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Operation Otherworld #1-2
Operation Otherworld
Operation Otherworld
- GenresFantasyScience Fiction
580 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1999
About the author
Poul Anderson
1,598 books1,131 followersPseudonym 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
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
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May 14, 2018
Poul Anderson is swiftly becoming one of my favorite writers, perhaps even my very favorite in the sense of being the most well-rounded due to his high qualities in such a wide variety of genres. There are elements such as big ideas, near-poetic language, breadth of knowledge, fast-paced plots and realistic characters, and although other writers may exceed Anderson in one element or another, Anderson partakes of them all.
But as for this particular collection, it’s a must for any fan of the urban fantasy genre. We are introduced to Steve Matuchek and Ginny Graylock, werewolf and witch and an exceptional husband-and-wife team.
In an alternate world where magic is real and is mated to tick in fantastic yet believable ways, Steve and Ginny meet and have their first mission, in an alternate version of World War II where the western powers do battle with an aggressive, jinn-powered Caliphate, they must prevent the enemy using a bottle where a jinn of apocalyptic power and destruction is imprisoned.
Fortunately, Steve has his were-flash of artificial moonlight allowing him to shift at will, and Ginny is armed with arcane might of her own. And this is only the beginning of a serious of adventures that will take them to the pits of hell and to the barren surface of the moon!
But as for this particular collection, it’s a must for any fan of the urban fantasy genre. We are introduced to Steve Matuchek and Ginny Graylock, werewolf and witch and an exceptional husband-and-wife team.
In an alternate world where magic is real and is mated to tick in fantastic yet believable ways, Steve and Ginny meet and have their first mission, in an alternate version of World War II where the western powers do battle with an aggressive, jinn-powered Caliphate, they must prevent the enemy using a bottle where a jinn of apocalyptic power and destruction is imprisoned.
Fortunately, Steve has his were-flash of artificial moonlight allowing him to shift at will, and Ginny is armed with arcane might of her own. And this is only the beginning of a serious of adventures that will take them to the pits of hell and to the barren surface of the moon!
March 5, 2024
This one is hard to review. The 1st part of this book is Operation Chaos, which is 4 short stories patched together into a novel. The first 3 are short and punchy and and wonderful. The 4th gets a little meandering but is still pretty good. Then there's the last part of this book, Operation Luna, written about 30 years later. It is the most meandering book ever. There's more about government regulations, taxes, and travelling then there there is anything exciting here. Anderson writes really well and Operation Luna reminds me of what a friend said 35 years ago about Douglas Adams writing so well, he would read the whole phonebook if Adams wrote it. Well, I really enjoy Anderson's writing but I've read the equivalent to his phonebook and I did not like it. Operation Chaos gets 4 stars but Operation Luna only gets 1 star from me.
May 6, 2024
Operation Otherworld (Operation Otherworld #1-2) by Poul Anderson is a collection of the first two books in a longer series. It's actually a few novellas/ shorts put together on top of that and that becomes pretty clear as you're reading. I really liked first book in this collection but honestly I probably could have done without book two. That said I really appreciate just how well the author blends genres.
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