Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson has written at least 263 books. Their most popular book is Tau Zero with 132 saves with an average rating of 3.66⭐.
Author Bio
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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1954 • 108 Readers • 3.4
#1 of 14 in Thieves' World
1979 • 45 Readers • 308 pages • 3.6
1989 • 45 Readers • 530 pages • 3.2
#2.5 of 3 in Operation Otherworld
1953 • 45 Readers • 232 pages • 3.5
1960 • 39 Readers • 196 pages • 3.5
1954 • 19 Readers • 3.8
2012 • 14 Readers • 480 pages • 3.5
#2 in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
1900 • 13 Readers • 672 pages • 3.5
2013 • 12 Readers • 384 pages • 3
2001 • 11 Readers • 422 pages • 3
2004 • 9 Readers • 448 pages
1991 • 9 Readers • 456 pages • 3.3
1998 • 7 Readers • 383 pages • 3
2003 • 6 Readers • 448 pages • 4
1965 • 6 Readers • 204 pages • 3.3
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2009 • 6 Readers • 510 pages • 3.2
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10 Future History of the Polesotechnic League
1964 • 4 Readers • 159 pages • 3.5
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1958 • 4 Readers • 218 pages
1970 • 3 Readers • 286 pages
2001 • 3 Readers • 424 pages • 3.5
1974 • 3 Readers • 232 pages
1980 • 3 Readers • 251 pages • 3
1962 • 3 Readers • 166 pages • 2
1978 • 3 Readers • 404 pages • 3.3
1995 • 3 Readers • 448 pages • 3
2011 • 3 Readers • 208 pages
#2.5 of 3 in Operation Otherworld
1953 • 3 Readers • 213 pages • 3
1973 • 2 Readers • 176 pages
1993 • 2 Readers • 657 pages • 4
#4 of 1 in Schmidt Analog Anthologies
1982 • 2 Readers • 287 pages • 2
10 Future History of the Polesotechnic League
1966 • 2 Readers • 190 pages • 3
1982 • 2 Readers • 258 pages
1992 • 2 Readers • 377 pages • 2
1981 • 2 Readers • 164 pages • 4
1996 • 2 Readers • 304 pages
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1973 • 2 Readers • 261 pages
#1 of 3 in Psychotechnic League
1981 • 2 Readers • 285 pages • 3
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1999 • 2 Readers • 304 pages • 3.5
#6 of 4 in Technic Civilization Saga
2010 • 2 Readers • 596 pages • 4
#1 of 3 in Time Patrol
1955 • 2 Readers • 624 pages • 4
#18 of 25 in Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories
1988 • 2 Readers • 362 pages
1976 • 2 Readers • 222 pages • 3
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2013 • 2 Readers • 3
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1987 • 2 Readers • 575 pages
1984 • 2 Readers • 284 pages
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1963 • 2 Readers • 104 pages • 4
10 Future History of the Polesotechnic League
1977 • 2 Readers • 218 pages • 4
Planned book #321 of 58 in LOA
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10 Future History of the Polesotechnic League
1968 • 2 Readers • 224 pages
1979 • 2 Readers • 273 pages
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#9 of 6 in Best Science Fiction Stories of the year (Del Rey/Dozois)
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1951 • 1 Reader • 112 pages