The People of the Wind explained

The People of the Wind
Author:Poul Anderson
Cover Artist:Fernando Fernandez
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Science fiction
Publisher:Signet Books
Release Date:1973
Media Type:Print
Pages:176
Isbn:9780839823537
Oclc:64586696

The People of the Wind is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in 1973. It was a 1974 nominee of the Nebula Award for Science Fiction.[1] The novel is the last book in Anderson’s Polesotechnic League series. However, since the setting of the book is many generations after the series' two main characters, Nicholas van Rijn and David Falkayn, and many generations before Anderson's follow-up series, the Terran Empire; it is more proper to consider this book a bridge between the two series.[2]

Synopsis

The People of the Wind is a story of the clash of two very different cultures living on a planet named Avalon. One culture consists of people who trace their ancestry to Earth and can thus be considered human. They have created a highly organized and complex society. The other culture is made up of winged creatures that have remained ‘as free as the wind.’ Despite the unlikelihood of such two different groups forming a unified society, they indeed created a single nation composed of the best of both races. Unfortunately the two groups are forced into a war, and the population of Avalon is forced to choose a side to support. Unless they choose they are going against both.[3]

Awards

Publication history

The People of the Wind was first published in 1973. It was reprinted by Signet as a mass market paperback on January 17, 1978 [7] and appears in Rise of the Terran Empire, the third volume of the Technic Civilization complete edition published by Baen in 2009 (paperback 2011).

In 1975, Metagaming Concepts published a board wargame titled The Ythri that was based on Anderson's novel.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nebula Awards Listing. The Locus Index to SF Awards. 22 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110605231355/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Nebula1974.html. 5 June 2011.
  2. Web site: Territorial & cultural imperatives: a review of Poul Anderson's The People of the Wind.. The Uvula From Betelgeuse-4!. 22 June 2014.
  3. Book: People of the Wind Mass Market Paperback. 0451079000 .
  4. Web site: Walton. Jo. Hugo Nominees: 1974. Tor.Com. 22 June 2014.
  5. Web site: Locus Science Fiction Award Winners and Nominees 1979-1970. Best SF Books. 22 June 2014.
  6. Web site: Boaz. Joachim. Book Review: The People of the Wind, Poul Anderson (1973). Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations. 16 July 2010 . 22 June 2014.
  7. Web site: The People of the Wind. Good Reads. 22 June 2014.
  8. Web site: The Ythri (1975). boardgamegeek.com . 2022-03-30.