We Claim These Stars

Flandry #10

by Poul Anderson

All's fair in love and war-and with the galaxy split in conflict between two implacable confederations, anything ought to go. Still, how do you plan the ambush and capture of a tremendously capable telepath?The intended victim, the weird genius from an uncharted world and the right arm of the enemy's general staff, not only knew everything thought nearby, he could read minds a a distance. So the problem posed to Dominic Flandry, Captain of Terran Intelligence, was a real killer.To make matters worse, the telepath in question was equally interested in putting Flandry out of commission. The fate of many planets might depend on which of the two triumphed.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

125 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

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 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.[2][3]

Poul Anderson died of cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital. Several of his novels were published posthumously.


Series:
* Time Patrol
* Psychotechnic League
* Trygve Yamamura
* Harvest of Stars
* King of Ys
* Last Viking
* Hoka
* Future history of the Polesotechnic League
* Flandry

Reviews

[grosbeak · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Great Game in space with bonus melancholy about the Decline and Fall of the Roman Terran Empire.

[Illusive · Rating 4 out of 5]

War der Überfall auf den Planeten Vixen nur ein Ablenkungsmanöver im grossen Spiel, in dem es um den Besitz der Milchstrasse ging?

Die Ränkespiel um das zerfallende terranische Imperium und ihre ewigen Widersachern, die Merseier, ist spannend aufgebaut und mit den Ardazirho und den Ymir kommen unbekannte Faktoren ins Spiel.

Einer der besten Flandry-Romane die ich gelesen habe. James Bond im Weltall.

[Luis Tormento · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent story of Flandry against a telepath alien