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War of the Wing-Men

War of the Wing-Men

Technic Civilization: Nicholas van Rijn: Book 1

Poul Anderson

Three Terrans crash on a planet whose food is poison to them. They have to get to the other side of the planet where a Terran base camp can feed them. Unfortunately they get embroiled in a war between rival tribes of wing-men. van Rijn uses his wits to manipulate the situation to his own benefit and brings about a truce.

A shorter version appeared in Ace Double D-303 in 1958. Slightly different versions have appeared as The Man Who Counts and The Earth Book of Stormgate 2.

Trader to the Stars

Trader to the Stars

Technic Civilization: Nicholas van Rijn: Book 2

Poul Anderson

Meet that twenty-first century stellar trader, Nicholas Van Rijn, and get set for one of the finest creations of Poul Anderson.

Contents:

Hiding Place
Territory
The Master Key

Satan's World

Satan's World

Technic Civilization: Nicholas van Rijn: Book 3

Poul Anderson

Falkayn simultaneously discovers a lead on a potentially very valuable planet and evidence of a deep penetration of human society by agents of an unknown alien race, and must race to claim the planet for van Rijn and to head off whatever it is the aliens are up to. Right in the heart of the Commonwealth, on Luna, van Rijn takes independent action -- breaking the law -- to close down the alien spies, and then follows Falkayn to meet the aliens.

Mirkheim

Mirkheim

Technic Civilization: Nicholas van Rijn: Book 4

Poul Anderson

When the Baburites, an alien race, claim the phenomenally metal-rich core of the blasted planet, Mirkheim, a union of interplanetary governments joins with the Terran empire's Polesotechnic League in clamoring for war against the interlopers.