Harvest the Fire, Poul Anderson
Harvest the Fire, Poul Anderson
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Harvest the Fire

Author: Poul Anderson

Narrator: James Fouhey

Unabridged: 4 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/02/2021


Synopsis

Many centuries in the future, no great destiny for humankind exists on Earth. The Lunarians, genetically engineered human adaptations bred to survive on the moon, have spread out toward the stars. But not even their colony on distant Proserpina is free from the suffocating influence of the Teramind, the vast network of intelligent machines that preserves order and logic in the universe. In his search for inspiration, poet and pilot Jesse Nichol discovers a new purpose when he reunites with his former lover, the mesmerizing Lunarian Falaire. Coerced into criminal hijacking, Jesse suddenly finds himself part of a bold anti-artificial intelligence conspiracy that could ultimately spell disaster, for nothing escapes the Teramind, especially humanity's desperate pursuit of freedom. And when human and machine are in conflict, the outcome will rock many worlds.

The third volume in what ranks among SFWA Grand Master Poul Anderson's greatest creation, Harvest the Fire imagines a machine-dominated future beyond the cataclysmic eras of Harvest the Stars and The Stars Are Also Fire. A breathtaking continuation of the epic tale, it is a story of courage and insurrection that celebrates the indomitable human spirit and the unconquerable restlessness of a race born to explore new worlds.

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 Reading With on February 28, 2022

A classic tale of Lunarians, the Great Void, an overmind for all who are part of the one belief, and the great struggle for individualism in the great universe where Earthlings are have lost superiority and control in their quest to have more room in which to thrive. The characters are well drawn. E......more

Goodreads review by Charles on March 13, 2020

I always greatly enjoy Poul Anderson's prose, whether he's writing fantasy or SF. This is an SF novel, about a man born out of time essentially, a man who craves heroic deeds and wants to turn such deeds into poetry but who is born in a time when all is too peaceful and too conformist. He gets his c......more

Goodreads review by Renee on May 22, 2016

An enjoyable tale of space travel and civilizations, struggle for resources, and machine intelligence. Not a great sci fi novel, but a good read.......more

Goodreads review by Adam on May 17, 2024

Much shorter than previous volumes in the series, Harvest The Fire is set several centuries after Alpha Centauri and Proserpina was colonized. The Teramind has taken near total control of the Solar System with only a few malcontents resisting its plan to wind down space industries. With only a 1/4 o......more

Goodreads review by John R. Goyer on October 19, 2022

Nice to go back and read some classic sci fi. I'm curious about the other volumes as I started in the middle but this volume appears pretty well self contained. Hard to initially get into due to the language and speech patterns/made up words, but after getting used to that the story was quite good.......more