The Flandry Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Poul Anderson
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Novels and stories
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: The thirty-first century
- Setting: Various planets
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds
- Locales: Earth, Fictional planets
The Plot
Poul Anderson’s Flandry series is set some six hundred years after the same authors Polesotechnic League stories. Its background is that of a Terran interstellar Empire controlling thousands of suns but falling into what appears to be irreversible decline. The Empire is threatened continually by the ruthless and vigorous alien empire (known as the Roidhunate) of Merseia. Dominic Flandry’s career is followed from his initial adventures as a junior officer to a position as admiral of the Fleet and unofficial adviser to the Terran Emperor.
The major theme of...
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