Re: Bouncing off Poul Anderson

Girish <girishbhat6620@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Random thoughts:
> 
> His writing style is good, but  he refuses to provide a "hook" to keep
> me reading, I start wondering what the point of the whole exercise is,
> and get irritated at all the "detailing" going on. Any one else have
> the same problem?
> 
> Yet if I plough through, the pay off is good and  his ideas and actual
> story is revealed to be quite neat.  (judging by what I finished ie
> "Call me  Joe"
> 
> Stories that I have currently bounced off
> Time Patrol
> Brain Wave
> 
> Suggestions  and comments?

His Nicholas van Rijn and David Falkayn stories are a bit more
straightforward planetary adventures - van Rijn in particular is 
quite a memorable character.  _Trader to the Stars_ (van Rijn) or 
_The Trouble Twisters_  (Falkayn, mostly - I think van Rijn shows 
up in places; van Rijn hired Falkayn) are good places to try.

If you lean toward fantasy, try _Three Hearts and Three Lions_ .

"No Truce With Kings" is harder to describe - post-apocalypse,
military flavored, some psi stuff - but is generally quite
highly regarded.

Anderson wrote in a ton of sub-genres, but combine your list above
with failure on 1-2 of the others mentioned in this thread, and
it would seem likely his stuff isn't for you.

Tony