Harvest of Stars · #2

The Stars Are Also Fire

Poul Anderson

Prometheus Award: Best Novel winner (1995).

It is the dawn of a new era of space exploration and colonization. Dagny Beynac, descendant of the legendary Anson Guthrie, becomes a heroine of a new Lunarian civilization that struggles to break free of the influence of Earth. Centuries later, the entire solar system is dominated by a vast network of machine intelligences.

On Earth and Luna, splintered fragments of humanity search for some way to survive in a system that no longer seems to hold a place for flesh and blood. And the only solution lies in the distant past, in the life of Dagny Beynac.

Published
1994
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Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson's name is synonymous with the golden age of science fiction, a master of speculative worlds where the future is as vast and varied as the past. Born in 1926 in the United States, Anderson's journey as an author was shaped by his fascination with history, science, and the unknown. A child of the Great Depression, he was drawn to stories that stretched the boundaries of possibility, whether set in the stars or rooted in the depths of myth. Over the course of his career, Anderson built a reputation for crafting intricate narratives that blend hard science fiction with the richness of historical and fantasy elements, making him one…