Young Flandry The Technic Civilization Saga Book 4 eBook Poul Anderson
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It is the twilight of the Terran Empire. The warriors who made it great are long gone now, and the Traders of the Polesotechnic League who made it possible are the dimly-remembered stuff of legend. Alien enemies prowl its outer precincts, and Sector Governors conspire for the Throne of Man. On Terra herself, those who occupy the labyrinthine corridors of power busy themselves with trivialities and internal politics, as outside the final darkness gathers.
In this scene of terminal disarray one man stands like a giant Dominic Flandry, Agent of the Terran Empire. In three full-length novels, he will rise from young ensign to lieutenant commander as he outthinks rivals and thwarts adversaries, blazing a trail across the galaxy in defense of an Empire which barely appreciates him and against alien enemies who appreciate him all too well.
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Poul Anderson, a seven-time Hugo Award winner, three-time Nebula Award winner, and recipient of the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America for lifetime achievement, has been both popular and prolific for five decades, creating Nicholas van Rijn and Sir Dominic Flandry, two of the most memorable characters in science fiction, and publishing over one hundred books.
Young Flandry The Technic Civilization Saga Book 4 eBook Poul Anderson
It’s James Bond…IN SPACE!!!Actually, it’s a lot more than that: for one, the Flandry stories and novels were written at about the same time as the Bond fiction. For another, Dominic Flandry is a far more likable character, dealing with a far more ominous situation.
But Dominic Flandry deserves to be as recognized as the British superspy, and the likes of Harry Dresden today if the succeeding Dominic Flandry books equals the quality of Young Flandry, the novels that comprise the geneses of his career, from brash and callow ensign in the Terran Empire’s fleet, to his recruitment into the intelligence division, to his first command.
Like Bond, Flandry is a secret warrior determined to preserve his civilization, engaging in daring exploits and seducing and being seduced by beautiful women of all types (including alien types – yay for green chicks and cat girls!) but there always an aura of tragedy around our hero. The Terran Empire is on the decline, it’s glory days are past and the light of civilization it brought to the galaxy is guttering. Barbarians of all stripes, from ambitious alien powers, pirates, criminals and terrorists nip at the fringes and tear off bigger chunks when they can, and the politicians are beaurocrats are intent only on enriching themselves.
But though the Terran Empire is far from perfect, it is also far better than the chaos of the Long Night that will come with the empire’s fall.
So, the three books of Young Flandry themselves:
Book One, Ensign Flandry: Flandry distinguishes himself during a tight spot while serving on an alien planet where the land-natives cat people engage in warfare with the sea-dwellers, the Terrans aiding one side and the hostile Merseian Empire aiding the other. Flandry meets the intelligence spymaster who will become his mentor, and they stumble into an enemy plot, but his greatest obstacle is a Terran diplomat who naively believes all can be worked out and is all too eager to concede to the Merseians.
Book Two, Circus of Hells: Flandry learns of the existence of a lost factory-planet from ancient times. While ostentatiously on leave, Flandry seeks out the lost planet without the knowledge of his superiors, seeing an opportunity to enrich himself, and he finds an automated factory gone mad and creating mechanical monstrosities. And that’s just the beginning.
Book Three, the Rebel Worlds: An Imperial admiral has gone rogue, and with his fleet he has raised a flag of rebellion. Flandry in his first command arrives and finds the rebellion is justified, in response to the cruel and corrupt sector governor’s exploitation and genocidal policies, as well as the governor’s vile attempt to have the admiral arrested and executed on false charges, that he might seize the admirals beautiful wife for his own. But the governor is politically connected and seemingly untouchable, and Flandry is ordered to side with the governor and put down the heroic freedom fighters, because justified or not, their rebellion could easily spark a civil war.
The matter is further complicated when Flandry rescues the rebel admiral’s wife from the governor and begins to fall deeply in love with her.
The novels boast incredible worldbuilding, intriguing alien societies and biology, and believable conventions concerning travel and combat in space, as well as mysterious and fantastic elements, such as ancient civilizations and otherworldly and psychic powers.
But all that seems to fade in the background at times, to the character of Dominic Flandry himself. A unique person who’s choice observations and turns of phrase make him a delight to read.
A chaotic good hero in the service of order.
A man who can wax sentimental on the status of his cause, yet find joy in each fleeting moment, whether carousing or in the arms of a beautiful woman.
Ruthlessly practical, yet sentimental and ready and willing to take deadly personal risks on behalf of those in need. An oathbreaker and liar of convenience, yet who holds to an unflinching code of honor. A lover of casual dalliances, who is capable of complete, soul-deep commitment when he finds true love. But such a life as his means tragedy is the only outcome.
A man of formidable intellect, courage, skill, charisma and luck, who remains the underdog, for the forces of history and human nature are against him and Flandry knows better than anyone that his hard-won victories are mere stopgaps, delaying the Long Night.
He may win every battle, but he will lose the war.
The only fault I can find with the first two Young Flandry books is the introduction of some potentially interesting villains that don't go anywhere. James Bond in space needs his flamboyant villains.
So in short, highly recommended. Start reading now.
P.S. and if I could, I’d give it a sixth star for the cover alone!
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Young Flandry The Technic Civilization Saga Book 4 eBook Poul Anderson Reviews
Almost anything written by Poul Anderson is good and the Flandry series is very good. It has everything in it a series needs - action, adventure, flair, good writing, a trace of wit. I'm glad the series is being reprinted.
Rereading sci-fi I enjoyed as a teenager. Fun space opera.
I am reading books I read when I was 14 just for fun. These are not modern SF books.
This book is a classic. A sci fi tale of the decline and splintering of an empire, something like the decline of the Roman Empire or the British.
In many ways it is a warning. Well worth reading.
Absolutely a great trio of stories. I had forgotten how much fun the Flandry books were. I had long since lost/misplaced my Flandry paperbacks over the years. It was a lot of fun getting re-acquainted with the stories. They are dated, in that they were written in the 50's and 60's, but they are still good stories.
Well worth the time spent reading them and you will be looking for more.
Modern society would not like young Flandry; he smokes constantly, drinks liberally, and treats women like they're either pretty playthings or helpless maidens--- and all these things were conventions when Anderson wrote these stories in a time span that stretched from the laste 1950s through the early 1970s. Nevertheless, they are fun adventure stories for us dinosaurs that like science fiction they can enjoy rather than a load of prententious twaddle. Poul Anderson was one of my favorite authors when I was growing up, and these stories are a testament why
I've heard a lot about Poul Anderson's Flandry series over the years, but they have been out of print for so long that I never had the chance to read them until now. I recently finished this book, the first in the series, and enjoyed it very much. I'm looking forward to finishing the others in the series. Remember though that this book, as the first, introduces the main characters and sets up the situation of an Empire about to enter the "Long Night" and a long way removed from Anderson's Polesotechnic League.
It’s James Bond…IN SPACE!!!
Actually, it’s a lot more than that for one, the Flandry stories and novels were written at about the same time as the Bond fiction. For another, Dominic Flandry is a far more likable character, dealing with a far more ominous situation.
But Dominic Flandry deserves to be as recognized as the British superspy, and the likes of Harry Dresden today if the succeeding Dominic Flandry books equals the quality of Young Flandry, the novels that comprise the geneses of his career, from brash and callow ensign in the Terran Empire’s fleet, to his recruitment into the intelligence division, to his first command.
Like Bond, Flandry is a secret warrior determined to preserve his civilization, engaging in daring exploits and seducing and being seduced by beautiful women of all types (including alien types – yay for green chicks and cat girls!) but there always an aura of tragedy around our hero. The Terran Empire is on the decline, it’s glory days are past and the light of civilization it brought to the galaxy is guttering. Barbarians of all stripes, from ambitious alien powers, pirates, criminals and terrorists nip at the fringes and tear off bigger chunks when they can, and the politicians are beaurocrats are intent only on enriching themselves.
But though the Terran Empire is far from perfect, it is also far better than the chaos of the Long Night that will come with the empire’s fall.
So, the three books of Young Flandry themselves
Book One, Ensign Flandry Flandry distinguishes himself during a tight spot while serving on an alien planet where the land-natives cat people engage in warfare with the sea-dwellers, the Terrans aiding one side and the hostile Merseian Empire aiding the other. Flandry meets the intelligence spymaster who will become his mentor, and they stumble into an enemy plot, but his greatest obstacle is a Terran diplomat who naively believes all can be worked out and is all too eager to concede to the Merseians.
Book Two, Circus of Hells Flandry learns of the existence of a lost factory-planet from ancient times. While ostentatiously on leave, Flandry seeks out the lost planet without the knowledge of his superiors, seeing an opportunity to enrich himself, and he finds an automated factory gone mad and creating mechanical monstrosities. And that’s just the beginning.
Book Three, the Rebel Worlds An Imperial admiral has gone rogue, and with his fleet he has raised a flag of rebellion. Flandry in his first command arrives and finds the rebellion is justified, in response to the cruel and corrupt sector governor’s exploitation and genocidal policies, as well as the governor’s vile attempt to have the admiral arrested and executed on false charges, that he might seize the admirals beautiful wife for his own. But the governor is politically connected and seemingly untouchable, and Flandry is ordered to side with the governor and put down the heroic freedom fighters, because justified or not, their rebellion could easily spark a civil war.
The matter is further complicated when Flandry rescues the rebel admiral’s wife from the governor and begins to fall deeply in love with her.
The novels boast incredible worldbuilding, intriguing alien societies and biology, and believable conventions concerning travel and combat in space, as well as mysterious and fantastic elements, such as ancient civilizations and otherworldly and psychic powers.
But all that seems to fade in the background at times, to the character of Dominic Flandry himself. A unique person who’s choice observations and turns of phrase make him a delight to read.
A chaotic good hero in the service of order.
A man who can wax sentimental on the status of his cause, yet find joy in each fleeting moment, whether carousing or in the arms of a beautiful woman.
Ruthlessly practical, yet sentimental and ready and willing to take deadly personal risks on behalf of those in need. An oathbreaker and liar of convenience, yet who holds to an unflinching code of honor. A lover of casual dalliances, who is capable of complete, soul-deep commitment when he finds true love. But such a life as his means tragedy is the only outcome.
A man of formidable intellect, courage, skill, charisma and luck, who remains the underdog, for the forces of history and human nature are against him and Flandry knows better than anyone that his hard-won victories are mere stopgaps, delaying the Long Night.
He may win every battle, but he will lose the war.
The only fault I can find with the first two Young Flandry books is the introduction of some potentially interesting villains that don't go anywhere. James Bond in space needs his flamboyant villains.
So in short, highly recommended. Start reading now.
P.S. and if I could, I’d give it a sixth star for the cover alone!
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