Books by Poul Anderson
“The Broken Sword was written by a science fiction writer. He takes Norse and Anglo-Saxon mythology and writes about that with a science-fictional world-building eye. Fairy is a place, a magical world at an angle to the real world where you can go; but he has elves and trolls, which are very much the denizens of Fairy, as major characters.” Read more...
The Best Fairy Books for Adults
Jo Walton, Novelist
Interviews where books by Poul Anderson were recommended
The Best Fairy Books for Adults, recommended by Jo Walton
Fairies have long stood for the numinous other, and since the twentieth century authors have put fairy tradition to a variety of uses. Award-winning author Jo Walton introduces us to five landmark stories of fairies – wide-ranging in setting and themes, but always at once alluring and discomfiting.
