Abdullahs In Two Timelines

"Under Commander Abdullah's fishy eye, [Flandry] saluted the Emperor's portrait not with his usual vague wave but with a snap that well-nigh dislocated his shoulder."

-Poul Anderson, A Circus Of Hells IN Anderson, Young Flandry (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 193-365 AT CHAPTER ONE, pp. 198-199.

 

Manse Everard to Carl Farness:

 

"'In fact, between the two of us, I feel that Coordinator Abdullah got needlessly stuffy.'"

-Poul Anderson, "The Sorrow of Odin the Goth" IN Anderson, Time Patrol (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 333-465 AT 1980, p.385.

 

Well. Superior officers called Abdullah get a bad press in Poul Anderson's two main fictional timelines. We have scant insight into Time Patrol ranks. There are attached agents, Unattached agents, Specialists, Coordinators, the Middle Command and the Danellians.

 

Of course, I searched the blog to check whether I had posted about these two Abdullahs before but the only name that came up was Abdullah Helu, (scroll down) also of the Terran Empire. 

Terran Naval Funeral Services

In The Rebel Worlds, Flandry as captain must read the service at the burial of one of his men. Although he thinks, "But I never believed -...," he is handed the prayerbook and must do what is expected.

"His fingers stained the page as he read aloud the majestic words."
-Poul Anderson, Young Flandry (New York, 2010), p. 444.

We are not told the words although we imagine an English language naval or military funeral. Flandry would have been reading Anglic, which is descended from English.

Earlier in the History, Philippe Rochefort, a Jerusalem Catholic, and Abdullah Helu, a Muslim, had buried Wa Chaou, a Cynthian. Rochefort reads the service:

"'- Father, unto You in what form he did dream You, we commit this being, our comrade; and we pray that You grant him rest, even as we pray for ourselves. Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.'"
- Poul Anderson, Rise Of The Terran Empire (New York, 2011), p. 543.

Here we have a monotheist liturgy broadened or diluted enough to include as many beings as possible while still remaining at least nominally monotheist. This recalls some later words of reassurance rounding off the radio announcement of an insurrection:

"'Stand by. The Divine, in whatever form It manifests itslf to you, the Divine is with us.'"
- Poul Anderson, Flandry's Legacy (New York, 2012), p. 261.

This Divine is impersonal, "It," not "You." Of course, we must each seek and find, not letting any regime tell us what we believe.

Character Interactions

 

A large cast of characters makes possible an even larger number of character combinations. Two individuals equal one interaction: AB. Adding one more individual adds three more interactions: BC; CA; ABC, because the three together are different from any two on their own. The maths sound wrong: two equals one but one more equals three more. But it's right.

Philippe Rochefort interacts with:

Wa Chaou and Abdullah Helu;

Eve Davisson;

Vodan;

Tabitha Falkayn;

Tabitha, Chris, Eyath and Draun;

Eyath;

Admiral Cajal.

 

With Cajal, Rochefort is an unwitting agent of Avalon!

 

(Draft Talk On Zazen, Part III.)

Twelve Conversations

The People of the Wind.

War preparation affects many people at every level on both sides. Poul Anderson shows this by a series of conversations:

Daniel Holm with his son, Christopher;

Christopher Holm and Eyath, members of Stormgate Choth although of different species;

Daniel Holm as Second Marchwarden of the Lauran System with his superior, Ferune, Wyvan of Mistwood Choth;

Christopher Holm as Arinnian of Stormgate with Tabitha Falkayn as Hrill of Highsky;

Eyath with her fellow Ythrian, Vodan, before he goes to war;

Ekrem Saracoglu, Earl of Anatolia, Imperial Governor of Sector Pacis, with Luisa, daughter of Fleet Admiral Juan de Jesus Cajal y Palomares of Nuevo Mexico;

Lieutenant (j.g.) Philippe Rochefort with fire control, CPO Wa Chou, "Watch Out," of Cynthia and engineer-computerman, CPO Abdullah Helu from Huy Braseal;

Rochefort with Eve Davisson over dinner;

Daniel Holm and Ferune with Matthew Vickery, President of the Parliament of Man, and Liaw of The Tarns, Wyvan of the High Khruath;

Arinnian with Hrill (interrupted by meeting Vodan);

Ainnian and Hrill with Vodan and Quenna;

Cajal with Saracoglu.

Then hostilities begin.

Space Battle

The People Of The Wind, VII.

The Planet-class cruiser Ansa temporarily deactivates an area of her negagrav screen to launch the Meteor boat Hooting Star whose radar instantly detects an approaching torpedo. Although the mother vessel is armored, compartmented and shielded, a torpedo striking the temporarily unprotected hull would inflict possibly crippling damage. However, Hooting Star fire control officer, CPO Wa Chaou of Cynthia, fires an energy beam that destroys the torpedo. Lieutenant Rochefort, commanding, detects and locks on to the boat that had launched the torpedo. Engineer-computerman CPO Abdullah Helu estimates that interception of the receding boat is possible and Ansa squadron control okays it, adding that Hooting Star should afterward join Ansa and Ganymede who will be trying to saturate the defenses of a light battleship.

Hooting Star, touched by an energy beam, automatically veers before her thin plating can be penetrated. The hole, if any, is small enough to self-seal. Accelerating toward the now visible shark-shaped enemy boat decorated with a floral wheel, Hooting Star is struck by two more energy beams but Wa Chaou destroys their sources and also an on-coming torpedo and Hooting Star's torpedo then destroys the enemy. A fragment from the explosion strikes Hooting Star. Meanwhile, a swarm of Terran boats and missiles has destroyed that Avalonian battleship.

A Circus Of Hells, CHAPTER ONE

 

A Circus Of Hells, CHAPTER ONE.

What is of note in this chapter:

Flandry is on Irumclaw which was mentioned in the previous volume;

his earlier electrocram in Eriau is practically applicable because he alone can interpret when the Merseians visit;

chairs are removed from the mess hall in deference to the guests - of course, Merseians squat on their tails;

Flandry meets Tachwyr for the second of three times in the series although it is more often than that in their off-stage careers;

Tachwyr says that the Terrans have been sold a dreadful brand of telloch but he likes skoksh;

Flandry reflects on the notorious Starkad affair but does not reveal any secrets to Tachwyr;

I have recently posted about Commander Abdullah and previously about whether Flandry gets Tachwyr's Vach right;

anything else?

Appreciating Fiction

Art-forms are as diverse as sense-organs and physical and mental faculties. Static visual art is spatial in the sense that it can be permanently displayed and simultaneously viewed as a whole whereas a novel is temporal in the sense that its words and sentences are appreciated successively while reading them. However, the novel can be remembered, quoted and reread. Some works of literature become permanent parts of our mental landscape. For example, images derived from Alice in Wonderland are instantly recognizable even in new illustrations or dramatizations. I hope to demonstrate that Poul Anderson's History of Technic Civilization warrants lengthier aesthetic appreciation than is possible on the basis of a single reading such as is appropriate for lighter fictions. It is more like the Bayeux tapestry of an imaginary future.

In The People Of The Wind, although the Imperial and Avalonian characters wage war against each other, we care equally about (most of) them. Some, like the two Marchwardens, are religious unbelievers but we might notice how many different religions are practiced by some of the others.

(i) Philippe Rochefort is a Jerusalem Catholic.

(ii) Admiral Juan de Jesus Cajal y Palomares is an (unspecified) Catholic. Since he is from Nuevo Mexico, not, e.g., Dennitza, I infer that his practice of praying before a crucifix is Catholic, not Orthodox.

(iii) Abdullah Helu from Huy Braseal is a Muslim. He says, "'Ullah akbar, Ullah akbar.'" (Rise Of The Terran Empire, p. 538) and "'Hand of Fatima...'" (p. 539).

(iv) Do Cynthians have any religion? When Rochefort and Helu survive a crash landing, each gives thanks and adds a wish for the soul of their Cynthian comrade, Wa Chaou. When they bury "Watch Out," Rochefort reads the Naval service which is monotheist but acknowledges that the deity is imagined in different forms.

(v) Most of Highsky Choth keep to the Ythrian Old Faith, use drugs in sacred revels and practice "...slaughterous sacrifices." (p. 548) When Draun kills Helu, he says, "'Hell-winds blow you before my chothmates! Tell Illarian they are coming!'" (p. 549)

(vi) Ferune departs Mistwood according to the New Faith. His litter and its torches are dropped from as high as Ythrians can fly. He becomes water and leaves and rises in the wind. His spirit is not prayed for but remembered.

High is heaven and holy.

Space Battle

Ansa launches Hooting Star, a small Meteor-class spaceship crewed by Philippe Rochefort, Abdullah Helu and Wa Chaou;

during a launch, the negagrav screen for that part of the mother ship has to be turned off and, in this case, a torpedo approaches but one of Wa Chaou's guns destroys it;

Hooting Star pursues the boat that had launched the torpedo;

Ansa and Ganymede try to saturate the defenses of a light battleship;

an energy beam from the enemy boat touches Hooting Star which veers automatically;

any hole caused by the beam is small enough to self-seal;

Rochefort sees the enemy and drives his ship at it;

two beams hit Hooting Star but Wa Chaou destroys their sources before they do serious damage;

Rochefort sees the symbol on the side of the Ythrian boat;

Wa Chaou destroys an Ythrian torpedo and Hooting Star's torp hits the Ythrian;

a fragment of the exploded boat hits Hooting Star;

meanwhile, the enemy battleship is destroyed.

Who Dies?

Which characters known to us die in the Lauran System during the Terran War?

Philippe Rochefort's Comrades
Wa Chaou, a Cynthian
Abdullah Helu from Huy Braseal
Ahmed Nasution from New Djawa

Ythrians
Ferune, succeeded as First Marchwarden by Daniel Holm
Draun, Tabitha Falkyan's business partner
Nyesslan, Draun's son
Vodan, Eyath's fiance
Quenna, who knew Vodan

Character Connections
Arinnian/Christopher Holm, son of Daniel Holm and life-long friend of Eyath, marries Tabitha Falkayn who had previously had a relationship with Philippe Rochefort.

The Ythrian New Faith
The rite for Ferune makes no reference to a hereafter. His successor as Wyvan of Mistwood Choth addresses what is left of Ferune:

"'...be water and leaves, arise in the wind; and spirit, be always remembered.'"
-Poul Anderson, The People Of The Wind IN Anderson, Rise Of The Terran Empire (Riverdale, NY, 2011), pp. 437-662 AT Chapter X, p. 559.

"Avalon struck."

Poul Anderson, The People Of The Wind IN Anderson, The Technic Civilization Saga: Rise Of The Terran Empire (Baen Books, Riverdale, NY, 2011), pp. 437-662.

On the third line from the top of p. 535:

"Avalon struck. The boat reeled. Under an intolerable load of light, viewscreens blanked."

On the second last line of p. 537:

"The skies erupted in radiance."

A load of light; an eruption of radiance. This is the same event described from two points of view. Daniel Holm has launched the Avalonian defenses. See here. Because Ferune and his staff know what has happened, their pov is "Avalon struck" whereas, because the crew of a Terran Meteor are taken by surprise, their pov is "The skies erupted..."

Abdullah Helu from the colony planet of Huy Braseal exclaims:

"''Ullah akbar, Ullah akbar...'" (p. 538)

- and, slightly later:

"'Hand of Fatima...'" (p. 539)

As we have said before, if human beings travel into the galaxy, then they will take their religious beliefs with them.

Many Planets

Poul Anderson, "Hiding Place" IN Anderson, The Van Rijn Method (Riverdale, NY, 2009), pp. 555-609.

A future history series like Poul Anderson's Technic History features many fictional extra-solar planets. No doubt we could list the planets that are mentioned only once and those that are referenced more than once. The latter make the background of a series more substantial. 

On p. 558:

"...a green valley of Freya..."

"...a citizen of Ramanujan planet..."

"...the Huy Brasealian jewel-tapestry..."

 

Captain Bahadur Torrance, he who is from Ramanujan, looks in the direction of "Valhalla." However, the ensuing reference to Freya informs us that Valhalla is a star and that Freya is one of its planets. No doubt the other Valhallan planets include Odin, Thor, Tyr, Sif etc - although there is also a "Woden" elsewhere. I am fairly sure that this story is the only one to refer to Freya or indeed to the Valhallan system.

 

By contrast, Ramanujan shows up again as the home planet of Chunderban Desai, a major viewpoint character in The Day Of Their Return and a significant supporting character in A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows, and, in The People Of The Wind, we read:

"...the engineer-computerman, CPO Abdullah Helu...a lean middle-aged careerist from Huy Braseal."

-Poul Anderson, The People Of The Wind IN Anderson, Rise Of The Terran Empire (Riverdale, NY, 2011), pp. 437-662 AT IV, p. 478.

There are other examples but we will take them as we find them.

A Short But Thorough Novel

Poul Anderson's The People Of The Wind is a short but thorough novel. In Chapters I-VI, various groups and individuals prepare for the war between Terra and Ythri:

Stormgate Choth on Avalon;

the First and Second Marchwardens of the Lauran System, the former newly returned from consultations on the home planet;

Tabitha Falkayn/Hrill of Highsky Choth, representing northern Oronesia, and Christopher Holm/Arinnian of Stormgate Choth, representing western Corona, cooperating to defend the Hesperian Sea;

Eyath and Vodan of Stormgate;

Ekrem Saracoglu, Imperial governor of Sector Pacis, based on Esperance, and Fleet Admiral Juan de Jesus Cajal y Palomares, from Nuevo Mexico;

orbiting Pax at 10 a.u.'s, the Planet-class cruisers, Thor and Ansa;

the crew of Ansa's Meteor boat, Hooting Star - Lieutenant (j.g.) Philippe Rochefort, fire control officer CPO Wa Chaou of Cynthia and engineer-computerman CPO Abdullah Helu from Huy Braseal;

Rochefort and Eve Davisson, the latter bearing the same surname as an Esperancian that had worked with Nicholas van Rijn;

a holographic conference between Matthew Vickery, President of the Parliament of Man, Liaw of the Tarns, Wyvan of the High Khruath, Ferune of Mistwood, First Marchwarden of the Lauran System and Daniel Holm, Second Marchwarden.

In Chapter VII, Terra attacks.

A Large Cast

This morning, gym. We remember that Dominic Flandry forever loathes physical exercises and sometimes does them under double gravity to halve the time.

The People Of The Wind is a short novel with a large cast, each character individually realized. If we try to include even spear carriers:

Daniel Holm

Christopher Holm

Daniel's wife/Christopher's mother mentioned

Eyath

Lythran

Blawsa

Ferune

a sailor

a herder

Tabitha Falkayn

Vodan

Ekrem Saracoglu

Luisa Cajal

a Gorzunian guard/chaperone

Philippe Rochefort

Wa Chaou

Abdullah Helu

Eve Davisson

Matthew Vickery

Liaw

Quenna

a woman called by Arrinian who is at work

a second whose husband is home

a third who is available

Admiral Cajal

Ferune's aide

a captain of Cajal's staff

other men on his staff

Draun

six Ythrians following Tabitha and Draun

Ferune's widow, sons, daughters and their families

the new Wyvan of Mistwood

Liaw's colleagues

a North Coronan rancher

Marchwarden Rusa

High Wyvan Trauvay

Captain Ion Munteanu

Ensign Ozumi

Corporal Ahmed Nasution

ten men attacked by lycosauroids

a Terran major

a medical officer

a commandant

a civilian planetologist

Nyesslan

forty Terrans reading or bitching in an Avalonian ward

A wide cross-section of humanity and Ythrianity plus one Gorzunian and one Cynthian. 

Earlier Naval Careers

In two recent posts, we listed thirteen Terran Naval careers, plus Edwin Cairncross's five-year hitch, but these all happened during Dominic Flandry's lifetime. Earlier in the Technic History:

John Reeves was a Lieutenant in the Solar Commonwealth Navy but became a Rear Admiral in the Imperial Solar Navy under Manuel I;

Commander Helena Jansky, commanding HM Ganymede during the expedition into the Black Nebula, was accompanied by Basil Donovan, formerly a Captain in the independent Ansan Navy;

Fleet Admiral Juan de Jesus Cajal y Palomares led the Terran fleet against the Domain of Ythri;

Lieutenant (j.g.) Philippe Rochefort captained the Meteor-class ship, Hooting Star, which was crewed by fire control officer, CPO Wa Chaou, and engineer-computerman CPO Abdullah Helu;

Ferune, Wyvan of Mistwood Choth and First Marchwarden of the Lauran System, commanded the fleet defending Avalon.

The Uncollected Works of Poul Anderson, by Sean M. Brooks

It would be easy for a zealous fan of the works of Poul Anderson, such as myself, to boast of how complete a collection I have.  I could brag of how many hard cover first editions I have, including rarities.  BUT, when I compiled this list of works by Anderson which I DON'T have or have not read, then I see how little right I have for boasting.  Because, as anyone can see from reviewing this list, FAR too many of Poul Anderson's  essays and stories has not yet been republished or collected.  This list strengthens my conviction that we need a COMPLETE COLLECTED WORKS OF POUL ANDERSON if interested readers are going to be able to access even the most obscure of his essays and stories.

For this list I leaned heavily on the bibliography of the works of Poul Anderson compiled by Jean-Daniel Breque and included by him as an appendix to his French translation of a collection of Anderson's Time Patrol stories.  I own M. Breque many thanks for giving me a copy of his translation of those stories.  I have also found the listing of Anderson's works in the special Poul Anderson issue of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION for April 1971 to be very helpful.  I have not included (aside from a very few exceptions) in this compilation stories which has been collected in anthologies which I either have or can be easily found elsewhere.

One point which concerns me is how many of the stories I listed below were first published in now obscure and little known magazines which has long since ceased being printed.  Because I think it is possible all of the issues of some of these forgotten magazines might disappear--meaning that the Anderson stories they printed will be at risk of being permanently lost.

I drew upon the listing of Anderson's articles and essays found in the April 1971 issue of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION for Section I of the list below.  However, that list is only good up till that year. Poul Anderson wrote other non fiction essays after that time as well, some of which, such as "Thud and Blunder," are important and can be found in collections like FANTASY.  In addition, it's possible Anderson wrote essays for magazines or newspapers later than the items listed in the April 1971 issue of F&SF which I have no knowledge of.

Moreover, the publication credits for the 1963 edition of Anderson's IS THERE LIFE ON OTHER WORLDS? states that part of Chapter 7 of that book was originally "Science and Superman, an Inquiry," which can be found listed in Section I below.  And part of Chapter 8 of the same book was originally "How Social is Science?," also listed below in Section I.  My point being that Poul Anderson sometimes revised or incorporated stories and essays for inclusion in other works.

While working on this article I was amazed yet again at how creative and prolific an author Poul Anderson was.  All by themselves, the 90 plus essays and stories I listed here would be considered a very respectable lifetime achievement for many writers.  Never mind the far larger number of better known stories and novels written by Anderson!  Of course, the reason for that is simple: Anderson had to sell as many stories, essays, and novels as possible if he was to make a living as a free lance writer.

It was maddening and frustrating to list so many unknown essays and stories written by Poul Anderson. For instance, what did Anderson write about in the article "Those Hairy Ancestors?  The Neanderthals or some other branch of the hominid family? And the very title of "Ashtaru the Terrible" is tantalizing!  And was "The Corpse in a Suit of Armor" another Trygve Yamamura mystery story?

To sum up, with a few exceptions (e.g., some of Anderson's stories for THE FLEET books) the tales I listed below are works I have not read.  It is humbling to see, despite my ardor in collecting the works of Poul Anderson, how MANY of these articles and stories I have not yet managed to find.  In addition, one reason I have compiled this list is to highlight for future editors striving to collect the works of Poul Anderson which of his lesser known articles and stories they should take pains in tracking down.  Other readers, of course, may well compile somewhat different lists.

I. Articles, Essays, Reviews
"The Einstein Rocket," DSF, Dec. 1952
"Those Hairy Ancestors," ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION (hereafter cited as ASF), Nov. 1954
"Plausibility in SF," WRITERS' YEARBOOK, 1956
"Nice Girls on Mars," THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (hereafter cited as F&SF), May 1956
"The Troublesome Dimensions," ASF, Nov 1956
"How Social Is Science?," SATURDAY REVIEW, 27 April 1957
"Science and Superman, an Inquiry," AMAZING, Nov. 1959
"The Velocity of Gravitation," JOURNAL OF THE INTERPLANETARY EXPLORATION SOCIETY, Dec, 1960
"The Helpful Friend of Mohammed Abdullah" [The Library Murder], in THE QUALITY OF MURDER, ed. Anthony Boucher, Dutton 1962
"Poetry, Science, and Fiction," AMAZING, Feb. 1965
"Life in Space," in ASTRONAUTICS FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS, ed. John Meiner, Wiley, 1965
Untitled Reply to Soviet Critics, F&SF, Oct. 1965
"In One More Generation," NATIONAL REVIEW, 30 Jan. 1968
Untitled book reviews, F&SF, April 1968
"Limiting Factor," IF, May 1968
Untitled memorial to Anthony Boucher, F&SF, August 1968
"Search for the Hunter," in ADVENTURES IN DISCOVERY, ed. Tom Purdom, Doubleday, 1969
"The Past That Never Was," NATIONAL REVIEW, 24 Feb. 1970
Introduction to FIRST STEP OUTWARD, ed. Robert Hoskins, Dell 2549, 1969
"Commentary" in MEN ON THE MOON, ed. Donald Wollheim, Ace 52470, 1969
"Editorial," ASF, Jan, 1972
"Science and Creation," ASF, Sept, 1973

II. Science Fiction and Fantasy

"A Matter of Relativity," ASF, September 1944
"Genius," ASF, December 1948
"Prophecy," ASF, May 1949
"Entity," in collaboration with John Gregen, ASF, June 1949
"The Perfect Weapon," ASF, February 1950
"Trespass," in collaboration with Gordon R. Dickson, FANTASTIC SERIES QUARTERLY, 1950
"The Long Return," FUTURE COMBINED WITH SCIENCE FICTION STORIES, Sep./Oct. 1950
"Witch of the Demon Seas," PLANET STORIES (hereafter cited as PS), January 1951
"The Acolytes," WORLDS BEYOND, February 1951
"World of the Mad," IMAGINATION, February 1951
"Incomplete Superman," FUTURE COMBINED WITH SCIENCE FICTION STORIES, March 1951
"Inside Earth," GALAXY, April 1951
"The Missionaries," OTHER WORLDS, June/July 1951
"The Virgin of Valkarion," PS, July 1951
"Swordsman of Lost Terra," PS, November 1951
"War-Maid of Mars," PS, May 1952
"Garden in the Void," GALAXY, May 1952
"Sentiment, Inc.", SPACE SCIENCE FICTION, February 1953
"The Green Thumb," SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY, February 1953
"Security," SPACE SCIENCE FICTION, February 1953
"Ashtaru the Terrible," FANTASY MAGAZINE, March 1953
"Courier of Chaos," FUTURE SCIENCE FICTION, March 1953
"Three Wishes," FANTASTIC, March/April 1953
"Rachaela," FANTASY FICTION, June 1953
"The Temple of Earth," ROCKET STORIES, July 1953
"Butch," in TIME TO COME, anthology ed. by August Derleth, 1954
"Contact Point," collaboration with Theodore Cogswell, IF, August 1954
"Elliptic Orbit," IF, December 1954
"Snowball," IF, May 1955
"Catalysis," IF, February 1956
"Security Risk," ASF, January 1957
"Survival Technique," collaboration with Kenneth Gray, F&SF, March 1957
"Life Cycle," F&SF, July 1957
"Mister Tiglath, TALES OF THE FRIGHTENED, August 1957
"The Peacemongers," F&SF, December 1957
"The Apprentice Wobbler," STAR SCIENCE FICTION, January 1958
"The Barrier Moment," ASF, renamed ANALOG, March 1960
"The Covenant,"  FANTASTIC, July 1960
"Goodbye, Atlantis," FANTASTIC, August 1961
"The Enemy," TORONTO STAR WEEKLY, October 28, 1961
"Third Stage," AMAZING, February 1962
"In the Island of Uffa," WEST BY ONE AND BY ONE, anthology pub. 1965
"High Treason," IMPULSE, March 1965
"A Gift From Centauri," BOY'S LIFE, December 1967
"The Inevitable Weapon," ANALOG, March 1968
"The Galloping Hessian," BOY'S LIFE, October 1969
"I Tell You, It's True," NOVA 2, ed. Harry Harrison (1972), and in CONFLICT (1983)
"Strength," collaboration with Mildred D. Downey, in THE MAGIC MAY RETURN (ed. Larry Niven,1982)
"Letter from Tomorrow," ANALOG, August 1987
"The Deserter," NEW DESTINIES 4, ed. Jim Baen (1988)
"The Only Bed to Lie In," THE FLEET, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett (1988)
"The Death Wish, THE MICROVERSE, anthology ed. Byron Preiss (1989)
"Origin," NEW DESTINIES 4, anthology ed. Jim Baen (1989)
"Statesmen," NEW DESTINIES 8, anthology ed. Jim Baen (1989)
"Dereliction," THE FLEET 4: SWORN ALLIES, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett (1990)
"Kinetic Kill," THE FLEET: CRISIS, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett (1991)
"Unnatural Enemy," THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR, anthology ed. Byron Preiss & Robert Silverberg (1992)
"Scarecrow," NEW LEGENDS, anthology ed. Greg Bear & Martin H. Greenberg (1995)
"Renascence," ANALOG, March 1995
"Inside Passage," THE WILLIAMSON EFFECT, anthology ed. Roger Zelazny (1996)
"Tyranny," FREE SPACE, anthology ed. Brad Linaweaver & Edward E. Kramer (1997)
"Consequences," NATURE, vol. 405, no. 6784, May 18, 2000
"The Bog Sword," THE FIRST HEROES, anthology ed. Harry Harrison & Noreen Doyle (2004)

III. Mysteries and Adventures

"The Corpse in a Suit of Armor," THE SAINT DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, November 1956
"The Trader and the Viking," JACK LONDON'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINE, October 1958
"Pythagorean Romaji," THE SAINT DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, December 1959
"Stab in the Back," THE SAINT DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, March 1960
"The Gentle Way," THE SAINT DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, August 1960