Anderson deduced that in the world where william shakespeare is the great historian. Somewhere, spinning through another universe is an earth where a twist of fate, a revolution and a few early inventions. At the same time, there are magical fairies and the like, lurking in the shadows. Darrell sweet in a parallel world william shakespeare is not a bard but a historian, and in this world the events depicted in shakespeares plays are accounts of historical fact. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read a midsummer tempest. I think holger does appear in a scene in mst, in the inn between the universes, but just a walkon. Buy the broken sword fantasy masterworks by poul anderson from amazons. Published the same year as the fellowship of the ring, poul andersons novel the broken sword draws on similar scandinavian and anglosaxon sources. A midsummer tempest 1974, which takes a kaleiodoscopic view of.
He wrote more than 100 novels and short stories during the scifi golden age. Poul anderson books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. After earning a physics degree at the university of minnesota, he found writing science fiction more satisfactory. Though written between these two books, a midsummer tempest takes place after both. Nominated for the world fantasy award and winner of the mythopoeic award, poul anderson s a midsummer tempest is a titanic achievementa delightful alternatehistory fantasy that brings the fictional worlds of shakespeares plays to breathtaking life with style, wit, and unparalleled imagination. A midsummer tempest kindle edition by anderson, poul. In his greed for land and power, orm the strong slays the family of a saxon witchand for his sins, the northman must pay with his newborn son. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
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Anderson, a champion at the alternative universes game, takes a wild but successful gamble by postulating a world whose reality is that of shakespeares plays, where the bard is known as the historian. Preorder the hunger games prequel now download our free. Andersons novella sister planet was coverfeature on the may 1959 issue of satellite science fiction. The broken sword ebook by poul anderson 9781497694224.
Some websites list this book as the second book in the holger danske main character in three hearts and three lions series, however, as he appears only in one short chapter in the middle of the book, it is perhaps a bit of a stretch. Author poul andersons complete list of books and series in order, with the latest. Buy operation chaos by poul anderson from amazons fiction books store. Buy a midsummer tempest doubleday science fiction by poul anderson isbn. A midsummer tempest by paul anderson 1978, paperback for. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Anderson authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and short stories. A fantastic tale of intrigue, love, war, magic, and swashbuckling adventure set in an alternate universe where fairies mingle freely with englishmen and all of shakespeares fictional characters are real welcome to an alternate civilwartorn seventeenthcentury. This is heinleins glory road multiverse ideal coupled with andersons own ideas of future alternate history and structured. Andersons novelette inside earth was the cover story in the april 1951 issue of galaxy science fiction. Chiming clocks were a medieval invention at least in our world. Nominated for the world fantasy award and winner of the mythopoeic award, poul andersons a midsummer tempest is a titanic achievementa delightful alternatehistory fantasy that brings the fictional worlds of shakespeares plays to breathtaking life. Poul anderson s a midsummer tempest is a fantasy alternate history tale.
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As a physics graduate, his book plot always leaned towards scientific ideas. In the future, technological advancements have rendered the heartbreak of unrequited love a. Puck, as rendered by william shakespeare, is well answered by his own king, as rendered by poul anderson. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a midsummer tempest. This is heinleins glory road multiverse ideal coupled with andersons own ideas of future alternate history and structured and shaped as an homage to shakespeare. Admired for his hard science fiction, mysteries, and historical novels, he was responsible for classic books like the broken sword and brain wave. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are. A midsummer tempest poul anderson 9780812530797 books a midsumme. Read a midsummer tempest a holger danske book by poul anderson available from rakuten kobo. The following is a list of works by science fiction and fantasy author poul anderson. Poul anderson will be remembered as the supreme scifi master of his time.
In 1975, it was nominated for the world fantasy award for best novel and the nebula award for best novel and won the mythopoeic award. This book is similar in that it deals with an earth history in which the faerie realm is real. Poul william anderson november 25, 1926 july 31, 2001 was an american science fiction author who began his career in the 1940s and continued to write into the 21st century. In neil gaimans the sandman, shakespeare writes a midsummer nights dream and the tempest for morpheus, in return for inspiration, and shakespeares company first performs a midsummer nights dream before the court of oberon and titania shortly before the fair folk withdraw. Andersons novella a message in secret took the cover of the december 1959 issue.
If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Poul william anderson was born in 1926, in bristol, pennsylvania. Three hearts and three lions kindle ebook further reading. A midsummer tempest poul anderson this is a work of fiction. In 1975, it was nominated for the world fantasy award for best novel and. Poul anderson books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes.