3.5
Ensign Flandry Deep Space Intrigue That Prefigured the Worlds of David Weber and David Drake
In this reissue from ibook we come across Ensign Dominic Flandry, a 19-year-old recent graduate of the Terran Naval Academy for whom the galaxy is a harsh place. That is of course until he finds himself on the mission of a life-time when he is recruited by Commander Max Goldstein, of Earth Intelligence and assigned to infiltrate the Draconian Empire and steal their military secrets. There's only one problem, through the underhand work of unseen powers he is branded a traitor and finds himself hunted by both his masters on Earth and the Draconian secret police. A James Bond style hero of the future these novels featuring Dominic Flandry, which have been out of print in the UK for over 20 years will be welcomed by Anderson's legion of fans and bring him to the attention of a whole new generation of readers.
FictionScience Fiction
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERibooks, Incorporated
LENGTH203
LANGUAGEEN
Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kruse in 1953. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is married to science fiction author Greg Bear. Anderson was the sixth President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972. He was a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies. He was a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. 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. Poul Anderson died of cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital. Several of his novels were published posthumously. Source: Goodreads
3.5
Ensign Flandry Deep Space Intrigue That Prefigured the Worlds of David Weber and David Drake
In this reissue from ibook we come across Ensign Dominic Flandry, a 19-year-old recent graduate of the Terran Naval Academy for whom the galaxy is a harsh place. That is of course until he finds himself on the mission of a life-time when he is recruited by Commander Max Goldstein, of Earth Intelligence and assigned to infiltrate the Draconian Empire and steal their military secrets. There's only one problem, through the underhand work of unseen powers he is branded a traitor and finds himself hunted by both his masters on Earth and the Draconian secret police. A James Bond style hero of the future these novels featuring Dominic Flandry, which have been out of print in the UK for over 20 years will be welcomed by Anderson's legion of fans and bring him to the attention of a whole new generation of readers.
FictionScience Fiction
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERibooks, Incorporated
LENGTH203
LANGUAGEEN
Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kruse in 1953. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is married to science fiction author Greg Bear. Anderson was the sixth President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972. He was a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies. He was a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. 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. Poul Anderson died of cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital. Several of his novels were published posthumously. Source: Goodreads
