Adventures in Fiction: Poul Anderson
Our Appendix N Archeology and Adventures in Fiction series are meant to take a look at the writers and creators behind the genre(s) that helped to forge not only our favorite hobby but our lives. We invite you to explore the entirety of the series on our Adventures In Fiction home page.In celebration of the birth of Poul Anderson, we re-present this article. Enjoy!Adventures in Fiction: Poul Andersonby Michael...
Under the Sea: A Look at Poul Anderson’s The Merman’s Children
Under the Sea: The Merman’s Children by Poul Andersonby Fletcher VredenburghIf Poul Anderson avoids the fate of so many other Silver Age science fiction writers, it won’t be for his science fiction writing. They, especially the swashbuckling tales of space trader Nicholas van Rijn and super spy Dominic Flandry are smart and exciting. Anderson was an incredibly gifted storyteller, one of the very best, in fact. Nonetheless, his science...
Classic Covers: Poul Anderson
With scores of novels spanning the popular genres of science fiction and fantasy, with hundreds of magazine and anthology appearances, and with a career spanning the most creative era of visual marketing in publishing of the 20th century, Poul Anderson’s bibliography has the quintessential ‘Classic Covers’ ingredients. Here is but a small sample of the art that brought Anderson’s stories to...
Short Sorcery: Poul Anderson’s “The Tale of Hauk”
Short Sorcery: Poul Anderson’s “The Tale of Hauk”by Bill WardPoul Anderson, Grand Master of Science Fiction and author of over 100 books, always seems to bring a little something extra to the table when writing a tale invoking Norse mythology. Whether it be in the myth-inspired sword-and-sorcery classic The Broken Sword, or his novelized retellings of the sagas of figures like Hrolf-Kraki and Harald Hardrada, Anderson’s love for the...
Short Sorcery: Poul Anderson’s “Witch of the Demon Seas”
Short Sorcery: Poul Anderson’s “Witch of the Demon Seas”by Bill Ward“Let us not use words meant to impress the ignorant among ourselves,” said Chryseis scornfully. “Every sorcerer knows there is nothing of heaven or hell about magic. It is but the imposition of a pattern on other minds. It creates, by control of the senses, illusions of lycanthropy or whatever else is desired, or it binds the subject by the...
Some of My Favorite Sword-and-Sorcery Monsters
Some of My Favorite Sword-and-Sorcery Monstersby Bill WardWhere would hulking barbarians and fantastic swordsmen be without monsters to pit their steel against? Sword-and-sorcery, that delicious combination of adventure fiction and supernatural horror, is as famed for its weird foes as it is for its self-reliant protagonists. And while it isn’t locked into strict adherence to formula, every writer of sword-and-sorcery since the...
Ten Sword-and-Sorcery Tales For the Haunting Season
Ten Sword-and-Sorcery Tales For the Haunting Seasonby Brian MurphyOn a blog such as this, I doubt I’m alone in my irrational love of Halloween, a holiday for me that, more than Thanksgiving or Christmas, evokes a Ray Bradbury-like level of nostalgia and anticipation. Here in New England, I find that as the leaves begin to turn and October shadows lengthen, so too do my thoughts drift from my natural sword-and-sorcery bent toward the...
Poul Anderson’s The High Crusade
Poul Anderson’s The High Crusadeby Bill Ward“At the moment, all was triumph. Red-splashed, panting, in scorched and dinted armor, Sir Roger de Tourneville rode a weary horse back to the main fortress. After him came the lancers, archers, yeomen — ragged, battered, shoulders slumped with exhaustion. But the Te Deum was on their lips, rising beneath the strange constellations that twinkled forth, and their banners flew...
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