Harvest of Stars Summary
Poul Anderson

Harvest of Stars Summary

Typical of much of Anderson's mature work, Harvest of Stars is rich in themes that are beyond social concerns. The very structure of the novel makes it a philosophical work; like Horace and Samuel Johnson and other writers of philosophical literature, Anderson knows that to be read he must first entertain. The tense, rollicking chase of the novel's first movement is exciting from the first word, and is gripping in the tension it...

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