Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Poul Anderson

Index Poul Anderson

Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American science fiction author who began his career in the 1940s and continued to write into the 21st century. [1]

104 relations: Algis Budrys, Americans, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Anne Passovoy, Author, Bachelor of Arts, Berkeley, California, Borgo Press, Brazil, Breastfeeding, Bristol, Pennsylvania, Call Me Joe, Cannibalism, Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy, Cold War, Conservatism in the United States, Coolie, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Delenda Est, Denmark, Dodd, Mead & Co., Dominic Flandry, Entropy, Fantasy, Faster-than-light, Frame story, Frontier, Gandalf Award, Goths, Greg Bear, Hadingus, Heat death of the universe, Heroic fantasy, Historical fiction, Hrólfr Kraki, Hrolf Kraki's Saga, Hugo Award, Iceland, In the Courts of the Crimson Kings, Industrial slave, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Jupiter, Karen Anderson (writer), Lin Carter, Linguistic purism in English, Locus (magazine), Locus Award, Middle Ages, Modern liberalism in the United States, ..., Mythopoeic Awards, Mythopoeic Society, Nebula Award, Neolithic, Nicholas van Rijn, No Truce with Kings, Norns, Odin, Old Norse religion, Orinda, California, Orwellian, Pegasus Award, Philip K. Dick, Polcon, Prometheus Award, Right-libertarianism, Robert A. Heinlein, S. M. Stirling, Sandra Miesel, Science fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Serfdom, Society for Creative Anachronism, Solution Unsatisfactory, Soviet Union, Spy fiction, Stone Age, Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, Tau Zero, Terraforming, The Broken Sword, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Corridors of Time, The High Crusade, The Man Who Came Early, The Other Change of Hobbit, The People of the Wind, The Pirate (short story), The Queen of Air and Darkness (novella), The Star Fox, Three Hearts and Three Lions, Time travel, Un-Man, Uncleftish Beholding, United Nations, United States Army, University of Minnesota, Venus, Vietnam War, Waterspider, William Tenn, World government, World War II, World War III. Expand index (54 more) »

Algis Budrys

Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Algis Budrys · See more »

Americans

Americans are citizens of the United States of America.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Americans · See more »

Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science-fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Analog Science Fiction and Fact · See more »

Anne Passovoy

Anne Passovoy is active in science fiction fandom and filk music, and has won two Pegasus Awards.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Anne Passovoy · See more »

Author

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is thus also a writer.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Author · See more »

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Bachelor of Arts · See more »

Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Berkeley, California · See more »

Borgo Press

The Borgo Press was a small publishing company founded by Robert Reginald in 1975 funded by the royalties gained from his first major reference work, Stella Nova: the contemporary science fiction authors (1970).

New!!: Poul Anderson and Borgo Press · See more »

Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Brazil · See more »

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding, also known as nursing, is the feeding of babies and young children with milk from a woman's breast.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Breastfeeding · See more »

Bristol, Pennsylvania

Bristol Borough is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Center City Philadelphia, opposite Burlington, New Jersey on the Delaware River.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Bristol, Pennsylvania · See more »

Call Me Joe

"Call Me Joe" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Poul Anderson, published in Astounding Science Fiction in April 1957.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Call Me Joe · See more »

Cannibalism

Cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Cannibalism · See more »

Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy

The Citizen's Advisory Council on National Space Policy was a group of prominent US citizens concerned with the space policy of the United States of America.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy · See more »

Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

New!!: Poul Anderson and Cold War · See more »

Conservatism in the United States

American conservatism is a broad system of political beliefs in the United States that is characterized by respect for American traditions, republicanism, support for Judeo-Christian values, moral absolutism, free markets and free trade, anti-communism, individualism, advocacy of American exceptionalism, and a defense of Western culture from the perceived threats posed by socialism, authoritarianism, and moral relativism.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Conservatism in the United States · See more »

Coolie

The word coolie (also spelled koelie, kuli, cooli, cooly and quli); (Hindi: कुली, Tamil: கூலி, Telugu: కూలీ, Chinese: 苦力) meaning a labourer, has a variety of other implications and is sometimes regarded as offensive or a pejorative, depending upon the historical and geographical context.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Coolie · See more »

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is a lifetime honor presented annually by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to no more than one living writer of fantasy or science fiction.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award · See more »

Delenda Est

"Delenda Est" is a science fiction short story by American writer Poul Anderson, part of his Time Patrol series.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Delenda Est · See more »

Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Denmark · See more »

Dodd, Mead & Co.

Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Dodd, Mead & Co. · See more »

Dominic Flandry

Dominic Flandry is the central character in the second half of Poul Anderson's Technic History science fiction.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Dominic Flandry · See more »

Entropy

In statistical mechanics, entropy is an extensive property of a thermodynamic system.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Entropy · See more »

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Fantasy · See more »

Faster-than-light

Faster-than-light (also superluminal or FTL) communication and travel are the conjectural propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Faster-than-light · See more »

Frame story

A frame story (also known as a frame tale or frame narrative) is a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Frame story · See more »

Frontier

A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Frontier · See more »

Gandalf Award

The Gandalf Awards, honoring achievement in fantasy literature, were conferred by the World Science Fiction Society annually from 1974 to 1981.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Gandalf Award · See more »

Goths

The Goths (Gut-þiuda; Gothi) were an East Germanic people, two of whose branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire through the long series of Gothic Wars and in the emergence of Medieval Europe.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Goths · See more »

Greg Bear

Gregory Dale "Greg" Bear (born August 20, 1951) is an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Greg Bear · See more »

Hadingus

Hadingus was one of the earliest legendary Danish kings according to Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, where he has a detailed biography.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Hadingus · See more »

Heat death of the universe

The heat death of the universe is a plausible ultimate fate of the universe in which the universe has diminished to a state of no thermodynamic free energy and therefore can no longer sustain processes that increase entropy.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Heat death of the universe · See more »

Heroic fantasy

"Heroic fantasy" is the name I have given to a subgenre of fiction, otherwise called the "sword-and-sorcery" story.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Heroic fantasy · See more »

Historical fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Historical fiction · See more »

Hrólfr Kraki

Hrólfr Kraki, Hroðulf, Rolfo, Roluo, Rolf Krage (early 6th century) was a legendary Danish king who appears in both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Hrólfr Kraki · See more »

Hrolf Kraki's Saga

Hrolf Kraki's Saga is a fantasy novel by American writer Poul Anderson.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Hrolf Kraki's Saga · See more »

Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are a set of literary awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Hugo Award · See more »

Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Iceland · See more »

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings is a 2008 alternate history science fiction novel by American writer S. M. Stirling.

New!!: Poul Anderson and In the Courts of the Crimson Kings · See more »

Industrial slave

An industrial slave is a type of slave who typically worked in an industrial setting.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Industrial slave · See more »

John W. Campbell

John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor.

New!!: Poul Anderson and John W. Campbell · See more »

John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, or Campbell Memorial Award, is an annual award presented by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best science fiction novel published in English in the preceding calendar year.

New!!: Poul Anderson and John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel · See more »

Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Jupiter · See more »

Karen Anderson (writer)

Karen Anderson (born June Millichamp Kruse; September 16, 1932 – March 18, 2018) was the widow and sometime co-author of Poul Anderson and mother-in-law of writer Greg Bear.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Karen Anderson (writer) · See more »

Lin Carter

Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Lin Carter · See more »

Linguistic purism in English

Linguistic purism in the English language is the belief that words of native origin should be used instead of foreign-derived ones (which are mainly Latinate and Greek).

New!!: Poul Anderson and Linguistic purism in English · See more »

Locus (magazine)

Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Locus (magazine) · See more »

Locus Award

The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly based in Oakland, California, United States.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Locus Award · See more »

Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Middle Ages · See more »

Modern liberalism in the United States

Modern American liberalism is the dominant version of liberalism in the United States.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Modern liberalism in the United States · See more »

Mythopoeic Awards

The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given by the Mythopoeic Society to authors of outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Mythopoeic Awards · See more »

Mythopoeic Society

The Mythopoeic Society (MythSoc) is a non-profit organization devoted to the study of mythopoeic literature, particularly the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and C. S. Lewis, all members of The Inklings, an informal group of writers who met weekly in C.S. Lewis’ rooms at Magdalen College, Oxford, from the early 1930s through late 1949.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Mythopoeic Society · See more »

Nebula Award

The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Nebula Award · See more »

Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Neolithic · See more »

Nicholas van Rijn

Nicholas van Rijn (2376 to c. 2500 AD) is a fictional character who plays the central role in the first half of Poul Anderson's Technic History.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Nicholas van Rijn · See more »

No Truce with Kings

"No Truce With Kings" is a science fiction novella by American writer Poul Anderson.

New!!: Poul Anderson and No Truce with Kings · See more »

Norns

The Norns (norn, plural: nornir) in Norse mythologyThe article in Nordisk familjebok (1907).

New!!: Poul Anderson and Norns · See more »

Odin

In Germanic mythology, Odin (from Óðinn /ˈoːðinː/) is a widely revered god.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Odin · See more »

Old Norse religion

Old Norse religion developed from early Germanic religion during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic people separated into a distinct branch of the Germanic peoples.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Old Norse religion · See more »

Orinda, California

Orinda is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Orinda, California · See more »

Orwellian

"Orwellian" is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Orwellian · See more »

Pegasus Award

The Pegasus Award is the premier award in the Filk music field.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Pegasus Award · See more »

Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer known for his work in science fiction.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Philip K. Dick · See more »

Polcon

Polcon is the oldest Polish science fiction convention, organized each year in a different place by the local science fiction club.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Polcon · See more »

Prometheus Award

The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society, which also publishes the quarterly journal Prometheus.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Prometheus Award · See more »

Right-libertarianism

Right-libertarianism (or right-wing libertarianism) refers to libertarian political philosophies that advocate negative rights, natural law and a major reversal of the modern welfare state.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Right-libertarianism · See more »

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (See also the biography at the end of For Us, the Living, 2004 edition, p. 261. July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science-fiction writer.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Robert A. Heinlein · See more »

S. M. Stirling

Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a French-born Canadian-American science-fiction and fantasy author.

New!!: Poul Anderson and S. M. Stirling · See more »

Sandra Miesel

Sandra Louise Miesel (born Sandra Louise Schwartz on November 25, 1941) is an American medievalist, writer and science fiction and fantasy fan.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Sandra Miesel · See more »

Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Science fiction · See more »

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, or SFWA is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America · See more »

Serfdom

Serfdom is the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Serfdom · See more »

Society for Creative Anachronism

The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Society for Creative Anachronism · See more »

Solution Unsatisfactory

"Solution Unsatisfactory" is a 1941 science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Solution Unsatisfactory · See more »

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Soviet Union · See more »

Spy fiction

Spy fiction, a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device, emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and intrigues between the major powers, and the establishment of modern intelligence agencies.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Spy fiction · See more »

Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Stone Age · See more »

Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America

The Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America or SAGA was an informal group of American fantasy authors active from the 1960s through the 1980s, noted for their contributions to the "Sword and Sorcery" kind of heroic fantasy, itself a subgenre of fantasy.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America · See more »

Tau Zero

Tau Zero is a hard science fiction novel by Poul Anderson.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Tau Zero · See more »

Terraforming

Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to the environment of Earth to make it habitable by Earth-like life.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Terraforming · See more »

The Broken Sword

The Broken Sword is a fantasy novel by American writer Poul Anderson, originally published in 1954.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The Broken Sword · See more »

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.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls · See more »

The Corridors of Time

The Corridors of Time is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in 1966 as a serial in Amazing Stories, May–June 1965 and as a book by Doubleday.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The Corridors of Time · See more »

The High Crusade

The High Crusade is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson, about the consequences of an extraterrestrial scoutship landing in Medieval England.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The High Crusade · See more »

The Man Who Came Early

"The Man Who Came Early" is a science fiction short story by Danish-American author Poul Anderson.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The Man Who Came Early · See more »

The Other Change of Hobbit

The Other Change of Hobbit (sometimes abbreviated TOCOH) is a science fiction and fantasy bookstore, formerly located in Berkeley, California and then El Cerrito; it no longer has a physical location.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The Other Change of Hobbit · See more »

The People of the Wind

The People of the Wind is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in 1973.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The People of the Wind · See more »

The Pirate (short story)

"The Pirate" is a science fiction short story by Poul Anderson that first appeared in the October 1968 issue of Analog.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The Pirate (short story) · See more »

The Queen of Air and Darkness (novella)

"The Queen of Air and Darkness" is a science fiction novella by American writer Poul Anderson.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The Queen of Air and Darkness (novella) · See more »

The Star Fox

The Star Fox is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson, first published in 1965.

New!!: Poul Anderson and The Star Fox · See more »

Three Hearts and Three Lions

Three Hearts and Three Lions is a 1961 fantasy novel by American writer Poul Anderson, expanded from a 1953 novella by Anderson which appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Three Hearts and Three Lions · See more »

Time travel

Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Time travel · See more »

Un-Man

"Un-Man" is a science fiction novella by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in the January 1953 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Un-Man · See more »

Uncleftish Beholding

"Uncleftish Beholding" (1989) is a short text written by Poul Anderson.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Uncleftish Beholding · See more »

United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

New!!: Poul Anderson and United Nations · See more »

United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

New!!: Poul Anderson and United States Army · See more »

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

New!!: Poul Anderson and University of Minnesota · See more »

Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Venus · See more »

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Vietnam War · See more »

Waterspider

"Waterspider" is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1964 in If magazine.

New!!: Poul Anderson and Waterspider · See more »

William Tenn

William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements.

New!!: Poul Anderson and William Tenn · See more »

World government

World government or global government is the notion of a common political authority for all of humanity, yielding a global government and a single state that exercises authority over the entire Earth.

New!!: Poul Anderson and World government · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Poul Anderson and World War II · See more »

World War III

World War III (WWIII or WW3) and the Third World War are names given to a hypothetical third worldwide large-scale military conflict subsequent to World War I and World War II.

New!!: Poul Anderson and World War III · See more »

Redirects here:

A A Craig, A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows, A. A. Craig, Anderson, Poul, High Treason (Anderson story), High Treason (short story), Michael Karageorge, P A Kingsley, P. A. Kinglsey, Pohl anderson, Poul W. Anderson, Poul William Anderson, Poul anderson, Twilight World (novel), Winston P Saunders, Winston P. Sanders, Winston P. Saunders.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poul_Anderson

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »