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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 was nominated seven times for the Hugo Award and five times for the Nebula Award. Biography Poul Anderson 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 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 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 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 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 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. Awards, honors and nominations Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy (1978) Hugo Award (seven nominations) John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2000) Inkpot Award (1986) Locus Award (41 nominations; one win, 1972) Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (one win (1975)) Nebula Award (five nominations) Pegasus Award (best adaptation, with Anne Passovoy) (1998) Prometheus Award (one win and four nominations, as well as Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2001) SFWA Grand Master (1997) Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2000) Asteroid 7758 Poulanderson, discovered by Eleanor Helin at Palomar in 1990, was named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center shortly after his death on September 2, 2001 (M.P.C. 43381).Bibliography See also Speculative fiction portalExplanatory notes References Sources External links Bio, bibliography and book covers at FantasticFiction Obituary and tributes from the SFWA Poul Anderson Appreciation, by Dr. Paul Shackley Poul Anderson, an essay by William Tenn The Society for Creative Anachronism, of which Poul Anderson was a founding member The King of Ys review at FantasyLiterature.net Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "Poul Anderson biography". Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Poul Anderson at Library of Congress, with 135 library catalog records Poul Anderson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Poul Anderson at the Internet Book List Poul Anderson at CurlieBy Poul AndersonWorks by Poul Anderson in eBook form at Standard Ebooks Works by Poul Anderson at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Poul Anderson at Internet Archive Works by Poul Anderson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Works by Poul Anderson at Open Library On Thud and Blunder, an essay by Anderson on fantasy fiction, from the SFWA Poul Anderson's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online SFWA directory of literary estates. Discover the Poul Anderson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Poul Anderson books.
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Modern Classic Short Novels Of Science Fiction
Gardner DozoisThe novella is, in the words of Gardner Dozois, "a perfect length for a science fiction story: long enough to enable you to flesh out the details of a strange alien world or a biza...
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Die Zentrale der Esper
Poul AndersonNach dem letzten KriegNach dem Ende der Welt ist die Pazifikküste der ehemaligen Vereinigten Staaten in einen blutigen Bürgerkrieg verwickelt. Die Clans, die das Gebiet unter sich ...
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The Hard SF Renaissance
David G. Hartwell & Kathryn CramerA major anthology of the "hard SF" subgenrearguing that it's not only the genre's core, but also its future.Something exciting has been happening in modern science fiction. After ...
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Poul Anderson - Sci-Fi Boxed Set
Poul AndersonDiscover the golden age of science fiction with some of the best stories of intergalactic battles, space adventures and alien contact in this Poul Anderson collection of selected S...
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Zeit des Feuers
Poul AndersonUnter der DämonensonneDer Planet Ischtar umkreist die Sonne Bel im AnubeleaSystem, dem drei Sterne angehören. Sie beschreiben komplizierte Bahnen umeinander, wobei einmal alle taus...
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Worldmakers
Gardner DozoisWhen mankind moves out to the stars, the colonists of the future will remake the worlds they inhabit in their image. Included here are twenty stories from the most imaginative writ...
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War of Gods - Krieger des Nordens
Poul AndersonDer König des Nordens ist tot… Des Thrones beraubt, in der Wildnis versteckt und von Riesen aufgezogen, wächst Hadding zu einem mächtigen Krieger heran. Vor ihm liegt ein schicksal...
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Last Viking - Das Blut der Wikinger
Poul AndersonALS BESIEGTER MUSSTE ER FLIEHEN ALS KÖNIG WILL ER WIEDERKEHREN Das Jahr 1030. Der junge Wikinger Harald kämpft in seiner ersten Schlacht an der Seite seines Halbbruders, König Ola...
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Modern Classics of Fantasy
Gardner DozoisWhile humanity has been telling fantastic stories for millennia, fantasy fiction has only come into its own as a genre in the latter half of the twentieth century, as the works of ...
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Poul Anderson - Sci-Fi Boxed Set
Poul AndersonDiscover the golden age of science fiction with some of the best stories of intergalactic battles, space adventures and alien contact in this Poul Anderson collection of selected S...
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Supermen
Gardner DozoisMindexpanding explorations of the future of the human formOur bodies and minds are malleable, and only the imagination is the limit to the possible improvements. From genetics to a...
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Last Viking - Die Rache der Wikinger
Poul AndersonDer Kampf um den Norden hat begonnen … Nach Jahren im Exil ist der Wikinger Harald zu einem mächtigen Krieger herangereift. Auf dem Schlachtfeld gilt er als unbesiegbar. Doch nie v...
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Bocksgesang
Poul AndersonDer Sänger und die MaschineIn ferner Zukunft wird die Menschheit von dem GANZEN beherrscht, einem gigantischen Computer, der behauptet, die Seelen der Verstorbenen in sich zu speic...
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The Poul Anderson Short Stories
Poul AndersonAnderson is probably best known for adventure stories in which largerthanlife characters succeed gleefully or fail heroically. His characters were nonetheless thoughtful, often int...
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Broken Sword - Das zerbrochene Schwert
Poul AndersonTIEF IM SCHLOSS DER ELBEN VERBORGEN … Einst von Riesen geschmiedet, von dunkler Magie geschützt und tief im Schloss der Elben verborgen ruht das zerbrochene Schwert. Es ist die ein...
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Explorers
Gardner DozoisDistant planets, galaxies, alien racesthe universe is vast and filled with an almost unimaginable range of possibilities. But imagine it we can. Here are more than twenty stories f...
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Fantastic Stories Presents the Poul Anderson Super Pack
Poul AndersonPoul Anderson is a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. He won seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards in addition to being awarded Grand Master by the Science Fiction Wri...
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The Space Stories of Poul Anderson
Poul AndersonDiscover the golden age of science fiction with some of the best stories of intergalactic battles, space adventures and alien contact in this Poul Anderson collection of selected S...
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Das letzte Sternenschiff
Poul AndersonUnter einer neuen SonneUm dem totalitären System der überbevölkerten Erde zu entkommen, bricht eine Gruppe Siedler mit einem gewaltigen Schiff zum Planeten Rustum auf, der die Sonn...
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The Last Viking 3 - Das Schwert der Wikinger
Poul AndersonSieg oder Untergang? Unter seinem Banner eroberte Wikinger Harald den Thron seiner Ahnen zurück und regiert von nun an Norwegen als König. Doch der Frieden ist nur von kurzer Daue...
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Das Erdenbuch von Sturmtor
Poul AndersonDie Geschichte der Menschheit im Zeitalter des HyperdriveDank der revolutionären Durchbrüche in der Raumfahrttechnik hat die Menschheit das Sonnensystem verlassen und ist in die Ga...
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Zeitfahrer
Poul AndersonAufbruch in die UnendlichkeitSeit jeher träumen die Menschen von der Unsterblichkeit – aber diejenigen, die sie erreicht haben, wissen, dass sie ein Fluch ist. Manche Unsterbliche ...
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The First Heroes
Harry Turtledove & Noreen DoyleThe Bronze Age. The era of Troy, of Gilgamesh, of the dawning of human mastery over the earth. For decades, fantasists have set tales of heroism and adventure in imagined worlds ba...