The Fleet of Stars

Poul Anderson

Tom Doherty Associates, Feb 15, 1998 - Fiction - 416 pages

In "The Fleet of Stars," Poul Anderson brings back the wildly colorful Anson Guthrie, his iconoclastic hero from Harvest of Stars. The staid, somber people of Earth are not only dependent on technology, they are all but ruled by machine intelligence. Suspecting a conspiracy to suppress the last vestiges of freedom known to humankind, Guthrie sets out on a dangerous and hair-raising journey encompassing the realm of the comets, the asteroids, and the stars themselves. Among the many exciting characters he meets along the way are the brave, beautiful Kinna Ronay and her courageous friend Fenn, who, against the advice of the wise and cautious Chuan, will join Guthrie in his attempt to stop the Terrans. Guthrie and his friends are determined that humankind will travel to the stars and roam the galaxies, even the universe itself, or die trying.

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Review: The Fleet of Stars (Harvest of Stars #4)

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Decent read until the last few pages, in which a Anderson destroys an element that I was actually really liking. Still worth the time (Even if it did take me a month. Stupid school, sucking up my reading time.)

Review: Fleet of Stars (Harvest of Stars #4)

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THE FLEET OF STARS, the final book of Poul Anderson's four-volume future history that began with HARVEST OF STARS, is perhaps the most successful. That's not saying much admittedly, but THE FLEET OF ...

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: The Fleet of Stars; Volume 3 of Harvest of Stars
• Author: Poul Anderson
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, 1998
• ISBN: 0812545982, 9780812545982
• Length: 416 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera