The Best of Poul Anderson

The Best of Poul Anderson
First edition of The Best of Poul Anderson
AuthorPoul Anderson
Cover artistMara McAfee
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherPocket Books
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pagesxvi, 287
ISBN0-671-80671-8

The Best of Poul Anderson is a collection of writings by American science fiction and fantasy author Poul Anderson, first published in paperback by Pocket Books in August 1976. It was reprinted in August 1979.[1] The pieces were originally published between 1953 and 1970 in the magazines Astounding Science Fiction, Analog, Galaxy Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and the anthology The Farthest Reaches.

The book contains nine novellas, novelettes and short stories, together with an introduction by fellow science fiction writer Barry N. Malzberg and a second, general introduction and introductory notes on the individual stories by the author.

Contents

  • "Recollecting Anderson" (Barry N. Malzberg)
  • "Introduction"
  • "The Longest Voyage"
  • "The Barbarian"
  • "The Last of the Deliverers"
  • "My Object All Sublime"
  • "Sam Hall"
  • "Kyrie"
  • "The Fatal Fulfillment"
  • "Hiding Place"
  • "The Sky People"

References

  1. ^ The Best of Poul Anderson title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database