The Earth Book of Stormgate

by Poul Anderson

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'Behold these annals from the Discovery and on through the World-Taking.This is the tale as told by Terrans, who walk the earth.Then read.'THE EARTH BOOK OF STORMGATE POUL ANDERSON'S MIGHTY EPIC OF FUTURE HISTORYThe full length story forming the core of the chronicle of the expansion of earthmen into the inhabited galaxy . . . from the Earth Book kept in the Stormgate archive of the great winged race of Ythri.

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A collection of linked stories chronicling humanity's expansion into a galaxy inhabited by the winged Ythri, focusing on the cultural clashes and settlements at a key location called Stormgate, featuring recurring characters like trader Van Rijn and adventurer Falkayn as they navigate this galactic frontier and its unique winged race over centuries.
If you have never read Poul Anderson's future history stories of the Polesotechnic League, this is a great place to start. By the end of this collection of short stories and short novels you will have become very familiar with some wonderful characters and an enchanting imaginative history. My favorite stories were the last four in this work , "The Season of Forgiveness," "Lodestar," "Wingless on Avalon," and Rescue on Avalon." These specific stories further the relationship between humans and the wonderful winged ones the Ythrians.
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The Earth Book of Stormgate is an anthology of short stories and one short novel by Poul Anderson published in 1978. The stories are part of Anderson's "Future History", in particular the time of the Polesotechnic League and the humans interactions with the Ythri. There is a framing story, written by one of the Ythri of Stormgate, which I also found to be of interest. I may have read some of the stories when they were first published but they all seemed new to me and I enjoyed visiting Anderson's universe.
This is another of Anderson's collections of short stories written as one novel. It still has that updated Doc Smith feel, and is worth reading.
This is a book of short stories all of which tell of the trader Nicholas van Rijn and the adventurer David Falkayne. The back cover says " it rounds and completes the future history of the Polesotechnic League that spans four thousand years of Earth's interstellar empire..."
Tra i grandi affreschi di "storia futura" tanto cari agli scrittori di fantascienza questo della Lega Polesotecnica di Poul Anderson è certo uno dei più ricchi e vividi. Le avventure del furbo e simpatico mercante Nicholas van Rijn, e del coraggioso esploratore David Falkayn, hanno dato, poco per volta col passare degli anni, forma e consistenza a un "opus magnus" tra i più validi ed importanti della moderna fantascienza. Il presente volume raccoglie undici storie della serie. Questi racconti e romanzi brevi, che si estendono per un arco di quasi mille anni di storia futura, e sono correlati tra loro da una dettagliata carta cronologica dell'intero "arazzo futuro" di Anderson, raccontano minuziosamente l'espansione dei terrestri show more nella Galassia, il loro incontro con altre razze intelligenti, la nascita e il declino della Lega Polesotecnica (un'associazione di principi-mercanti che ambisce a colonizzare i mondi alieni e a portare in tutta la Galassia le regole del libero commercio). In questo memorabile quadro delineato da Anderson spicca nettamente il complesso e travagliato rapporto tra i terrestri e gli uomini alati di Avalon, che è il filo conduttore che lega i racconti del volume e li inserisce nella struttura omogenea e compatta di una saga di rara bellezza. show less

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Poul Anderson, November 25, 1926 - July 31, 2001 Poul Anderson was born on November 25, 1926 in Bristol, Pennsylvania to parents Anton and Astrid. After his father's death, Poul's mother took them first to Denmark and then to Maryland and Minnesota. He earned his degree in Physics from the University of Minnesota, but chose instead to write show more stories for science fiction magazines, such as "Astounding." Anderson is considered a "hard science fiction" writer, meaning that his books have a basis in scientific fact. To attain this high level of scientific realism, Anderson spent many hours researching his topics with scientists and professors. He liked to write about individual liberty and free will, which was a well known theme in many of his books. He also liked to incorporate his love of Norse mythology into his stories, sometimes causing his modern day characters to find themselves in fantastical worlds, such as in "Three Hearts and Three Lions," published in 1961. Anderson has written over a hundred books, his last novel, "Genesis" won the John W. Campbell Award, one of the three major science fiction awards. He is a former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and won three Nebula awards and nine Hugo Awards. In 1997, Anderson was named a Grandmaster by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was also inducted into the Science Fiction Fantasy Hall of Fame. Poul Anderson died on July 31, 2001 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title*
Das Erdenbuch von Sturmtor
Original title
The Earth Book of Stormgate
Original publication date
1978-06
People/Characters
Nicholas van Rijn; David Falkayn
Important places
Avalon (fictional planet)
Dedication
To Geoff Kidd
First words
To those who read, good flight.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Fair winds forever.
Publisher's editor*
Rahn, Rainer Michael
Original language*
Englisch
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Science Fiction, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
813.5Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-1999
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PZ4 .A549Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction in English

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