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The Trouble Twisters (Future history of the Polesotechnic League)
David Falkayn -- Few indeed had won their Master Merchant's certificate as young as he, let alone become confidential associates of an uncrowned prince like Nicholas van Rijn, or ruled entire planets. But with an alien posse riding hot on his heels, even Falkayn can't feel completely at ease...
In his magnificent Future History of mankind's second great age, Poul Anderson h...more
In his magnificent Future History of mankind's second great age, Poul Anderson h...more
Paperback, 190 pages
Published
January 1st 1983
by Berkley
(first published 1963)
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You should be careful of re-reading books you really liked as a teenager, because you might find that they do not hold up when you are older. You might even be embarrassed by what you used to think of as “good.” One volume in the docket, guilty as charged: The Trouble Twisters, by Poul Anderson. This is a collection of stories he wrote about his Polesotechnic League, and specifically about Nicholas van Rijn and his protégé David Falkayn. It comes after Trader to the Stars, where we first meet Ni...more
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I love the style of this book, its reminicent of Neil Gaiman's Stardust but more subtle and quirky in a different way :)
Good read - well crafted as you would expect from Anderson - Merchant adventurers
The futher adventures of Falkyn. Good.
Het driekantige wiel
Grade B+. Book B3.
Really enjoyed this. World building, problem solving, characters you care about (including aliens). Excellent!
BTW - the pathetically childish cover shown above does a massive dis-service to this book. Luckily, it isn't the cover on my copy.
BTW - the pathetically childish cover shown above does a massive dis-service to this book. Luckily, it isn't the cover on my copy.
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Pseudonym A. A. Craig, Michael Karageorge, Winston P. Sanders, P. A. Kingsley.
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 a...more
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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 a...more
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