Young Flandry

Name: Young Flandry
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Poul Anderson
ISBN: 9781541439849

Author: Poul Anderson

Series: Technic Civilization #4

Narrator: BJ Harrison

Unabridged: 22 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/05/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

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.

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 Jason

This omnibus contains the first three Dominic Flandry novels, which are the beginning of the second half of the larger Technic Civilization series. It also contains the worst science fiction cover of all time. I was embarrassed to be seen reading this at work. Anyway, onto the novels: Ensign Flandry......more

Goodreads review by Jay

I've been a Dominic Flandry fan for years, and was eagerly awaiting this volume since the regathering of Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization stories was first announced. In this book we are introduced to Flandry as a young ensign fresh from the academy, who finds himself drawn into a monumental Mer......more

Goodreads review by Rob

...A tired old empire doomed to go under and a young hero fighting to maintain it. Besides the parallel with James Bond I wonder if there is a connection with Asimov's Foundation series. The first book in this series was published in 1951, the same year as Anderson's first Flandry story, although sh......more

Goodreads review by Robert

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......more

Goodreads review by Phoenix

Domenic Have I Known Kudos for Hank Davis and Baen Books for republishing this topnotch SF series and bundling them at a reasonable price. Dominic Flandry ranks among science fiction's most loveable rogues along with Harry Harrison's Slippery Jim de Griz and Heinlein's Lazarus Long. Likewise the tens......more