Ring, poul andersons novel the broken sword draws on similar scandinavian and anglosaxon. In his greed for land and power, orm the strong slays the family of a saxon witchand for his sins, the northman must pay with his newborn son. Published the same year as the fellowship of the ring, poul anderson s novel the broken sword draws on similar scandinavian and anglosaxon sources. The broken sword by poul anderson ebook open road media. There hasnt been anything this grim in heroic fantasy since. In his greed for land and power, orm the strong slays the family of a saxon witchand for his sins, the northman must pay with. The broken sword king county library system overdrive. Poul andersons classic fantasy, the broken sword, knocks the fellowship of the ring into a cocked hat, says michael moorcock. It was issued in a revised edition by ballantine books as. Poul anderson 19262001 was a science fiction writer who was admired for his hard science fiction, mysteries, historical novels, and fantasy with rivets. Poul william anderson was an american science fiction author who began his career during one of the golden. The day of their return by poul anderson fictiondb.
The first, in the us, was poul andersons the broken sword. The broken sword by poul anderson books the guardian. Thor has broken the sword tyrfing so that it cannot strike at the roots of yggdrasil, the tree that binds together earth, heaven, and hell. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Theres kinslaughter and incest and rape and torture. Michael moorcock declared the broken sword superior to tolkien, calling it a fastpaced doomdrenched tragedy in which human heroism, love and ambition, manipulated by amoral gods, elves and trolls, led inevitably to tragic consequences. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and.
The broken sword, poul andersons first fantasy novel after establishing himself in science fiction, appeared in 1954 from publisher abelardschuman. This classic fantasy takes listeners to a world similar to that of j. This acclaimed fantasy classic of men, elves, and gods is at once breathtakingly exciting and heartbreakingly tragic. For that very reason i give it a four star rating and only because of the tragic nature of its plot do i avoid giving it the full five stars. Published the same year as the fellowship of the ring, poul andersons novel the broken sword draws on similar scandinavian and anglosaxon sources. Besides winning the hugo and nebula awards, he received the gandalf, seiun, and strannik. The broken sword is a imagined mythology by poul anderson in the norse style. Thor broke the sword tyrfing to save the roots of yggdrasil, the. Jan 29, 2018 sci fi thrillers, romance, trilogies and the out of this world authors who create them see more ideas about sci fi thriller, science fiction and fiction.
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