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The Earth Book of Stormgate - 3

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One of the great modern works of the imagination, this book tells of the trader van Rijn and the adventurer Falkayne; it rounds and completes the future history of the Polesotechnic League that spans four thousand years of Earth's interstellar empire; and it chronicles Mankind's encounters with the great-winged Ythri, who kept record at far Stormgate.

The Earth Book of Stormgate (many stories do not feature Van Rijn) (1978). It collects:

* "Wings of Victory" (1972)
* "The Problem of Pain" (1973)
* "How to be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson" (1974)
* "Margin of Profit" (1956)
* "Esau" (also known as "Birthright") (1970)
* "The Season of Forgiveness" (1973)
* The Man Who Counts (first appearance of the unedited version of War of the Wing-Men) (1958)
* "A Little Knowledge" (1971)
* "Day of Burning" (also known as "Supernova") (1967)
* "Lodestar (Anderson)" (1973)
* "Wingless" (also known as "Wingless on Avalon") (1973)
* "Rescue on Avalon" (1973)

If you have never read Poul Anderson's future history stories of the Polesotechnic League, this is a great place to start. By the end of this collection of short stories and short novels you will have become very familiar with some wonderful characters and an enchanting imaginative history. My favorite stories were the last four in this work , "The Season of Forgiveness," "Lodestar," "Wingless on Avalon," and Rescue on Avalon." These specific stories further the relationship between humans and the wonderful winged ones the Ythrians.