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Summary: Great stuff!
Review: There should be more of this heroic fantasy. Anderson was there even before Tolkien, and he too deserves honour as a master of the genre. This is a relatvely short work, but no-one with a drop of red blood in their veins should miss it. A tonic for the spirit as well as for the funny-bone!
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Summary: Excellent Light Reading
Review: This book is good fun. It is not hard science fiction by any stretch of the imagination, but if you can suspend your disbelief for just a bit you will have a heck of a time reading this. Mr. Anderson's style really hits its stride with this work. In a way it feels like a reversed 'Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' with the protagonist(s) travelling forward in time rather than backwards. The mixture of drama and satire gives these two works some common ground as well. I am not arguing that this work is as strong as Mark Twain's piece but it at least aspires to be so, and with all the trash out there it is nice to see an occasional gem of imagination.
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Summary: Excellent Light Reading
Review: This book is good fun. It is not hard science fiction by any stretch of the imagination, but if you can suspend your disbelief for just a bit you will have a heck of a time reading this. Mr. Anderson's style really hits its stride with this work. In a way it feels like a reversed 'Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' with the protagonist(s) travelling forward in time rather than backwards. The mixture of drama and satire gives these two works some common ground as well. I am not arguing that this work is as strong as Mark Twain's piece but it at least aspires to be so, and with all the trash out there it is nice to see an occasional gem of imagination.
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Summary: A fun book by an sf master,
Review: This book isn't profound, but it is fun & clever. I enjoyed it much more then Tau Zero. It was in my dad's collection so it was one of my first science fiction books. It is most definitely the best book about Medieval knights conquering the galaxy ever written.
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Summary: King Arthur retold
Review: This is a classic tale in the 'Terrans Uber Alles' genre. Evil aliens try to take over the earth but the humans triumph and take over the galaxy. The twist to the story which makes it such an engaging read is that the aliens landed in medieval England and a rag-tag band of goatherds and farmers can still win. There are strong elements of the King Arthur plot mixed throughout this story.A very good read.
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Summary: King Arthur retold
Review: This is a classic tale in the 'Terrans Uber Alles' genre. Evil aliens try to take over the earth but the humans triumph and take over the galaxy. The twist to the story which makes it such an engaging read is that the aliens landed in medieval England and a rag-tag band of goatherds and farmers can still win. There are strong elements of the King Arthur plot mixed throughout this story. A very good read.
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Summary: A hilarious tour-de-farce! Anderson rocks!
Review: This old "classic" is a great tour-de-farce that Anderson masterfully keeps just on the edge of plausibility. The premise is simple. A highly advanced alien spaceship, from the "Wersgor Empire" lands on Earth with the intent of subjigating it. The time is the 14th Century, the place, England.
Well, the local horse cavalry surprises and overwhelms the aliens and takes control of the spaceship. The Englishmen then proceed to take on the whole Wersgor Empire by guts, guile, and good old human deviousness. This all makes for great fun. This is a terrific "beer and chips" novel, which is all Anderson, a Grand Master of SF, intended for it to be. I only gave it three stars because this is not great literature, nor is it the best that Anderson has written. But make no mistake, this one gets 5 stars in the category of readability and fun, and I recommend it to anyone who likes Science Fiction and has a good sense of humor. Enjoy.
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Summary: Your basic story of knights, aliens and spaceships.
Review: This was one of the best books I have read in a while. It's your basic aliens land on Earth, aliens attack knights, knights kill aliens and steal spaceship, knights travel to distant planet, and try to conquer universe story. That pretty much sums up the theme into one sentence, and the way Poul Anderson writes it out into a book something that you should give a big round of applause for. Not only is it a great Sci-fi story, but the story is almost believable and movie quality stuff.
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Summary: Ivanhoe in space!
Review: What happens when a band of aliens land in Medieval England just as a local baron is assembling his army for war? The High Crusade! Poul Anderson takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to science fiction in this very funny, yet plausible short-novel. Told from the point of view of the local cleric, the story begins when a scout ship of alien beings, bent on conquest, land near the holdings of Sir Roger of Tourneville, who is gearing up to join the king for a war in France. Instead of running in fear, the war-rabid Englishmen suspect a "French trick" and go out to meet the ship. The fun begins when one of the aliens blasts a local, hoping to frighten the natives. Instead, the assembled troops react, only as trained soldiers will, and turn the aliens into pincushions with their longbows. Thus begins Anderson's humorous adventure. Funny as it is, the book has serious undertones in that it reminds us how little society changes despite advances in technology. This book is perfect for younger readers; it is fairly short, fast-paced, and has no offensive language or adult themes, but adults (especially students of Midieval history) will appreciate its wit and satire. It would make a funny movie. Maybe someone should send a copy to Terry Gilliam (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Time Bandits).
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Summary: Light and Fun
Review: What if a band of space faring aliens landed in medieval Europe and were overrun as they debarked from there ship by the local baron and his merry band of knights and serfs. What if these same medieval simpletons were then to take this ship to the nearest colony world of this alien power, guided by a captive alien. Imagine the fun and utter destruction that would ensue. This is a light and fun novel that explores completely ludicrous what ifs but is enjoyable nonetheless. The book is not written in a joking manner but the humor shines through as we see what farcical destruction a band of barbarians can wreck on a truly advanced race. A good quick read that should be read as the light fare that it is.
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