A hayseed Martian
among big-planet slickers ... of course
he would get into trouble. But that was nothing compared
to the trouble he would be in if he did not get into trouble!
First published
Galaxy Science Fiction July 1958. This story is one of the earlier works of
Poul Anderson collaborating with Karen Anderson. This story does not have much
acclamation yet it has been enjoyed by readers since from the first
publication.
Born
on November 25, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Poul William Anderson was
an American science fiction and fantasy writer who began to write Science
Fiction and Fantasy 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.
John
W. Campbell published Anderson's first stories in Astounding Science Fiction
while he was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota.
"Tomorrow's Children" by Anderson and F. N. Waldrop in March 1947 and
a sequel, "Chain of Logic" by Anderson alone, in July. He earned his
graduation in Physics with honors but made no serious attempt to work as a
physicist; instead he became a free-lance writer after his graduation in
1948—and placed his third story in the December Astounding.
Anderson
is best known for his Science Fiction adventure stories. In most of his
stories, larger-than-life characters succeed gleefully or fail heroically. His
characters were nonetheless thoughtful, often contemplative, and well
developed. His plot lines frequently involved the application of social and
political issues in a hypothetical manner fitting to the science fiction genre.
He also wrote some quieter works, generally of shorter length, which appeared
more often during the latter part of his career.
His
science fictions are thoroughly grounded in science (with the addition of
unscientific but standard speculations such as faster-than-light travel). A
specialty was imagining scientifically plausible non-Earthlike planets. Perhaps
the best known was the planet of The Man Who Counts; Anderson adjusted
its size and composition so that humans could live in the open air but flying
intelligent aliens could evolve, and he explored consequences of these
adjustments.
Pseudonym
A. A. Craig, Michael Karageorge, Winston P. Sanders, P. A. Kingsley.
He
received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three
Nebula Awards. He received the following awards:
The
Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 16th SFWA Grand Master in 1998
and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2000, its
fifth class of two deceased and two living writers
Poul
Anderson died of cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital.
Several of his novels were published posthumously.
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