Flandry's Legacy

Name: Flandry's Legacy
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Poul Anderson
ISBN: 9781977365330

Author: Poul Anderson

Series: Technic Civilization #7

Narrator: BJ Harrison

Unabridged: 26 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/16/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Sir Dominic Flandry is now an Admiral, but takes little joy in his new rank. He sees the rot in the Terran Empire on every hand and knows that the Long Night will inevitably fall upon the galaxy. His consolation is that measures he has taken while doing what he can to postpone the Empire's final collapse may shorten the coming galactic dark age and hasten the rise of a new interstellar civilization. In the meantime, he'll enjoy the comforts of a decadent civilization—and he'll always be ready for one more battle against the Empire's enemies.

Contains mature themes.

About Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson (1926-2001) grew up bilingual in a Danish American family. After discovering science fiction fandom and earning a physics degree at the University of Minnesota, he found writing science fiction more satisfactory. Admired for his hard science fiction, mysteries, historical novels, and "fantasy with rivets," he also excelled in humor. He was the guest of honor at the 1959 World Science Fiction Convention and at many similar events, including the 1998 Contact Japan 3 and the 1999 Strannik Conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Besides winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards, he received the Gandalf, Seiun, and Strannik, or "Wanderer," Awards. A founder of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, he became a Grand Master, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay

Sadly--since I am such a fan of Poul Anderson's work, especially his Technic Civilization series, as re-collected recently by Hank Davis--this is the final volume not only of Flandry stories, but of the Terran Empire as a whole. The opening novel, "A Stone in Heaven," is a pivotal episode not only in......more

Goodreads review by Phoenix

Flandry of Terra - End of an Era This is the final volume of Baen Books' republication of Poul Anderson's Polesotechnic (Political Social Technologic) cycle and kudos once again to Hank Davis and Baen for bringing this collection back into print and making it available in digital form. It begins with......more

Goodreads review by Martyn

I had not realised when I started reading this is that this is not a stand-alone novel but a compilation of novels and novellas taken from the same future history: That of the Technic Civilisation and The Terran Empire. They are: 1) The Wheel Turns 2) A Stone in Heaven 3) The Game of Empire 4) A Tra......more

Goodreads review by Franz

I picked this book up at the latest library book sale, in October of 2022. It is the last in a series of 7 books of the Technic Civilization Saga, and contains six stories (in Technic Civilization Saga chronological order) which were originally published between 1963 and 1985. Overall, I enjoyed the s......more

Goodreads review by Karen-Leigh

A Stone in Heaven and The Game of Empire are two novels read previously. The rest of the book were not Flandry stories but include: A Tragedy of Errors with Roan Tom, The Night Face with a planet population that suffers periodic insanity when a certain plant blooms (Let the Spacemen Beware), The Sha......more