Going For Infinity: A Literary Journey

Poul Anderson

Tom Doherty Associates, May 23, 2003 - Fiction - 416 pages

02 More than just a collection of some of Poul Anderson's most acclaimed works, Going for Infinity is both a celebration and a memoir of Anderson's distinguished sixty-year career in science fiction and fantasy. Alongside several Hugo and Nebula Award-winning stories, Anderson also shares autobiographical musings and fond memories as he looks back at a lifetime spent crafting many of science fiction's most memorable adventures. From the moons of Saturn to the shores of an enchanted isle, the astounding breadth of Poul Anderson's imagination is on ample display throughout this once-in-a-lifetime collection, along with a personal glimpse into the man himself.

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Review: Going For Infinity: A Literary Journey

User Review  - Robert - Goodreads

Read this in order to complete my reading of the Time Patrol stories. Found it to be an interesting literary memoir, not too much "and then I wrote" but also not a personal story outside of his writing. Some good stories that I hadn't encountered before. (Kindle)

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User Review  - Faith Justice - Goodreads

Poul Anderson has passed, but his writing lives on. This year (2003), Tor books has released Anderson's final works: "Going for Infinity" and "For Love and Glory." "Going for Infinity: A Literary ...

About the author

The bestselling author of such classic novels as Brain Wave and The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson won just about every award the science fiction and fantasy field has to offer. He has won multiple Hugos and Nebulas, the John W. Campbell Award, The Locus Poll Award, the Skylark Award, and the SFWA Grandmaster Award for Lifetime Achievement. His recent books include Harvest of Stars, The Stars are also On Fire, Operation Chaos, Operation Luna, Genesis, Mother of Kings, and Going for Infinity, a collection and retrospective of his life's work. Poul Anderson lived in Orinda, California where he passed away in 2001.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Going For Infinity: A Literary Journey
• Author: Poul Anderson
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, 2003
• ISBN: 0765305976, 9780765305978
• Length: 416 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Literary; Fiction / Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies; Fiction / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Authorship