Sunday 2 October 2022

Series In Boxed Sets

OK. I am again reconceptualizing how to repackage/re-present/republish Poul Anderson's major series in boxed sets of paperback volumes. The Technic History is the only series that needs more than one set.

Numbers of Volumes in Single-Set Series
The Psychotechnic History: 5
The King Of Ys (with Karen Anderson): 4
The Maurai History: 3
The Kith History: 2
The Harvest Of Stars Tetralogy: 4
The Old Phoenix Multiverse: 5
The Viking novels: 5
The Last Viking Trilogy: 3
The Trygve Yamamura Trilogy: 3

Also, although these are not series, there are:

3 novels of different genres set B.C.
3 novels of different genres set in the 14th century

The History of Technic Civilization
Box I, League And Empire: 7 volumes, culminating in the omnibus The Earth Book Of Stormgate which collects twelve instalments, including a novel, with introductions and an afterword;

Box II, 10 volumes.

Now imagine reading all that for the first time ever.

3 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I puzzled over how you got five volumes for the Old Phoenix multiverse. I can only come up with four volumes and two short stories: THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS, OPERATION CHAOS, OPERATION LUNA, A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST, "House Rule," and "Losers' Night." And I think the Old Phoenix stories could be collected with MIDSUMMER.

aD ASTRA! Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Sean,

You are right but I was referring to previous discussions on this blog. I like the idea of a collection called THE OLD PHOENIX AND OTHER UNIVERSES:

"The House of Sorrows"
"Eutopia"
the 2 Old Phoenix stories

Paul.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaopr, Paul!

That clarifies what you meant.

Ad astra! Sean