Fantastic Stories Presents the Poul Anderson Super Pack - Hardcover

by Poul Anderson (Author)

Fourteen classic stories from Science Fiction Hall of Fame author Poul Anderson showcase the range, intelligence, adventure, and imaginative force that made him one of the giants of the field. A multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner and a Grand Master of science fiction, Anderson brought scientific seriousness, historical imagination, wit, action, and philosophical depth to stories that ranged across star empires, lost ships, alien worlds, future revolutions, strange inventions, and the fate of humanity.

This Positronic Super Pack gathers more than five hundred pages of Anderson's shorter work, including stories first shaped by the magazine era that defined golden age and postwar science fiction. These tales move from space adventure and planetary conflict to political speculation, future history, satire, sword-and-sorcery flavored fantasy, and hard-edged questions about civilization, survival, and human nature. Anderson was never only a writer of gadgets or battles; at his best, he used speculative settings to test courage, loyalty, intelligence, freedom, and the cost of progress.

Included in this volume are:

Industrial Revolution

Innocent at Large

Sargasso of Lost Starships

Duel on Syrtis

The Sensitive Man

Lord of a Thousand Suns

Out of the Iron Womb!

Star Ship

Witch of the Demon Seas

Sentiment, Inc.

Security

Inside Earth

The Valor of Cappen Varra

The Chapter Ends

• For readers of classic science fiction, pulp adventure, space opera, planetary romance, and vintage speculative storytelling, this collection offers a substantial entry into the work of one of the field's most honored writers. Search for "Positronic Publishing Super Pack" to discover more classic science fiction and fantasy collections in the Super Pack series.