The Best of Poul Anderson

The Best of Poul Anderson

first edition of The Best of Poul Anderson
Author	Poul Anderson
Cover artist	Mara McAfee
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Pocket Books
Publication date	1976
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	xvi, 287 pp
ISBN	0-671-80671-8

The Best of Poul Anderson is a collection of writings by science fiction and fantasy author Poul Anderson, first published in paperback by Pocket Books in August 1976. It was reprinted in August 1979.^[1] The pieces were originally published between 1953 and 1970 in the magazines Astounding Science Fiction, Analog, Galaxy Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and the anthology The Farthest Reaches.

The book contains nine novellas, novelettes and short stories, together with an introduction by fellow science fiction writer Barry N. Malzberg and a second, general introduction and introductory notes on the individual stories by the author.

Contents

• "Recollecting Anderson" (Barry N. Malzberg)
• "Introduction"
• "The Longest Voyage"
• "The Barbarian"
• "The Last of the Deliverers"
• "My Object All Sublime"
• "Sam Hall"
• "Kyrie"
• "The Fatal Fulfillment"
• "Hiding Place"
• "The Sky People"

Notes

1. The Best of Poul Anderson title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database