Two novels of far future.., p.40
Two Novels of Far-Future Apocalypse,
p.40
‘Isn’t that the earliest personal letter ever found?’ Orna asked. ‘I never heard of your discovery before. We get rather parochial, I’m afraid, out on the frontier.’
‘What a beautiful word that is,’ Danivar mused. ‘Frontier. And yet … I don’t know. The ancestors survived, enough of them, and now we are pleased to call ourselves Homo Superior, but we’ll never know what might have lived in our place.’
‘A bit too late for that sort of speculation,’ said Orna.
‘Yes.’ Danivar shivered. ‘I think I would like to go back inside now.’
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Poul Anderson (1926–2001) grew up bilingual in a Danish American family. After discovering science fiction fandom and earning a physics degree at the University of Minnesota, he found writing science fiction more satisfactory. Admired for his “hard” science fiction, mysteries, historical novels, and “fantasy with rivets,” he also excelled in humor. He was the guest of honor at the 1959 World Science Fiction Convention and at many similar events, including the 1998 Contact Japan 3 and the 1999 Strannik Conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In addition to the Hugo and Nebula Awards, he has received the Gandalf, Seiun, and Strannik, or “Wanderer,” Awards. A founder of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, he became a Grand Master, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
In 1952 he met Karen Kruse; they married in Berkeley, California, where their daughter, Astrid, was born, and they later lived in Orinda, California. Astrid and her husband, science fiction author Greg Bear, now live with their family outside Seattle.
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Winter of the World copyright © 1976 by the Trigonier Trust
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ISBN: 978-1-5040-6400-2
Published in 2020 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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