Poul Anderson

American science fiction writer (1926–2001)

For other people with similar names, see Poul Andersen (disambiguation) and Paul Anderson.

Poul Anderson

Anderson at Polcon in 1985

Born| Poul William Anderson
(1926-11-25)November 25, 1926
Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died| July 31, 2001(2001-07-31) (aged 74)
Orinda, California, U.S.[1][2]
Pen name| A. A. Craig
Michael Karageorge
Winston P. Sanders
P. A. Kingsley[3]
Occupation| Writer
Nationality| American
Period| 1948–2001
Genre| Science fiction
Fantasy
Mystery
Historical fiction
Notable works|

* The Broken Sword
* Tau Zero
* Three Hearts and Three Lions

Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001)[4] was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He was nominated seven times for the Hugo Award and five times for the Nebula Award.[5][6]

## Biography[edit]

Poul Anderson was born on November 25, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Danish parents.[7] Soon after his birth, his father, Anton Anderson, relocated the family to Texas, where they lived for more than ten years. After Anton Anderson's death, his widow took the children to Denmark. The family returned to the United States after the beginning of World War II, settling eventually on a Minnesota farm.

While he was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota, Anderson's first stories were published by editor John W. Campbell in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction: "Tomorrow's Children" by Anderson and F. N. Waldrop in March 1947 and a sequel, "Chain of Logic" by Anderson alone, in July.[a] He earned his BA in physics with honors but became a freelance writer after he graduated in 1948. His third story was printed in the December Astounding.[8]

Anderson married Karen Kruse in 1953 and relocated with her to the San Francisco Bay area.[9] Their daughter Astrid (later married to science fiction author Greg Bear[10]) was born in 1954[citation needed]. They made their home in Orinda, California.[11] Over the years Poul gave many readings at The Other Change of Hobbit bookstore in Berkeley; his widow later donated his typewriter and desk to the store.[citation needed]

In 1954, he published the fantasy novel The Broken Sword, one of his most known works.

In 1965, Algis Budrys said that Anderson "has for some time been science fiction's best storyteller".[12] He was a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) in 1966 and of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), also during the mid-1960s. The latter was a group of Heroic fantasy authors organized by Lin Carter, originally eight in number, with entry by credentials as a fantasy writer alone. Anderson was the sixth President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972.

Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1985 novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls to Anderson and eight of the other members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy.[13][14]

The Science Fiction Writers of America made Anderson its 16th SFWA Grand Master in 1998.[15] In 2000's fifth class, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame as one of two deceased and two living writers.[16]

He died of prostate cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital. A few of his novels were first published posthumously.

## Awards, honors and nominations[edit]

* Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy (1978)[17]
* Hugo Award (seven nominations)[5]
* John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2000)[18]
* Inkpot Award (1986)[19]
* Locus Award (41 nominations; one win, 1972)[20]
* Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (one win (1975))[21]
* Nebula Award (five nominations)[6]
* Pegasus Award (best adaptation, with Anne Passovoy) (1998)
* Prometheus Award (one win and four nominations, as well as Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2001)[22]
* SFWA Grand Master (1997)[15]
* Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2000)[16]
* Asteroid 7758 Poulanderson, discovered by Eleanor Helin at Palomar in 1990, was named in his honor.[23] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center shortly after his death on September 2, 2001 (M.P.C. 43381).[24]

## Bibliography[edit]

Main article: Poul Anderson bibliography

See also: Category:Works by Poul Anderson

Anderson's novella Witch of the Demon Seas (published under his "A. A. Craig" byline) was the cover story in the January 1951 issue of Planet Stories. Anderson's novelette "Inside Earth" was the cover story in the April 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.

## See also[edit]

* Speculative fiction portal

## Explanatory notes[edit]

1. ^ Anderson continued his first two stories more than a decade later. He added a novella and an epilogue, constituting the collection of four pieces (termed a novel), Twilight World: A Science Fiction Novel of Tomorrow's Children (Dodd, Mead). Waldrop was not credited.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Douglas Martin (August 3, 2001). "Poul Anderson, Science Fiction Novelist, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
2. ^ Harris M. Lentz III (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre ... McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 9780786452064. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
3. ^ Lee Gold. "Tracking Down The First Deliberate Use Of "Filk Song"". Retrieved August 11, 2007.
4. ^ David V Barrett (August 4, 2001). "Obituary: Poul Anderson (Prolific writer of science fiction's golden age)". The Guardian. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
5. ^ a b "Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award: Complete Hugo Award novel listing". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
6. ^ a b "Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award: Complete Nebula Award novel listing". Worlds Without End. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
7. ^ Barrett, David V. (August 6, 2001). "Poul Anderson: Prolific Writer of Science Fiction's Golden Age". The Guardian. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
8. ^ a b Poul Anderson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved April 22, 2013.
9. ^ Martin, Douglas (August 3, 2001). "Poul Anderson, Science Fiction Novelist, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
10. ^ Holland, Steve (December 29, 2022). "Greg Bear obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
11. ^ "Writer Poul Anderson, 74, Dies". Washington Post. August 3, 2001. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
12. ^ Budrys, Algis (February 1965). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 153–159.
13. ^ Heinlein, Robert A (1986). The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. New England Library. ISBN 0-450-39315-1.
14. ^ Heinlein's Dedications Page Jane Davitt & Tim Morgan. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
15. ^ a b "Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master" Archived July 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Retrieved March 22, 2013.
16. ^ a b "Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame" Archived May 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Mid American Science Fiction and Fantasy Conventions, Inc. Retrieved March 22, 2013. This was the official website of the hall of fame to 2004.
17. ^ "Anderson, Poul" Archived October 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees. Locus Publications. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
18. ^ "Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award: 2000 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
19. ^ "Inkpot Award". December 6, 2012.
20. ^ "Anderson, Poul". The Locus Index to SF Awards: Locus Award Nominees List. Locus Publications. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
21. ^ "Mythopoeic Society Award Winners". Mythopoeic Society.
22. ^ "Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award: Complete Prometheus Award novel listing". Worlds Without End. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
23. ^ "7758 Poulanderson (1990 KT)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
24. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 21, 2019.

## Sources[edit]

* Miesel, Sandra (1978). Against Time's Arrow: The High Crusade of Poul Anderson. Borgo Press. ISBN 0-89370-124-6.
* Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. pp. 8–10. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

## External links[edit]

Wikiquote has quotations related to Poul Anderson.

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* Bio, bibliography and book covers at FantasticFiction
* Obituary and tributes from the SFWA
* Poul Anderson Appreciation, by Dr. Paul Shackley
* Poul Anderson, an essay by William Tenn
* The Society for Creative Anachronism, of which Poul Anderson was a founding member
* The King of Ys review at FantasyLiterature.net Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
* "Poul Anderson biography". Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
* Poul Anderson at Library of Congress, with 135 library catalog records
* Poul Anderson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
* Poul Anderson at the Internet Book List
* Poul Anderson at Curlie

By Poul Anderson

* Works by Poul Anderson in eBook form at Standard Ebooks
* Works by Poul Anderson at Project Gutenberg
* Works by or about Poul Anderson at Internet Archive
* Works by Poul Anderson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
* Works by Poul Anderson at Open Library
* On Thud and Blunder, an essay by Anderson on fantasy fiction, from the SFWA
* Poul Anderson's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
* SFWA directory of literary estates

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Works by Poul Anderson

Hoka!|

* Earthman's Burden
* Star Prince Charlie
* Hoka!

The Psychotechnic League|

* Star Ways
* The Snows of Ganymede
* Virgin Planet
* The Psychotechnic League
* Cold Victory
* Starship

Technic History|

| Polesotechnic League period
of Nicholas van Rijn|

* War of the Wing-Men
* Trader to the Stars
* The Trouble Twisters
* Satan's World
* The Earth Book of Stormgate
* Mirkheim
* The People of the Wind

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Terran Empire period
of Dominic Flandry|

* Ensign Flandry
* A Circus of Hells
* The Rebel Worlds
* The Day of Their Return
* Agent of the Terran Empire
* Flandry of Terra
* A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
* A Stone in Heaven
* The Game of Empire
* The Long Night
* Let the Spacemen Beware

History of Rustum|

* Orbit Unlimited
* New America

Maurai|

* Maurai and Kith
* Orion Shall Rise

Other science fiction novels|

* Flight to Forever
* Vault of the Ages
* Brain Wave
* Question and Answer
* No World of Their Own
* The Long Way Home
* Perish by the Sword
* War of Two Worlds
* The Enemy Stars
* The High Crusade
* Murder in Black Letter
* Twilight World
* After Doomsday
* The Makeshift Rocket
* Murder Bound
* Shield
* Three Worlds to Conquer
* The Corridors of Time
* The Star Fox
* The Fox, the Dog and the Griffin: A Folk Tale Adapted from the Danish of C. Molbeck
* World Without Stars
* Tau Zero
* The Byworlder
* The Dancer from Atlantis
* There Will Be Time
* Fire Time
* Inheritors of Earth
* The Winter of the World
* The Avatar
* The Demnon of Scattery
* The Devil's Game
* The Boat of a Million Years
* The Saturn Game
* The Longest Voyage
* War of the Gods
* Starfarers
* Genesis
* Mother of Kings
* For Love and Glory

Collections|

* Strangers from Earth
* Un-Man and Other Novellas
* Time and Stars
* The Horn of Time
* Beyond the Beyond
* Seven Conquest
* Tales of the Flying Mountains
* The Queen of Air and Darkness and Other Stories
* The Worlds of Poul Anderson
* The Many Worlds of Poul Anderson
* Homeward and Beyond
* The Best of Poul Anderson
* Homebrew
* Winners
* The Night Face & Other Stories
* The Dark Between the Stars
* Explorations
* Fantasy
* Winners
* Cold Victory
* The Gods Laughed
* Starship
* The Winter of the World / The Queen of Air and Darkness
* Conflict
* The Long Night
* Past Times
* The Unicorn Trade
* Dialogue With Darkness
* Space Folk
* Alight in the Void
* The Armies of Elfland
* Inconstant Star
* Kinship With the Stars
* All One Universe
* Going for Infinity
* Swordsmen from the Stars

Operation Otherworld|

* Operation Chaos
* Operation Luna

Other fantasy novels|

* Three Hearts and Three Lions
* The Broken Sword
* Hrolf Kraki's Saga
* A Midsummer Tempest
* The Merman's Children
* Conan the Rebel
* War of the Gods

Historical novels|

* The Golden Slave
* Rogue Sword
* Mother of Kings

Novellas and short stories|

* "Brake"
* "Call Me Joe"
* "Delenda Est"
* "Entity"
* "Eutopia"
* "Goat Song"
* "The Light"
* "The Longest Voyage"
* "The Man Who Came Early"
* "Marius"
* "Memory"
* "Night Piece"
* "No Truce with Kings"
* "The Pirate"
* "The Queen of Air and Darkness"
* "Quest"
* "Sam Hall"
* "The Saturn Game"
* "The Sensitive Man"
* "The Sharing of Flesh"
* "Un-Man"

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Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Awards (SFWA Grand Masters)

1975–1999|

* Robert A. Heinlein (1975)
* Jack Williamson (1976)
* Clifford D. Simak (1977)
* L. Sprague de Camp (1979)
* Fritz Leiber (1981)
* Andre Norton (1984)
* Arthur C. Clarke (1986)
* Isaac Asimov (1987)
* Alfred Bester (1988)
* Ray Bradbury (1989)
* Lester del Rey (1991)
* Frederik Pohl (1993)
* Damon Knight (1995)
* A. E. van Vogt (1996)
* Jack Vance (1997)
* Poul Anderson (1998)
* Hal Clement (1999)

2000–present|

* Brian Aldiss (2000)
* Philip José Farmer (2001)
* Ursula K. Le Guin (2003)
* Robert Silverberg (2004)
* Anne McCaffrey (2005)
* Harlan Ellison (2006)
* James Gunn (2007)
* Michael Moorcock (2008)
* Harry Harrison (2009)
* Joe Haldeman (2010)
* Connie Willis (2012)
* Gene Wolfe (2013)
* Samuel R. Delany (2014)
* Larry Niven (2015)
* C. J. Cherryh (2016)
* Jane Yolen (2017)
* Peter S. Beagle (2018)
* William Gibson (2019)
* Lois McMaster Bujold (2020)
* Nalo Hopkinson (2021)
* Mercedes Lackey (2022)
* Robin McKinley (2023)

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Inkpot Award (1980s)

1980|

* Terry Austin
* Murray Bishoff
* Pat Boyette
* John Byrne
* National Film Board of Canada
* Ernie Chan
* Chris Claremont
* Shary Flenniken
* Mike Friedrich
* Rick Geary
* Don Glut
* S. Gross
* Al Hartley
* B. Kliban
* Jerry Muller
* Joe Orlando
* Fred Patten
* Don Phelps
* Richard Pini
* Wendy Pini
* David Raskin
* Scott Shaw!
* Jim Shooter
* John Stanley
* B. K. Taylor
* Osamu Tezuka
* Adam West
* Wally Wood

1981|

* Jerry Bails
* L. B. Cole
* Jim Fitzpatrick
* Dick Giordano
* Dave Graue
* Paul Gulacy
* Mary Henderson
* Karl Hubenthal
* Bil Keane
* Frank Miller
* Doug Moench
* Monkey Punch
* Dennis O'Neil
* Gary Owens
* Richard Rockwell
* Allen Saunders
* Julius Schwartz
* Mike Sekowsky
* Bill Sienkiewicz
* Dave Sim
* Alex Toth
* Morrie Turner
* Bill Woggon

1982|

* Bob Bindig
* Brian Bolland
* Russ Cochran
* David Cockrum
* Max Allan Collins
* Chase Craig
* Archie Goodwin
* Mike Grell
* Bruce Hamilton
* Jack Katz
* Howard Kazanjian
* Hank Ketcham
* Walter Koenig
* Richard Kyle
* Lee Marrs
* Frank Marshall
* John Pound
* Tony Raiola
* Steven Spielberg
* Leonard Starr
* Robert Williams

1983|

* Douglas Adams
* Maeheah Alzmann
* Jim Aparo
* Don Bluth
* Floyd Gottfredson
* Norman Maurer
* George Pérez
* Arn Saba
* Dan Spiegle
* Joe Staton
* James Van Hise
* Cat Yronwode

1984|

* Murphy Anderson
* Román Arámbula
* Greg Bear
* Fae Gates Desmond
* Stan Drake
* John Field
* Rick Hoberg
* Greg Jein
* Ollie Johnston
* Brant Parker
* Robert Shayne
* Curt Swan
* Frank Thomas
* Jim Valentino
* Al Williamson

1985|

* Brent Anderson
* Ben Bova
* David Brin
* Jack Cummings
* Jack Davis
* Alan Moore
* Dan O'Bannon
* Tom Orzechowski
* John Rogers
* Alex Schomburg
* Walt Simonson

1986|

* Poul Anderson
* Marion Zimmer Bradley
* Dave Gibbons
* Jean "Moebius" Giraud
* Gilbert Hernandez
* Jaime Hernandez
* Denis Kitchen
* Steve Leialoha
* Marty Nodell
* Harvey Pekar
* Mark Stadler
* Dave Stevens

1987|

* Steve Ditko
* Harlan Ellison
* Larry Geeck
* Ward Kimball
* Deni Loubert
* Bill Messner-Loebs
* Mike Peters
* Bill Schanes
* Steve Schanes
* Robert Silverberg
* Art Spiegelman
* Bernie Wrightson
* Ray Zone

1988|

* Frank Alison
* Robert Asprin
* Mike Baron
* Lynda Barry
* John Bolton
* Jules Feiffer
* Raymond E. Feist
* Matt Groening
* Gary Groth
* George R. R. Martin
* Mike Pasqua
* Steve Rude
* Marie Severin
* Matt Wagner

1989|

* Richard Alf
* Robert Crumb
* Howard Cruse
* Kevin Eastman
* Lee Falk
* Ron Goulart
* Walt Kelly
* Peter Laird
* Syd Mead
* Andre Norton
* Jerry Robinson
* Diana Schutz
* Janet Tait
* Ron Turner
* Gahan Wilson

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