Poul Anderson, author, 74

["Deathwatch Central" <cdw@slick.org>]

Poul Anderson, 74, died around midnight, July 31st at his home in Orinda,
California (near San Francisco) from the effects of prostate cancer. 

Anderson was one of the more famous and respected writers of SF and
fantasy. He won seven Hugo Awards, 3 Nebulas, and too many other awards to
list here. He was a Grand Master of the SFWA and an inductee to the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He was prolific and outstanding
in all types of SF and fantasy, from the super-hard science of Brain Wave
(1954) and Tau Zero (1970), to the Nordic sagas of The Broken Sword
(1954) and Hrolf Kraki's Saga (1973) to the High fantasy of Three Hearts
and Three Lions (1961) and The King of Ys (1988 with Karen Anderson), as
well as humor Earthman's Burden (1957 with Gordon R. Dickson) and The High
Crusade (1982). 

He was equally at home in shorter fiction. He was a master of the novella,
and wrote numerous series of stories (and novels) including the Technic
History series, involving Dominic Flandry and Nicholas Van Rijn; the
Psychotechnic League series; and the Time Patrol series. Classic short
works include "Call Me Joe" (1957), "Kyrie" (1968), "The Queen of Air and
Darkness" (1971), "Goat Song" (1972), and "The Saturn Game" (1981). 

His magnus opus might well be the recently completed future history of the
next billion years which ended with Genesis (2000), a novel which last
month won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel of the
year. 

Anderson is survived by his wife and writing partner Karen, daughter
Astrid and son-in-law Greg Bear, brother John, grandchildren Erik and
Alexandra, and nieces Janet and Cathy. 

A memorial gathering is planned for 2 p.m., Saturday, August 4 at the
First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th Street, Oakland. Following
that, a small wake will be held at Greyhaven from approximately 5
p.m. Please bring food or drink to share if attending the wake. 

In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to the SFWA Emergency Medical
Fund c/o Chuck Rothman, SFWA Treasurer, 1436 Altamount Ave., PMB 292,
Schenectady, PA 12303-2977 



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