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Poul Anderson was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001.

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Poul 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.

HokaEarthman's Burden (1957) with Gordon R. Dickson, Star Prince Charlie (1975) with Gordon R. Dickson, Hoka! (1983) with Gordon R. Dickson and 3 more
The Psychotechnic LeagueStar Ways (also known as The Peregrine) (1956), The Snows of Ganymede (1958), Virgin Planet (1959) and 5 more
Tomorrow's Children"Tomorrow's Children" (1947) with F. N. Waldrop, "Chain of Logic" (1947), "Children of Fortune" (1961) and 2 more
Technic HistoryThe technic history stories embrace a single future history including the Polesotechnic league, followed by the Terran Empire and eventually a "long night".

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"
"Brake"
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 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.

Polesotechnic League

War of the Wing-Men (heavily edited original book publication); later issued with the author's preferred text and title as The Man Who Counts (1958). Stranded on an alien planet, facing starvation, Van Rijn's only hope of survival is to end an eternal war between furry "Wingmen".
Trader to the Stars (1964) (Prometheus Award), collects:
"Hiding Place" (1961)
"Territory" (1963)
"The Master Key" (1964)
The Trouble Twisters (features David Falkayn, not Van Rijn) (1966), collects:
"The Three-Cornered Wheel" (1963)
"A Sun Invisible" (1966)
"The Trouble Twisters" (also known as "Trader Team") (1965)
Satan's World (1969)
The Earth Book of Stormgate (many stories do not feature Van Rijn) (1978). It collects:
"Wings of Victory" (1972)
"The Problem of Pain" (1973)
"How to be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson" (1974)
"Margin of Profit" (1956)
"Esau" (also known as "Birthright") (1970)
"The Season of Forgiveness" (1973)
The Man Who Counts (first appearance of the unedited version of War of the Wing-Men) (1958)
"A Little Knowledge" (1971)
"Day of Burning" (also known as "Supernova") (1967)
"Lodestar" (1973)
"Wingless" (also known as "Wingless on Avalon") (1973)
"Rescue on Avalon" (1973)
Mirkheim (1977)
The People of the Wind (does not feature Falkayn or Van Rijn) (1973)—Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1974; Nebula Award nominee, 1973

Terran Empire

The Imperial Stars (2000), collects:
Ensign Flandry (1966)
A Circus of Hells (1970)
The Rebel Worlds (1969)
The Day of Their Return (does not feature Flandry) (1973)
Agent of the Terran Empire (1965), collects:
"Tiger by the Tail" (1951)
"The Warriors From Nowhere" (1954)
"Honorable Enemies" (1951)
"Hunters of the Sky Cave" (also known as "A Handful of Stars" and We Claim These Stars) (1959)
Flandry of Terra (1965), collects:
"The Game of Glory" (1958)
"A Message in Secret" (also known as Mayday Orbit) (1959)
"The Plague of Masters" (also known as "A Plague of Masters" and Earthman, Go Home!) (1960)
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (1974)
A Stone in Heaven (1979)
The Game of Empire (features a daughter of Flandry) (1985)

The Long Night

The Long Night (1983), collects:
"The Star Plunderer" (1952)
"Outpost of Empire" (1967)
"A Tragedy of Errors" (1967)
"The Sharing of Flesh" (1968) (Hugo, Nebula)
"Starfog" (1967)
The Night Face (1978). Previously published as Let the Spacemen Beware! (1963). Expanded from the 1960 novelette "A Twelvemonth and a Day".

Omnibus reprints

(Omnibus reprints of the Nicholas van Rijn and Dominic Flandry series by Baen Books)
The Van Rijn Method (2008), collects:
"The Saturn Game" (1981)
"Wings of Victory" (1972)
"The Problem of Pain" (1973)
"Margin of Profit" (1956)
"How to Be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson" (1974)
"The Three-Cornered Wheel" (1963)
"A Sun Invisible" (1966)
"The Season of Forgiveness" (1973)
"The Man Who Counts" (1958)
"Esau" (also known as "Birthright") (1970)
"Hiding Place" (1961)
David Falkayn: Star Trader (2009), collects
"Territory" (1963)
"Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose" (1966)
"The Trouble Twisters" (also known as "Trader Team") (1965)
"Day of Burning" (also known as "Supernova") (1967)
"The Master Key" (1964)
"Satan's World" (1969)
"A Little Knowledge" (1971)
"Lodestar" (1973)
Rise of the Terran Empire (2009), collects:
Mirkheim (1977)
"Wingless" (also known as "Wingless on Avalon") (1973)
"Rescue on Avalon" (1973)
"The Star Plunderer" (1952)
"Sargasso of Lost Starships" (1951)
The People of the Wind (1973)
Young Flandry (2010), collects:
Ensign Flandry (1966)
A Circus of Hells (1970)
The Rebel Worlds (1969)
Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire (2010), collects:
"Outpost of Empire" (1967)
The Day of Their Return (1975)
"Tiger by the Tail" (1951)
"Honorable Enemies" (1951)
"The Game of Glory" (1957)
"A Message in Secret" (1959)
Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra (2010), collects:
"The Warriors From Nowhere" (1954)
"Hunters of the Sky Cave" (also known as "A Handful of Stars" and We Claim These Stars) (1959)
"The Plague of Masters" (also known as "A Plague of Masters" and Earthman, Go Home!) (1960)
"A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" (1974)
Flandry's Legacy (2011) collects:
"A Stone in Heaven" (1979)
"The Game of Empire" (features a daughter of Flandry) (1985)
"A Tragedy of Errors" (1967)
"The Night Face" (1978) (also known as "Let the Spacemen Beware!" (1963), a shorter 1960 version was known as "A Twelvemonth and a Day")
"The Sharing of Flesh" (1968) (Hugo, Nebula)
"Starfog" (1967)

Time Patrol

"Time Patrol" (1955)
"Brave to be a King" (1959)
"Gibraltar Falls" (1975)
"The Only Game in Town" (1960)
"Delenda Est" (1955)
"Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks" (1983)
"The Sorrow of Odin the Goth" (1983)
"Star of the Sea" (1991)
The Year of the Ransom (1988)
The Shield of Time (1990)
"Death and the Knight" (1995)
The shorter works in the series have been collected numerous times over the years, in:
Guardians of Time (1960, contains 1, 2, 4 and 5; expanded 1981 edition adds 3)
Time Patrolman (1983, contains 6 and

Source: Poul Anderson bibliography (CC BY-SA)

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HokaEarthman's Burden (1957) with Gordon R. Dickson, Star Prince Charlie (1975) with Gordon R. Dickson, Hoka! (1983) with Gordon R. Dickson and 3 more
The Psychotechnic LeagueStar Ways (also known as The Peregrine) (1956), The Snows of Ganymede (1958), Virgin Planet (1959) and 5 more
Tomorrow's Children"Tomorrow's Children" (1947) with F. N. Waldrop, "Chain of Logic" (1947), "Children of Fortune" (1961) and 2 more
Technic HistoryThe technic history stories embrace a single future history including the Polesotechnic league, followed by the Terran Empire and eventually a "long night".

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"
"Brake"
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

Polesotechnic League

War of the Wing-Men (heavily edited original book publication); later issued with the author's preferred text and title as The Man Who Counts (1958). Stranded on an alien planet, facing starvation, Van Rijn's only hope of survival is to end an eternal war between furry "Wingmen".
Trader to the Stars (1964) (Prometheus Award), collects:
"Hiding Place" (1961)
"Territory" (1963)
"The Master Key" (1964)
The Trouble Twisters (features David Falkayn, not Van Rijn) (1966), collects:
"The Three-Cornered Wheel" (1963)
"A Sun Invisible" (1966)
"The Trouble Twisters" (also known as "Trader Team") (1965)
Satan's World (1969)
The Earth Book of Stormgate (many stories do not feature Van Rijn) (1978). It collects:
"Wings of Victory" (1972)
"The Problem of Pain" (1973)
"How to be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson" (1974)
"Margin of Profit" (1956)
"Esau" (also known as "Birthright") (1970)
"The Season of Forgiveness" (1973)
The Man Who Counts (first appearance of the unedited version of War of the Wing-Men) (1958)
"A Little Knowledge" (1971)
"Day of Burning" (also known as "Supernova") (1967)
"Lodestar" (1973)
"Wingless" (also known as "Wingless on Avalon") (1973)
"Rescue on Avalon" (1973)
Mirkheim (1977)
The People of the Wind (does not feature Falkayn or Van Rijn) (1973)—Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1974; Nebula Award nominee, 1973

Terran Empire

The Imperial Stars (2000), collects:
Ensign Flandry (1966)
A Circus of Hells (1970)
The Rebel Worlds (1969)
The Day of Their Return (does not feature Flandry) (1973)
Agent of the Terran Empire (1965), collects:
"Tiger by the Tail" (1951)
"The Warriors From Nowhere" (1954)
"Honorable Enemies" (1951)
"Hunters of the Sky Cave" (also known as "A Handful of Stars" and We Claim These Stars) (1959)
Flandry of Terra (1965), collects:
"The Game of Glory" (1958)
"A Message in Secret" (also known as Mayday Orbit) (1959)
"The Plague of Masters" (also known as "A Plague of Masters" and Earthman, Go Home!) (1960)
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (1974)
A Stone in Heaven (1979)
The Game of Empire (features a daughter of Flandry) (1985)

The Long Night

The Long Night (1983), collects:
"The Star Plunderer" (1952)
"Outpost of Empire" (1967)
"A Tragedy of Errors" (1967)
"The Sharing of Flesh" (1968) (Hugo, Nebula)
"Starfog" (1967)
The Night Face (1978). Previously published as Let the Spacemen Beware! (1963). Expanded from the 1960 novelette "A Twelvemonth and a Day".

Omnibus reprints

(Omnibus reprints of the Nicholas van Rijn and Dominic Flandry series by Baen Books)
The Van Rijn Method (2008), collects:
"The Saturn Game" (1981)
"Wings of Victory" (1972)
"The Problem of Pain" (1973)
"Margin of Profit" (1956)
"How to Be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson" (1974)
"The Three-Cornered Wheel" (1963)
"A Sun Invisible" (1966)
"The Season of Forgiveness" (1973)
"The Man Who Counts" (1958)
"Esau" (also known as "Birthright") (1970)
"Hiding Place" (1961)
David Falkayn: Star Trader (2009), collects
"Territory" (1963)
"Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose" (1966)
"The Trouble Twisters" (also known as "Trader Team") (1965)
"Day of Burning" (also known as "Supernova") (1967)
"The Master Key" (1964)
"Satan's World" (1969)
"A Little Knowledge" (1971)
"Lodestar" (1973)
Rise of the Terran Empire (2009), collects:
Mirkheim (1977)
"Wingless" (also known as "Wingless on Avalon") (1973)
"Rescue on Avalon" (1973)
"The Star Plunderer" (1952)
"Sargasso of Lost Starships" (1951)
The People of the Wind (1973)
Young Flandry (2010), collects:
Ensign Flandry (1966)
A Circus of Hells (1970)
The Rebel Worlds (1969)
Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire (2010), collects:
"Outpost of Empire" (1967)
The Day of Their Return (1975)
"Tiger by the Tail" (1951)
"Honorable Enemies" (1951)
"The Game of Glory" (1957)
"A Message in Secret" (1959)
Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra (2010), collects:
"The Warriors From Nowhere" (1954)
"Hunters of the Sky Cave" (also known as "A Handful of Stars" and We Claim These Stars) (1959)
"The Plague of Masters" (also known as "A Plague of Masters" and Earthman, Go Home!) (1960)
"A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" (1974)
Flandry's Legacy (2011) collects:
"A Stone in Heaven" (1979)
"The Game of Empire" (features a daughter of Flandry) (1985)
"A Tragedy of Errors" (1967)
"The Night Face" (1978) (also known as "Let the Spacemen Beware!" (1963), a shorter 1960 version was known as "A Twelvemonth and a Day")
"The Sharing of Flesh" (1968) (Hugo, Nebula)
"Starfog" (1967)

Time Patrol

"Time Patrol" (1955)
"Brave to be a King" (1959)
"Gibraltar Falls" (1975)
"The Only Game in Town" (1960)
"Delenda Est" (1955)
"Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks" (1983)
"The Sorrow of Odin the Goth" (1983)
"Star of the Sea" (1991)
The Year of the Ransom (1988)
The Shield of Time (1990)
"Death and the Knight" (1995)
The shorter works in the series have been collected numerous times over the years, in:
Guardians of Time (1960, contains 1, 2, 4 and 5; expanded 1981 edition adds 3)
Time Patrolman (1983, contains 6 and

Source: Poul Anderson bibliography (CC BY-SA)

We label verified structured information, user opinions, and AI-discovered relationships separately.