His long-time archenemy is Aycharaych, a cultured but ruthless telepathic spymaster who weaves plots for the expansionist rival empire of the alien Merseians. The illegitimate son of a minor nobleman, Flandry rises to considerable power within the decadent Empire by his own wits, and enjoys all the pleasures his position in society gives him. Still he is painfully conscious of the impending fall of the Terran Empire and the subsequent "Long Night" of a galactic dark age. His career is dedicated to holding it off for as long as possible. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Van Rijn
Nicholas van Rijn (2376 to c. 2500 AD) is a fictional character who plays the central role in the first half of Poul Anderson's Technic History. Description Nicholas van Rijn is a flamboyant capitalist adventurer, and is of Dutch ancestry (apparently a resident of Djakarta, and thus an Indo). His speech is bombastic and heavily laced with unconventional constructs, puns, oaths, and words from various Northern European languages: in particular Dutch, German, and possibly Danish. Although he frequently employs malapropisms such as "Angular-Saxon" or "hunky-dinghy", they are often so devious or apropos as to appear intentional. Some more minor characters have used a similar patois. Van Rijn is well-educated in Earth's literature and history and also displays considerable cunning and capacity for bullying armed aliens into doing his bidding. Although a formidable individual in necessity (his battle cries have included "God send the Right!", "Kristmenn, Krossmenn, Kongsmenn!", and "H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future History
A future history is a postulated history of the future and is used by authors of science fiction and other speculative fiction to construct a common background for fiction. Sometimes the author publishes a timeline of events in the history, while other times the reader can reconstruct the order of the stories from information provided therein. Background The term appears to have been coined by John W. Campbell, Jr., the editor of ''Astounding Science Fiction'', in the February 1941 issue of that magazine, in reference to Robert A. Heinlein's ''Future History''. Neil R. Jones is generally credited as the first author to create a future history.Ashley, M. (April, 1989). The Immortal Professor, Astro Adventures No.7, p.6. A set of stories which share a backdrop but are not really concerned with the sequence of history in their universe are rarely considered future histories. For example, neither Lois McMaster Bujold's ''Vorkosigan Saga'' nor George R. R. Martin's 1970s sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewiston Evening Journal
The ''Sun Journal'' is a newspaper published in Lewiston, Maine, United States, which covers central and western Maine. In addition to its main office in Lewiston, the paper maintains satellite news and sales bureaus in the Maine towns of Farmington, Norway and Rumford. Its daily circulation is approximately 18,600, making it one of the most-read dailies in the state. Though its history dates back to 1847, the ''Sun Journal'' has existed in its current iteration since 1989, when Lewiston's two largest newspapers, the morning ''Lewiston Daily Sun'' and afternoon ''Lewiston Evening Journal'' were combined into one publication. Long owned and published by the Costello family, the newspaper was purchased by Reade Brower, owner of MaineToday Media, in 2017. History The lineage of the ''Sun Journal'' can be traced back to May 20, 1847, when printer William Waldron and future Governor of Maine, Dr. Alonzo Garcelon founded Lewiston's first paper, a weekly called the ''Lewiston Falls Jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brake (Anderson)
"Brake" is a science fiction short story by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in 1957 in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and reprinted in the collections ''Beyond the Beyond'' (1969) and ''The Psychotechnic League'' (1981). As a component of the Psychotechnic League future history / alternate history, "Brake" takes place in 2270, as the civilization built up in the aftermath of the 1958 Third World War is being torn between mutually antagonistic factions, on the verge of collapsing into "the day of genocide and the night of ignorance and tyranny". The story was written and published within two months of "Marius (Anderson), Marius" and they were clearly written as companion pieces - the dawn and sunset of the same culture (later stories of this Future History would be set in the further future, when a still newer civilization would arise from the ruins of what would be called "The Second Dark Ages"). ''Marius'' and ''Brake'' are linked by various common themes - one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius (Anderson)
'"Marius" is a science fiction short story by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in the March 1957 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and reprinted in the collections ''The Horn of Time'' (1968) and ''The Psychotechnic League'' (1981). As a component of the Psychotechnic League future history / alternate history, "Marius" takes place in 1964, six years after the initial nuclear exchanges of World War III. Although it is chronologically the first story in the Psychotechnic League sequence, "Marius" was one of the last to be written. It serves as a prequel to the earlier novella "Un-Man", introducing the character of Étienne Fourre. Plot summary In 1964, General Étienne Fourre, once a village apothecary, is the leader of the French Maquisard Brotherhood and serves as France's representative in the Supreme Council of United Free Europe. He is on his way to confront his friend Commandant Jacques Reinach, the chairman of the Supreme Council. Fourre has studied psy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Psychotechnic League
The Psychotechnic League is a future history created by American science fiction writer Poul Anderson. The name "Psychotechnic League" was invented by Sandra Miesel during the early 1980s, to capitalize on Anderson's better-known Polesotechnic League future history. Anderson published 21 novels, novellas and short stories set in this future between 1949 and 1957, with a 22nd published in 1968. Anderson did not write the stories in chronological order. He included a series timeline in the Winter 1955 issue of'' Startling Stories ''to accompany the novella "The Snows of Ganymede". By the late 1950s, Anderson's political beliefs had altered to the extent that he was uncomfortable with the political philosophy implied by the series, and he abandoned it. In particular, he had reversed his earlier strong endorsement for the United Nations as the basis of a world government, an opinion which was the main plot element of several earlier stories in the series. Psychotechnic League futu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokas Pokas!
''Hokas Pokas!'' is a collection of science fiction stories, as well as the novel ''Star Prince Charlie'', by American writer Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Baen Books in 2000. The stories originally appeared in the magazines ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'' and ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...''. Contents * "Full Pack" * "The Napoleon Crime" * ''Star Prince Charlie'' Sources * External links * {{isfdb title, 26215 2000 short story collections Short story collections by Poul Anderson Short story collections by Gordon R. Dickson Books with cover art by Michael Whelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
