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Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson (1926-2001) was an American writer known for his contributions to science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction. He began his writing career during the Golden Age of sci-fi. With a background in physics, Anderson's science fiction was firmly rooted in scientific principles. His characters were well-crafted, introspective, and larger-than-life. He was the father-in-law of fellow science fiction author Greg Bear. Anderson published his first novel, Vault of the Ages, in 1952. Throughout his career, he won the Hugo Award seven times, the Nebula Award three times, the Prometheus Award four times, and received the Gandalf and SFWA Grand Master awards. Below is a chronological list of Poul Anderson’s books based on their original release dates.

Poul Anderson became a published novelist in 1951 with the novel Duel on Syrtis. Below is a list of Poul Anderson's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Flandry Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
We Claim These Stars (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Earthman, Go Home! (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mayday Orbit (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Agent of the Terran Empire (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flandry of Terra (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ensign Flandry (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rebel Worlds / Commander Flandry (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Circus of Hells (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Day of Their Return (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows / Knight Flandry (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Stone In Heaven (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Long Night (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Game of Empire (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tiger by the Tail! (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flandry's Legacy (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Future History Of The Polesotechnic League Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Ensign Flandry (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Circus of Hells (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rebel Worlds / Commander Flandry (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Day of Their Return (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Agent of the Terran Empire (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flandry of Terra (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows / Knight Flandry (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Stone In Heaven (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Game of Empire (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
We Claim These Stars (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Earthman, Go Home! (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mayday Orbit (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tiger by the Tail! (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Long Night (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flandry's Legacy (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Hadding Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
War of the Wing-Men / The Man Who Counts (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trader to the Stars (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Trouble Twisters (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Satan's World (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The People of the Wind (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mirkheim (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Earth Book of Stormgate (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Harvest Of Stars Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
War of the Wing-Men / The Man Who Counts (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trader to the Stars (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Trouble Twisters (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Satan's World (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Earth Book of Stormgate (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mirkheim (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The People of the Wind (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Hoka Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
War of the Gods (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Hoka Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Harvest of Stars (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Stars are Also Fire (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Harvest the Fire (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fleet of Stars (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Holger Danske Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Earthman's Burden (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Prince Charlie (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hoka! (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hokas Pokas! (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of King Of Ys Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Last Viking Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Three Hearts and Three Lions (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Midsummer Tempest (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Maurai Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Roma Mater (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gallicenae (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dahut (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dog and the Wolf (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Millenium Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Golden Horn (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Road of the Sea Horse (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sign of the Raven (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Operation Otherworld Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Horn of Time (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
There Will Be Time (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maurai & Kith (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Orion Shall Rise (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Psychotechnic League Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Legacy of Lehr (By: Katherine Kurtz) (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Chess With A Dragon (By: David Gerrold) (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Dark Traveling (By: Roger Zelazny) (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Project Pendulum (By: Robert Silverberg) (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Forever City (By: Richard A. Lupoff) (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year of the Ransom (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Joe Gosh (By: Tom De Haven) (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Place of Silver Silence (By: Ardath Mayhar) (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Homecoming (By: Barry B. Longyear) (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Time Patrol Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Operation Chaos (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Operation Luna (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Trygve Yamamura Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Peregrine / Star Ways (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Snows of Ganymede (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Virgin Planet (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Psycho-technic League (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cold Victory (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Starship (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Psycho-technic League (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cold Victory (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Snows of Ganymede (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Starship (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Virgin Planet (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Peregrine / Star Ways (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Guardians of Time (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Time Patrolman (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shield of Time (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Perish by the Sword (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in Black Letter (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder Bound (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collected Short Works Of Poul Anderson Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Vault of the Ages (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The War of Two Worlds (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brainwave (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Broken Sword (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No World of Their Own / The Long Way Home (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Planet of No Return / Question and Answer (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Enemy Stars / We Have Fed Our Seas (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rogue Sword (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The High Crusade (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Golden Slave (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Twilight World (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Makeshift Rocket (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
After Doomsday (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shield (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Let the Spacemen Beware! / The Night Face (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three Worlds To Conquer (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Star Fox (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Corridors of Time (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
World Without Stars (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tau Zero (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dancer From Atlantis (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Byworlder (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hrolf Kraki's Saga (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inheritors of Earth (With: Gordon Eklund) (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fire Time (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Homeward and Beyond (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Winter of the World (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two Worlds (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Avatar (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Merman's Children (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Demon of Scattery (With: Mildred Downey Broxon) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Devil's Game (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gods Laughed (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New America (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Truce with Kings & Ship of Shadows (With: Fritz Leiber) (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Boat of a Million Years (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inconstant Star (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alight in the Void (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Genesis (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Starfarers (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mother of Kings (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
For Love and Glory (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Duel on Syrtis (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inside Earth (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Security (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sensitive Man (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flight to Forever (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man Who Came Early (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Burning Bridge (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Industrial Revolution (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fox, the Dog, and the Griffin (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Losers' Night (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Going for Infinity (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Valor of Cappen Varra (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sentiment, Inc. (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Conan (Bantam) Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Un Man, And Other Novellas (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Orbit Unlimited (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Strangers From Earth (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Makeshift Rocket (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Time and Stars (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seven Conquests (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beyond the Beyond (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of the Flying Mountains (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Queen of Air and Darkness and Other Stories (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of Poul Anderson / The Many Worlds of Poul Anderson (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Homebrew (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of Poul Anderson (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Night Face and Other Stories (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fantasy (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Explorations (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dark Between Stars (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Winners (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conflict (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Past Times (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Unicorn Trade (With: Karen Anderson) (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dialogue with Darkness (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Space Folk (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kinship with the Stars (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Armies of Elfland (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
All One Universe (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Valor of Cappen Varra and Two Other Science Fiction Tales (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two Worlds of Poul Anderson: Science Fiction from the Golden Age (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fragile and Distant Suns (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Swordsmen from the Stars (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Pulp Writers Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Call Me Joe (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Queen of Air and Darkness (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Saturn Game (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Admiralty (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Door to Anywhere (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Bicycle Built for Brew (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Question and Answer (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Is There Life on Other Worlds? (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Infinite Voyage (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Writing & Selling Science Fiction (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Technic Civilization Saga Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Conan the Swordsman (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter,Björn Nyberg) (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conan the Liberator (By: L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conan: The Road of Kings (By: Karl Edward Wagner) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sword of Skelos (By: Andrew J. Offutt) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conan and the Spider God (By: L. Sprague de Camp) (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conan the Rebel (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conan the Barbarian: The Official Motion Picture Adaptation (By: L. Sprague de Camp) (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Anthology of Sci-Fi V1 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V2 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V3 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V4 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V5 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V6 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V7 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V8 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V9 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V10 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V11 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V12 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V13 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V15 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V17 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V18 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V19 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V20 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V21, the Pulp Writers (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthology of Sci-Fi V22 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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