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The Van Rijn Method

Poul Anderson

Science Fiction Collection

MEET ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CHARACTERS IN SCIENCE FICTION

When the human race spread out among the stars, they took the profit motive with them, and none exemplified that fact better than Nicholas Van Rijn, interstellar trader and capitalist extraordinaire. He might look like Falstaff and talk in a steady stream of malapropisms, but anybody who might take him for a bumbling buffoon would quickly find themselves taken – to the cleaners!

In Nick Van Rijn, Poul Anderson created one of the most memorable and popular characters in science fiction, and now, for the first time, all the novels and stories of Van Rijn and the Polesotechnic League will be published in chronological order in three volumes.

Contents:

  • Introduction: Planets and Profits by Hank Davis
  • The Saturn Game
  • Wings of Victory
  • The Problem of Pain
  • Margin of Profit
  • How to be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson
  • The Three-Cornered Wheel
  • A Sun Invisible
  • The Season of Forgiveness
  • The Man Who Counts
  • Esau
  • Hiding Place
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Published
August 20, 2008
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Author

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…