Series
David Falkayn
Poul Anderson · 1 novella · 3 novelettes · 6 short stories · 1 collection · 1963–1978
David Falkayn is a free trader operating within the Polesotechnic League, the freewheeling era of interstellar commerce at the heart of Poul Anderson's Technic History. Younger than the League's dominant merchant prince Nicholas van Rijn, Falkayn represents the next generation of traders, working scouting and negotiation jobs across alien worlds in stories like The Trouble Twisters. The tales were later gathered as the omnibus David Falkayn: Star Trader, collecting adventures Anderson wrote between 1963 and 1971.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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By decade
- 1960s10
- 1970s1
Shape
1 novella · 3 novelettes · 6 short stories · 1 collection
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionspace explorationother star systemsfar futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 11 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Supernovadarkest
- The Trouble Twistersbrightest · calmest
- A Sun Invisiblemost intense