Besides winning the hugo and nebula awards, he received the gandalf, seiun, and strannik. The infant son of orm of jutland has been substituted with the. Poul anderson 19262001 was a science fiction writer who was admired for his hard science fiction, mysteries, historical novels, and fantasy with rivets. No, not that one this is the broken sword by poul anderson.
Poul anderson will be remembered as the supreme scifi master of his time. When orm, a viking raider, murders an english lord and his. And i admit, i didnt know about the broken sword until a year ago. In his greed for land and power, orm the strong slays the family of a saxon witchand for his sins, the northman must pay with his newborn son. Many are the tales that have been written of elfland. Isbn 9781504054959 the broken sword direct textbook. The original text was returned to print by gollancz in 2002.
The broken sword is a imagined mythology by poul anderson in the norse style. Poul william anderson november 25, 1926 july 31, 2001 was an american science fiction author who began his career in the 1940s and continued to write into the 21st century. In his greed for land and power, orm the strong slays the family of a saxon witchand for his sins, the northman must pay with. Find 9781504054959 the broken sword by poul anderson et al at over 30 bookstores. Back in 1954, poul anderson released his novel the broken sword. It was issued in a revised edition by ballantine books as. Anderson takes an interesting approach, postulating that the mythical creatures and deities of all cultures really existed, and sometimes interacted with each other. This acclaimed fantasy classic of men, elves, and gods is at once breathtakingly exciting and heartbreakingly tragic.
Anderson authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and short stories. Anderson continues this unusual melding of pantheons throughout the book, introducing celtic demigods and spirits to mingle with the norse ones. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the broken sword. He wrote more than 100 novels and short stories during the scifi golden age. For that very reason i give it a four star rating and only because of the tragic nature of its plot do i avoid giving it the full five stars. The chapter ends by poul anderson free ebook project gutenberg. Launched in 1969 presumably in response to the growing popularity of tolkiens works, the series reissued a number of works of fantasy literature which were out of print or dispersed in back issues of pulp magazines or otherwise not easily available in the united states, in cheap paperback form.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the broken sword. Thor has broken the sword tyrfing so that it cannot strike at the roots of yggdrasil, the tree that binds together earth, heaven, and hell. In his greed for land and power, orm the strong slays the family of a saxon witchand for his sins, the northman must pay. At the the outset i did initially think i wouldnt be able to get into it due to some old fashioned word usage here and there. The broken sword las vegasclark county library district. Poul william anderson was an american science fiction author who began his. Book 1 poul anderson author tom weiner narrator 2011 the broken sword poul anderson author michael dirda. Freda did not weep, but she felt the unshed tears thick in her throat. The first, in the us, was poul anderson s the broken sword. Expect the usual elves, trolls, and goblins, but this time with a changeling twist. Not many have heard of it because a little book came out that year took all the spotlight. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
The broken sword quotes showing 19 of 9 happier are all men than the dwellers in faerie or the gods, for that matterbetter a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness that can see naught above or beyond itselfthe day draws nigh when faerie shall fade, the erlking himself shrink to a woodland sprite and. However, once i had managed to get over that the story fair flew by. Poul anderson books list of books by author poul anderson. The broken sword ebook by poul anderson 9781497694224. The broken sword by paul anderson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Poul anderson the broken sword epub download download. But now the mighty sword is needed again to save the elv. The ballantine adult fantasy series was an imprint of american publisher ballantine books. He started writing during a golden age of the scifi. The broken sword is a fantasy novel by american writer poul anderson, originally published in 1954. But now the mighty sword is needed again to save the elves in their war against the trolls, and only skafloc, a human child kidnapped and raised by the elves, can hope to persuade bolverk the icegiant to make tyrfing whole again.
The broken sword was published in the same year as the fellowship of the ring in 1954. Anderson 19262001 was an american novelist and one of the pioneers of scifi and fantasy novels. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. The broken sword king county library system overdrive. Although i had heard of poul anderson and had seen his second novel, the broken sword 1954, praised by authors such as michael moorcock, i never got around to buying a copy of this book until a few weeks ago, after i read richard morgans suvudu article on his problems with j.
The broken sword read online free book by poul anderson in. You think this is dawn for us, she said once, the second day. Surely few have realized the cold, calculating halfword with as much sympathy and reality as this book. Published the same year as the fellowship of the ring, poul anderson s novel the broken sword draws on similar scandinavian and anglosaxon sources. This classic fantasy takes listeners to a world similar to that of j. The broken sword poul anderson 9781497694224 netgalley. Thor broke the sword tyrfing to save the roots of yggdrasil, the. Poul anderson 19262001 was a science fiction writer who was admired for his hard science fiction, mysteries, historical. As a physics graduate, his book plot always leaned towards scientific ideas. The broken sword is one of his pure fantasy stories and also one of his earlier novels, and draws heavily from northern and western european myth and legend. Published the same year as the fellowship of the ring, poul andersons novel the broken sword draws on similar scandinavian and anglosaxon sources. It was issued in a revised edition by ballantine books as the twentyfourth volume of their ballantine adult fantasy series in january 1971. The broken sword book by poul anderson thriftbooks. Not many have heard of it because a little book came out that year took all the spotlight some book called the lord of the rings.