Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson has written at least 257 books. Their most popular book is Tau Zero with 122 saves with an average rating of 3.64⭐.
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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30 • 122 Readers • 196 pages • 3.6
1954 • 103 Readers • 3.4
#1 of 14 in Thieves' World
1979 • 45 Readers • 308 pages • 3.6
#2.5 of 3 in Operation Otherworld
1953 • 43 Readers • 232 pages • 3.5
1989 • 42 Readers • 530 pages • 3.1
1960 • 37 Readers • 196 pages • 3.5
1954 • 18 Readers • 3.8
#2 in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
1900 • 13 Readers • 672 pages • 3.5
2012 • 12 Readers • 480 pages • 3.5
2001 • 11 Readers • 422 pages • 3
1998 • 7 Readers • 383 pages • 3
2013 • 7 Readers • 384 pages • 2.7
1991 • 6 Readers • 438 pages • 3.5
1965 • 6 Readers • 187 pages • 3
2003 • 6 Readers • 448 pages • 4
1965 • 6 Readers • 204 pages • 3.3
2004 • 5 Readers • 448 pages
1971 • 4 Readers • 160 pages
2001 • 4 Readers • 235 pages • 4
9 Future History of the Polesotechnic League
1964 • 4 Readers • 159 pages • 3.5
1980 • 3 Readers • 251 pages • 3
2001 • 3 Readers • 424 pages • 3.5
1974 • 3 Readers • 232 pages
1962 • 3 Readers • 166 pages • 2
1978 • 3 Readers • 404 pages • 3.3
1995 • 3 Readers • 448 pages • 3
1961 • 3 Readers • 164 pages
1958 • 3 Readers • 218 pages
2009 • 2 Readers • 510 pages • 4
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1973 • 2 Readers • 261 pages
1982 • 2 Readers • 258 pages
2013 • 2 Readers • 3
9 Future History of the Polesotechnic League
1966 • 2 Readers • 190 pages • 3
1992 • 2 Readers • 377 pages • 2
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#1 of 2 in Psychotechnic League
1981 • 2 Readers • 285 pages • 3
1981 • 2 Readers • 164 pages • 4
#18 of 25 in Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories
1988 • 2 Readers • 362 pages
9 Foundation (Publication Order)
1989 • 2 Readers • 464 pages
1964 • 2 Readers
#1 of 3 in Time Patrol
1955 • 2 Readers • 624 pages • 4
1999 • 2 Readers • 304 pages • 3.5
1973 • 2 Readers • 176 pages
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1996 • 2 Readers • 304 pages
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1976 • 2 Readers • 222 pages • 3
1979 • 2 Readers • 273 pages
1987 • 2 Readers • 575 pages
1963 • 2 Readers • 104 pages • 4
#2.5 of 3 in Operation Otherworld
1953 • 2 Readers • 213 pages • 3
Planned book #321 of 39 in LOA
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1984 • 2 Readers • 284 pages
1967 • 2 Readers • 150 pages • 3
1960 • 2 Readers
9 Future History of the Polesotechnic League
1968 • 2 Readers • 224 pages
#6 of 4 in Technic Civilization Saga
2010 • 2 Readers • 596 pages • 4
2001 • 1 Reader • 415 pages • 2
#1 of 1 in What Might Have Been
1989 • 1 Reader • 292 pages
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2001 • 1 Reader • 270 pages
2000 • 1 Reader • 423 pages
1974 • 1 Reader • 192 pages • 4
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1975 • 1 Reader • 264 pages
2015 • 1 Reader • 145 pages
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#4 of 1 in Schmidt Analog Anthologies
1982 • 1 Reader • 287 pages • 3
1974 • 1 Reader • 284 pages
1963 • 1 Reader • 3
1977 • 1 Reader
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1975 • 1 Reader • 242 pages
Planned book #1 of 4 in The King of Ys
1 Reader • 1,216 pages
1978 • 1 Reader