The ending was a complete shocker!ĭes Thrones beraubt, in der Wildnis versteckt und von Riesen aufgezogen, wächst Hadding zu einem mächtigen Krieger heran. But aside of Hadding, with some excemptions, cast was very one dimensional and usual.īottom line, great book but it could be more than it was. Main character begins very plain and typical, but with every page he starts to become more wise and reasonable. There was too many things that Anderson wanted us to know that in the end he was confusing us. The story is good: it has a lot of interesting situations and adventure is just right the corner, but i was normally wondering myself “how did Hadding get into this?” and lose track of what was the main reason that he had to be there. On the way he will fight against odds and foes, make mighty allies and discover his place in this world and the other beyond. When he acknowledges this first fact, he embarks himself in a quest initially to get his revenge on the man who killed his father, but then to bring peace to his kingdom. Our main character is born to a fallen king and raised by giants on the wild. The untold story of Hadding king of the Danes, is set on an age where gods were walking among men and women. * Future history of the Polesotechnic League Several of his novels were published posthumously. Poul Anderson died of cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital. Heinlein dedicated his 1985 novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls to Anderson and eight of the other members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy.

He was a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. He was a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies.

Anderson was the sixth President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is married to science fiction author Greg Bear. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards.Īnderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century.

The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson