16-694: Poul William Anderson was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. The following is a list of works by science fiction and fantasy author Poul Anderson . Reissued by Baen as: The technic history stories embrace a single future history including the Polesotechnic league, followed by the Terran Empire and eventually a "long night". Key characters include Nicholas van Rijn , Christopher Holm, David Falkayn and Dominic Flandry . Titles are listed here by their internal chronology. (Omnibus reprints of
32-556: A fantasy writer alone. Anderson was the sixth President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , taking office in 1972. Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1985 novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls to Anderson and eight of the other members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy . The Science Fiction Writers of America made Anderson its 16th SFWA Grand Master in 1998. In 2000's fifth class, he
48-523: A fictional biography of King Harald Hardråde . Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times, and was nominated many more times for awards. Poul Anderson
64-588: A sequel to both The Number of the Beast and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. During a meeting of the Council of the Time Scouts, representatives from every major time line and setting written by Heinlein appear, including Glory Road and Starship Troopers , and references are made to other authors' works as well. The title of the book refers to a cat by the name of Pixel, who has an inexplicable tendency to be wherever
80-710: A team to retrieve the decommissioned Mike, a sentient computer introduced in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress . Engaged in frequent time-travel, the Time Corps has been responsible for changing various events in the past, creating an alternate universe with every time-line they disrupt. Mike's assistance is needed in order to accurately predict the conditions and following events in each of the new universes created. Campbell's frequent would-be assassins are revealed to be members of contemporary agencies also engaged in time manipulation who, for unknown reasons, do not want to see Mike rescued by
96-643: Is also eventually revealed to be a son of Lazarus Long, a Heinlein character originally introduced in Methuselah's Children and who reappeared in Time Enough for Love , The Number of the Beast , and To Sail Beyond the Sunset . Also appearing are Jubal Harshaw , a major character in Stranger in a Strange Land ; Galahad, of Time Enough for Love ; and Manuel Garcia O'Kelly Davis, the first-person protagonist of The Moon Is
112-555: The Moon , Gwen claims to have been present during the revolt described in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress . Still pursued by assassins, Campbell and Novak are rescued by an organization known as the Time Corps under the leadership of Lazarus Long . After giving Campbell a new foot to replace one lost in combat years before, the Time Corps attempts to recruit Campbell for a special mission. Accepting only on Gwen's account, Campbell agrees to assist
128-459: The Nicholas van Rijn and Dominic Flandry series by Baen Books ) The shorter works in the series have been collected numerous times over the years, in: The anthology Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds (2014) ( [1] ) - in which various SF writers take up themes from Anderson's work - includes three new Time Patrol stories: Related: The three-part series The Last Viking provides
144-413: The Time Corps. During the mission, Gwen is grievously wounded and Campbell loses his foot again, though the Time Corps succeed in retrieving Mike. The story ends with Campbell talking into a recorder (presumably the source of the first-person narrative) reflecting on the mission and his relationship with Gwen. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls may be regarded as part of Heinlein's multiverse series, or as
160-490: The best restaurant of the space habitat "Golden Rule" is approached by a man who urges him that "Tolliver must die" and is himself shot before the writer's eyes. The writer—Colonel Colin Campbell, living under a number of aliases including his pen name "Richard Ames"—is joined by a beautiful and sophisticated lady, Gwendolyn Novak, who helps him flee to Luna with a bonsai maple and a would-be murderer ("Bill"). After escaping to
176-463: The narrator happens to be (see Schrödinger's cat ). In one scene Pixel does, in fact, walk through a wall, and it is explained that Pixel is too young to know that such behavior is impossible. Gwen Novak is eventually revealed to be Hazel Stone , a character previously featured in Heinlein's The Rolling Stones and who had played a small but important role in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress . Campbell
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#1732852745717192-666: The store. In 1954, he published the fantasy novel The Broken Sword , one of his most known works. In 1965, Algis Budrys said that Anderson "has for some time been science fiction's best storyteller". He was a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) in 1966 and of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), also during the mid-1960s. The latter was a group of Heroic fantasy authors organized by Lin Carter , originally eight in number, with entry by credentials as
208-566: Was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota , Anderson's first stories were published by editor John W. Campbell in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction : "Tomorrow's Children" by Anderson and F. N. Waldrop in March 1947 and a sequel, "Chain of Logic" by Anderson alone, in July. He earned his BA in physics with honors but became a freelance writer after he graduated in 1948. His third story
224-511: Was born on November 25, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Danish parents. Soon after his birth, his father, Anton Anderson, relocated the family to Texas, where they lived for more than ten years. After Anton Anderson's death, his widow took the children to Denmark . The family returned to the United States after the beginning of World War II , settling eventually on a Minnesota farm. While he
240-540: Was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame as one of two deceased and two living writers. He died of prostate cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital. A few of his novels were first published posthumously. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein , published in 1985. Like many of his later novels, it features Lazarus Long and Jubal Harshaw as supporting characters. A writer seated at
256-648: Was printed in the December Astounding . Anderson married Karen Kruse in 1953 and relocated with her to the San Francisco Bay area. Their daughter Astrid (later married to science fiction author Greg Bear ) was born in 1954 . They made their home in Orinda, California . Over the years Poul gave many readings at The Other Change of Hobbit bookstore in Berkeley ; his widow later donated his typewriter and desk to
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