Two Worlds of Poul Anderson: a Science-Fiction chapbook
Monday, April 19, 2010
posted by Miguel Martins
The Rough Edges blog brought to my attention a short (sixty-six pages) Science-Fiction chapbook published by World Science Fiction Library, entitled Two Worlds of Poul Anderson: Science Fiction from the Golden Age.
It collects two tales: the novella “Industrial Revolution,” first published in Analog in 1963 and reprinted several times since then; and the short yarn “Duel on Syrtis” which first appeared in Planet Stories in March 1951 and has not been reprinted since 1993.
Poul Anderson‘s chapbook is reviewed by James Reasoner in this entry and by Steven H. Silver here. “The Industrial Revolution” is a scientific problem story with ‘government against independent business’ as backdrop. Mr Reasoner wrote that the second tale was a “tough, hardboiled, and very suspenseful story ” and defines it as “a Western transplanted to Mars.” This slim book looks good. Many thanks for the recommendation.
