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Question and Answer
| Author: | Poul Anderson |
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NESFA Press, 2017 |
| Series: | The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson: Book 7 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Question and Answer: The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson (volume 7) continues the series of the best of his fantasy and science fiction stories published over his writing career of 50 years. It contains 6 short novels, 2 novellas, and 4 short stories.
"Question and Answer", the lead short novel tells the story of what may or may not be the first meeting between two different species, with a touch of politics and a mystery. The book's two-page frontispiece is an illustration of this story. "The Big Rain" is set on Venus while it is still being terraformed, and concludes the "Un-Man stories". Dominic Flandry is well represented in this volume, including the first time he meets Aycharaych of Chereion, his life-long nemesis. "The Troublemakers" examines life aboard a slower-than-light transport ship as it makes a voyage that will last over three generations. Finally, but not least, David Falkyn and his trader team open a planet for trade.
Table of Contents:
- 2 - Frontispiece (Question and Answer) - interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate
- 10 - Editor's Introduction (Question and Answer) - essay by Rick Katze
- 12 - Poul Anderson - essay by Vincent Di Fate
- 15 - Question and Answer - (1978) - novella (variant of Planet of No Return 1956)
- 80 - Tiger by the Tail - [Dominic Flandry] - (1951) - novelette
- 102 - The Big Rain - [Psychotechnic League] - (1954) - novella
- 152 - Warriors from Nowhere - [Dominic Flandry] - (1954) - short story (variant of The Ambassadors of Flesh)
- 166 - The Troublemakers - [Psychotechnic League] - (1953) - novella
- 203 - To Outlive Eternity - (1967) - novella
- 261 - A Message in Secret - [Dominic Flandry] - (1959) - novella
- 306 - In the Shadow - (1967) - novelette
- 323 - Trader Team - [David Falkayn] - (1965) - novella
- 392 - Honorable Enemies - [Dominic Flandry] - (1951) - novelette
- 410 - Outpost of Empire - [Dominic Flandry] - (1967) - novella
- 468 - Hunters of the Sky Cave - [Dominic Flandry] - (1965) - novel (variant of We Claim These Stars! 1959)
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