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Poul Anderson

Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards.

Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kruse in 1953. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is married to science fiction author Greg Bear. Anderson was the sixth President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972. He was a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies. He was a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. 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.

Poul Anderson died of cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital. Several of his novels were published posthumously.

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Born 25 November 1926
Died 31 July 2001

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    First published in 1971 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire

    First published in 1993 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (Dominic Flandry)

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  • Cover of: The Longest Voyage/Slow Lighting

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2000 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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Born 25 November 1926
Died 31 July 2001

Subjects

Fiction, science fiction, general, American Science fiction, Fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Fiction in English, Life on other planets, Space warfare, Fiction, fantasy, general, English Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Guthrie, anson (fictitious character), fiction, Interplanetary voyages, Fiction, fantasy, epic, Science Fiction, Fantasy fiction, American Fantasy fiction, Intelligence officers, Extraterrestrial beings, Fiction, short stories (single author), Short stories, Fantasy, Human-alien encounters, Science fiction, american

Places

Earth, Denmark, England, Terran Galactic Empire, Alien Planet, Betelgeuse, Finland, France, Lincolnshire, London, Merseia, Murasaki, Norway, Other Worlds, Planet Gwydion, Planet Rustum, Planets: Ivanhoe, Ramnu, Scandinavia, Starkad, Terra, United States of America, Vanessa, and Chakora, spaceship Quetzal

People

Dominic Flandry, Harald III Harðráði King of Norway (1015-1066), Poul Anderson (1926-), Admiral McCormac, Brechdan Ironrede, Christian Brannock, Dan Coffin, David Falkayn, Edward the Third, Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), Everard Manse, Fireball, Gunnhild Queen, consort of Eirik Blodøks, King of Norway (fl. 935-961), Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), Josserek Derrain, King Edward III, Kyra Davis, Laurinda Ashcroft, Lise Meitner (1878-1968), Manse Everard, Manson Everard, Max Abrams, Merseians, Miriam Abrams

Time

The Future, The future, The future., Terran Galactic Empire, The Far Future, 1300-1400, 1300s, 20 w., 20th century, Dark Ages, Elizabethan England, First century, Medieval, Middle Ages, Post Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, To 1030, To 1241, future, futurist, futuristic, various planets

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Alternative names

  • A. A. Craig
  • Michael Karageorge
  • Winston P. Sanders
  • P. A. Kingsley
  • Poul William Anderson

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July 24, 2023 Edited by dcapillae fix alternative names
July 24, 2023 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
March 26, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
March 26, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import