The Polesotechnic League Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Poul Anderson
- Type of Work: Novels and stories
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: The twenty-third to twenty-sixth centuries
- Setting: Various planets including Diomedes, Hermes, and Mirkheim
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Business or business people, Corporations
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
In Poul Anderson’s extensive “future history,” the stories of the Polesotechnic League cover some two to three centuries. The stories connect with his “Flandry” series, concerning the downfall of the Empire, which will succeed the League. Unlike the Empire, though, the Polesotechnic League “is not a state, not even a government. It’s nothing but a mutual benefit association of interstellar merchants.”
An underlying premise of the stories in the League sequence is that interstellar travel has become not only possible but also relatively cheap....
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