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The Van Rijn Method
| Author: | Poul Anderson |
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Baen, 2008 |
| Series: | Technic Civilization Saga: Book 1 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
The Buck Starts Here!
Think there's an unbridgeable gulf between human and alien thought Not so! There's a common tongue, all right -- and Nicholas Van Rijn speaks it fluently: TRADE. For behind the buffoonish blarney and bawdy bonhomie of the Falstaffian Van Rijn is a man who gets things done. A born wheeler-dealer who usually leaves both sides better off in the bargain. (While pocketing a hefty cut of the profits himself, of course!)
With The Man Who Counts and a passel of other tales included, this is the first of three volumes set to contain the complete cycle of "Polesotechnic League" books and stories by transcendently-gifted science fiction master (how does seven Hugos and three Nebula Awards strike you ) Poul Anderson – and starring Nicholas Van Rijn, his most famous character of all!
Table of Content:
- "The Saturn Game" (1981)
- "Wings of Victory" (1972)
- "The Problem of Pain" (1973)
- "Margin of Profit" (1956)
- "How to Be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson" (1974)
- "The Three-Cornered Wheel" (1963)
- "A Sun Invisible" (1966)
- "The Season of Forgiveness" (1973)
- "The Man Who Counts" (1958)
- "Esau" (also known as "Birthright") (1970)
- "Hiding Place" (1961)
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