All One Universe

Rating:
Summary: Here is a generous taste of hard SF's best author!
Review: Poul Anderson always brings thoughtful provocative pros to the readers of his fine works. As a follower of most of Anderson's offerings over the years I find that All One Universe gives the reader a chance to look into Anderson's own thinking in the selection of the short stories and editorials on some of the great contributors in Literature. In fact, it is the celebration of man's accomplishments throughout history and in literature that Anderson treats us here in this collection as he has done so well in other books. I dare say that this book as much as any I can remember in recent memory shouts at us to get out and read: science, hard science fiction, and the wealth of literature that is available - and that's inspirational!

Rating:
Summary: Here is a generous taste of hard SF's best author!
Review: Poul Anderson always brings thoughtful provocative pros to the readers of his fine works. As a follower of most of Anderson's offerings over the years I find that All One Universe gives the reader a chance to look into Anderson's own thinking in the selection of the short stories and editorials on some of the great contributors in Literature. In fact, it is the celebration of man's accomplishments throughout history and in literature that Anderson treats us here in this collection as he has done so well in other books. I dare say that this book as much as any I can remember in recent memory shouts at us to get out and read: science, hard science fiction, and the wealth of literature that is available - and that's inspirational!

Rating:
Summary: Good work from the Grand Master
Review: Poul Anderson is one of the great writers of science fiction. This book contains a good number of his good short stories, plus some of his thoughts about science fiction. It includes his memories and thoughts about John W. Campbell, Jr. - who was, if you can credit one person with SF, the founder of modern science fiction. For the little change you would spend on this book, it is a good value.

Rating:
Summary: Good work from the Grand Master
Review: Poul Anderson is one of the great writers of science fiction. This book contains a good number of his good short stories, plus some of his thoughts about science fiction. It includes his memories and thoughts about John W. Campbell, Jr. - who was, if you can credit one person with SF, the founder of modern science fiction. For the little change you would spend on this book, it is a good value.

Rating:
Summary: Quality short fiction and good essays
Review: _All One Universe_ is a fine collection of (very) short stories and non-fiction essays, the personal choices of Poul Anderson himself. Many of the short stories are excellent (although some of them offer such a tantalizing taste of Anderson's inner fantasy world that you want to cry out for longer pieces); some are based on his existing work, and some are completely new.

The non-fiction pieces provide an interesting break, although they are not as entertaining -- most of them involve Anderson trying to sell the reader on a particular author or concept; I guess you can't blame a man late in his life for that indulgence.