The Technic Civilization Collections

"Uniting [the Dominic Flandry and Nicholas van Rijn] stories gave Anderson the nucleus of a future history 5000 years long which now numbers more than 40 separate items including 11 full-length novels.  It is the most remarkable achievement of its kind in [science-fiction]."
— Sandra Miesel, "Lurex and Gold," Agent of the Terran Empire

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Several Technic Civilization works were first collected in the period 1964-66, with six Polesotechic League tales in two collections —Trader to the Stars (Van Rijn) and The Trouble Twisters (Falkayn) — published by Doubleday and seven Dominic Flandry tales in two collections — Agent of the Terran Empire and Flandry of Terra — published by Chilton.  All four collections were subsequently reissued several times by multiple publishers through the mid-1980s.

A fifth collection of twelve additional Technic Civilization tales — The Earth Book of Stormgate — was published by Berkley in 1978 and a sixth collection of five more Technic Civilization tales — The Long Night — was published by Tor in 1983.

The Earth Book of Stormgate included the Van Rijn novel The Man Who Counts but no other Technic Civilization novels — Satan's World (Van Rijn and Falkayn), Mirkheim (Van Rijn and Falkayn), People of the Wind, Ensign Flandry, A Circus of Hells (Flandry), The Rebel Worlds (Flandry), The Day of Their Return, Hunters of the Sky Cave (Flandry), A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (Flandry), A Stone in Heaven (Flandry), The Game of Empire (Flandry) or The Night Face — appeared in any of these collections.

Trader to the Stars

Dust jacket illustration by Thomas Chibbaro.

Trader to the Stars, uncredited editor, New York: Doubleday, 1964, with dust jacket illustration by Thomas Chibbaro, collects three tales of Nicholas Van Rijn:

• "Hiding Place," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, March 1961

• "Territory" (Van Rijn), originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, June 1963

• "The Master Key," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, July 1964

Trader to the Stars was reissued several times:

• Trader to the Stars, uncredited editor, New York: Doubleday, 1964 (SFBC edition), with dust jacket illustration by Thomas Chibbaro

• Trader to the Stars, uncredited editor, New York: Berkley, 1966 (F1284), with cover illustration (for "Hiding Place") by Paul Lehr

• Trader to the Stars, uncredited editor, New York: Berkley, 1976 (ISBN 0-425-03199-3), with cover illustration by Richard Powers

• Trader to the Stars, uncredited editor, New York: Berkley, 1979 (ISBN 0-425-04304-5), with cover illustration by Angus McKie (variant of cover illustration for The Planet That Wasn't, Isaac Asimov, Sphere, 1977)

• Trader to the Stars, uncredited editor, New York: Berkley, 1983 (ISBN 0-425-05746-1), with cover illustration by Steve Ferris

The Trouble Twisters

Dust jacket illustration by Emanuel Schongut.

The Trouble Twisters, uncredited editor, New York: Doubleday, 1966 (Doubleday gutter code "H17" — April 1966 — on page 189), with dust jacket illustration by Emanuel Schongut, collects three tales of David Falkayn:

• "The Three-Cornered Wheel," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, October 1963

• "A Sun Invisible," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, April 1966

• "The Trouble Twisters," originally serialized as "Trader Team" in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, July 1965, and >Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, August 1965

The Trouble Twisters was reissued several times:

• The Trouble Twisters, uncredited editor, New York: Berkley, 1967 (X1417), with cover illustration by Richard Powers

• The Trouble Twisters, uncredited editor, New York: Berkley, 1976 (ISBN 0-425-03245-0), with cover illustration by Richard Powers

• The Trouble Twisters, uncredited editor, New York: Berkley, 1979 (ISBN 0-425-04115-8), with cover illustration by Angus McKie (variant of cover illustration for Rhapsody in Black, Brian Stableford, Pan, 1976)

• The Trouble Twisters, uncredited editor, New York: Berkley, 1980 (ISBN 0-425-04335-5), with cover illustration (for "The Trouble Twisters") by David Egge

• The Trouble Twisters, uncredited editor, New York: Berkley, 1982 (ISBN 0-425-05822-0), with cover illustration (for "The Trouble Twisters") by Steve Ferris

Agent of the Terran Empire

Dust jacket illustration by Roger Hane.

Agent of the Terran Empire, uncredited editor, Philadelphia, Chilton, 1965, with dust jacket illustration by Roger Hane, collects four tales of Dominic Flandry:

• "Tiger by the Tail," originally published in Planet Stories, January 1951

• "Warriors from Nowhere," originally published as "The Ambassadors of Flesh" in Planet Stories, Summer 1954

• "Honorable Enemies," originally published in Future, May 1951

• "Hunters of the Sky Cave," originally published as "A Handful of Stars" in Amazing Science Fiction, June 1959

Agent of the Terran Empire was reissued several times:

• Agent of the Terran Empire, uncredited editor, Boston: Gregg Press, 1979, with dust jacket illustration and interior illustration by Don Carter, includes Forward ("A Chronology of Technic Civilization") by Sandra Miesel (originally published as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series" in War of the Wing-Men, Poul Anderson, Boston: Gregg Press, 1976)

• Agent of the Terran Empire, uncredited editor, New York: Ace, 1980, with cover illustration (from "Tiger by the Tail") by Michael Whelan, includes Afterword ("Lurex and Gold: Poul Anderson's Dominic Flandry Series") by Sandra Miesel

• Agent of the Terran Empire, uncredited editor, New York: ibooks, 2004, with cover illustration by Ralf Heimisch

Flandry of Terra

Dust jacket illustration by Roger Hane.

Flandry of Terra, uncredited editor, Philadelphia, Chilton, 1965, with dust jacket illustration by Roger Hane, collects three tales of Dominic Flandry:

• "The Game of Glory," originally published in Venture Science Fiction, March 1958

• "A Message in Secret," originally published in Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, December 1959

• "The Plague of Masters," originally serialized as "A Plague of Masters" in Fantastic Stories of Imagination, December 1960, and Fantastic Stories of Imagination, January 1961

Flandry of Terra was reissued several times:

• Flandry of Terra, uncredited editor, New York: Ace, 1979, with cover illustration (from "A Message in Secret") by Michael Whelan

• Flandry of Terra, uncredited editor, Boston: Gregg Press, 1979, with dust jacket illustration (variant of dust jacket illustration for Agent of the Terran Empire, Gregg Press, 1979) and interior illustration by Don Carter, includes Forward ("A Chronology of Technic Civilization") by Sandra Miesel (originally published as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series" in War of the Wing-Men, Poul Anderson, Boston: Gregg Press, 1976)

• Flandry of Terra, uncredited editor, New York: ibooks, 2004, with cover illustration by Scott Grimando

The Earth Book of Stormgate

Dust jacket illustration by Tony Roberts.

The Earth Book of Stormgate, David G. Hartwell, ed., New York: Berkley, 1978, with dust jacket illustration by Tony Roberts (variant of cover illustration for The Corrdors of Time, Poul Anderson, Panther, 1975), collects twelve Technic Civilization tales:

• "A Chronology of Technic Civilization" by Sandra Miesel (uncredited, originally published as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series" in War of the Wing-Men, Poul Anderson, Boston: Gregg Press, 1976)

• "Wings of Victory," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, April 1972

• "The Problem of Pain," originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1973

• "How to Be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson," originally published in Future Quest, Avon, 1973

• "Margin of Profit" (Van Rijn), originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, September 1956

• "Esau," originally published as "Birthright" in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, February 1970

• "The Season of Forgiveness," originally published in Boys' Life, December 1973

• The Man Who Counts (Van Rijn), originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, February 1958; Astounding Science Fiction, March 1958, and Astounding Science Fiction, April 1958

• "A Little Knowledge," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, August 1971

• "Day of Burning" (Falkayn), originally published as "Supernova" in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, January 1967

• "Lodestar" (Van Rijn and Falkayn), originally published in Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology, Random House, 1973

• "Wingless," originally published as "Wingless on Avalon" in Children of Infinity, Franklin Watts, 1973

• "Rescue on Avalon," originally published in Boys' Life, July 1973.

The Earth Book of Stormgate was reissued several times:

• The Earth Book of Stormgate, David G. Hartwell, ed., New York: Berkley, 1978 (SFBC edition #5439; Doubleday gutter code "I39" — September 1978 — on page 365), with dust jacket illustration by Tony Roberts (variant of cover illustration for The Corrdors of Time, Poul Anderson, Panther, 1975)

• The Earth Book of Stormgate, David G. Hartwell, ed., New York: Berkley, 1979 (ISBN 0-425-04090-9), with cover illustration by Bob Fowke

• The Earth Book of Stormgate, David G. Hartwell, ed., New York: Berkley, 1983 (ISBN 0-425-05933-2), with cover illustration (from "The Problem of Pain") by Steve Ferris

The Long Night

Cover illustration by Kevin Eugene Johnson.

The Long Night, Sandra Miesel, ed. (uncredited), New York: Tor, 1983, with cover illustration (from "The Star Plunderer") by Kevin Eugene Johnson, collects five Technic Civilization tales:

• "Prologue (and interstitial material)" by Sandra Miesel

• "The Star Plunderer," originally published in Planet Stories, September 1952

• "Outpost of Empire," originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1967

• "A Tragedy of Errors," originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1968

• "The Sharing of Flesh," originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1968

• "Starfog," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, August 1967

• "A Chronology of Technic Civilization" by Sandra Miesel (originally published as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series" in War of the Wing-Men, Poul Anderson, Boston: Gregg Press, 1976)

The Technic Civilization Saga

Beginning in 2008 with The Van Rijn Method collection, Baen reprinted all of Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization future history as a seven-volume collection, capping the effort with the 2011 omnibus Flandry's Legacy.  Comprised of 12 novels and 31 shorter works, the Technic Civilization Saga includes all of the adventures of Nicholas van Rijn and David Falkayn, Traders of the Polesotechnic, and all of the adventures of Dominic Flandry, Agent of the Terran Empire, as well as stories from the period prior to the League, during the "Time of Troubles" between the collapse of the League and the founding of the Empire, and from the "Long Night" which follows the demise of the Empire.

The Van Rijn Method

Dust jacket illustration by David Seeley (served by ISFDB).

The Van Rijn Method, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2008 (hardcover edition), with dust jacket illustration (from The Man Who Counts) by David Seeley, collects eleven tales from the Polesotechnic League-era, and includes:

• "Planets and Profits: Introducing Nicholas Van Rijn and the Polesotechnic League," by Hank Davis, pp. vii-xii

• "The Saturn Game," pp. 1-54, originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, February 1981

• "Wings of Victory," pp. 55-74, originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, April 1972

• "The Problem of Pain," originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1973

• "Margin of Profit," originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, September 1956

• "How to be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson," originally published in Future Quest, Avon 1973

• "The Three-Cornered Wheel," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, October 1963

• "A Sun Invisible," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, April 1966

• "The Season of Forgiveness," originally published in Boys' Life, December 1973

• The Man Who Counts, originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, February 1958 (part 1 of 3 parts), Astounding Science Fiction, March 1958 (part 2 of 3 parts) and Astounding Science Fiction, April 1958 (part 3 of 3 parts)

• "Esau," originally published (as "Birthright") in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, February 1970

• "Hiding Place," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, March 1961

• "A Chronology of Technic Civilization," by Sandra Miesel, originally published (as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series") in War of the Wing-Men, Gregg 1976.

The Van Rijn Method was reissued as:

• The Van Rijn Method, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2009 (SFBC #1268917), with dust jacket illustration (from The Man Who Counts; variant of original dust jacket illustration) by David Seeley

• The Van Rijn Method, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2009 (paperback edition), with cover illustration (from The Man Who Counts) by David Seeley

David Falkayn: Star Trader

Dust jacket illustration by David Seeley.

David Falkayn: Star Trader, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2009 (hardcover edition), with dust jacket illustration (no Baen logo on cover) by David Seeley, collects seven tales from the Polesotechnic League-era, and includes:

• "High Profits and High Adventure," by Hank Davis

• "Territory" (Van Rijn) originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, June 1963

• "The Trouble Twisters" (Falkayn), originally serialized as "Trader Team" in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, July 1965, and Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, August 1965

• "Day of Burning" (Falkayn), originally published as "Supernova" in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, January 1967

• "The Master Key" (Van Rijn), originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, July 1964

• Satan's World (Van Rijn and Falkayn), originally serialized in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, May 1968, Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, June 1968, Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, July 1968, and Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, August 1968

• "A Little Knowledge," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, August 1971

• "Lodestar" (Van Rijn and Falkayn), originally published in Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology, Random House, 1973

• "A Chronology of Technic Civilization," by Sandra Miesel, originally published (as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series") in War of the Wing-Men, Gregg 1976.

David Falkayn: Star Trader was reissued as:

• David Falkayn: Star Trader, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2009 (ISBN 978-1-4391-3294-4; trade paperback edition), with cover illustration (Baen logo on right under title) by David Seeley

• David Falkayn: Star Trader, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2009 (SFBC #1277232), with dust jacket illustration by David Seeley

• David Falkayn: Star Trader, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2010 (ISBN 978-1-4391-3344-6; paperback edition), with cover illustration (Baen logo on left under title) by David Seeley

Rise of the Terran Empire

Cover illustration by Bob Eggleton (served by ISFDB).

Rise of the Terran Empire, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2009 (ISBN 978-1-4391-3275-3; trade paperback edition), with cover illustration (for People of the Wind) by Bob Eggleton, collects six tales from the Polesotechnic League-era, and includes:

• "Descent into Empire," by Hank Davis

• Mirkheim (Van Rijn and Falkayn) originally published by Berkley, 1977

• "Wingless," originally published as "Wingless on Avalon" in Children of Infinity, Franklin Watts, 1973

• "Rescue on Avalon," originally published in Boys' Life, July 1973

• "The Star Plunderer," originally published in Planet Stories, September 1952

• "Sargasso of Lost Starships," originally published in Planet Stories, January 1952

• People of the Wind originally serialized in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, February 1973, Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, March 1973, and Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, April 1973

• "A Chronology of Technic Civilization," by Sandra Miesel, originally published (as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series") in War of the Wing-Men, Gregg 1976.

Rise of the Terran Empire was reissued as:

• Rise of the Terran Empire, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2009 (SFBC #1280720), with dust jacket illustration (for People of the Wind) by Bob Eggleton

• Rise of the Terran Empire, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2011 (978-1-4391-3424-5; paperback edition), with cover illustration (for People of the Wind) by Bob Eggleton

Young Flandry

Cover illustration by David Seeley.

Young Flandry, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2010 (978-1-4391-3327-9; trade paperback edition), with cover illustration by David Seeley, collects three Flandry novels, and includes:

• "Enter A Hero, Somewhat Flawed," by Hank Davis

• Ensign Flandry originally published in Amazing Stories, October 1966

• A Circus of Hells originally published as "The White King's War" in Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1969

• The Rebel Worlds originally published by Signet, 1969

• "A Chronology of Technic Civilization," by Sandra Miesel, originally published (as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series") in War of the Wing-Men, Gregg 1976

Young Flandry was reissued as:

• Young Flandry, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2011 (978-1-4391-3465-8; paperback edition), with cover illustration by David Seeley

Captain Flandry

Cover illustration by David Seeley.

Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2010 (978-1-4391-3333-0; trade paperback edition), with cover illustration by David Seeley, collects six tales from the Terran Empire era, and includes:

• "Enter an Adversary, Charismatic and Ruthless," by Hank Davis

• "Outpost of Empire," originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1967

• The Day of Their Return originally published by Nelson Doubleday, 1974

• "Tiger by the Tail," originally published in Planet Stories, January 1951

• "Honorable Enemies," originally published in Future, May 1951

• "The Game of Glory," originally published in Venture Science Fiction, March 1958

• "A Message in Secret," originally published in Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, December 1959

• "A Chronology of Technic Civilization," by Sandra Miesel, originally published (as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series") in War of the Wing-Men, Gregg 1976

Captain Flandry was reissued as:

• Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2011 (978-1-4516-3767-0; paperback edition), with cover illustration by David Seeley

Sir Dominic Flandry

Cover illustration by David Seeley.

Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2010 (978-1-4391-3401-6; trade paperback edition), with cover illustration by David Seeley, collects four tales from the Terran Empire era, and includes:

• "Enter Hero and Adversary, Accompanied by Alarms and Tumult," by Hank Davis

• "The Plague of Masters," originally serialized as "A Plague of Masters" in Fantastic Stories of Imagination, December 1960, and Fantastic Stories of Imagination, January 1961

• "Hunters of the Sky Cave," originally published as "A Handful of Stars" in Amazing Science Fiction, June 1959

• "Warriors from Nowhere," originally published as "The Ambassadors of Flesh" in Planet Stories, Summer 1954

• A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows originally serialized in Worlds of If, September / October 1974, and Worlds of If, November / December 1974

• "Chronology of Technic Civilization," by Sandra Miesel, originally published (as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series") in War of the Wing-Men, Gregg 1976.

Sir Dominic Flandry was reissued as:

• Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2012 (978-1-4516-3822-6; paperback edition), with cover illustration by David Seeley

Flandry's Legacy

Cover illustration by David Seeley.

Flandry's Legacy, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2011 (978-1-4391-3427-6; trade paperback edition), with cover illustration by David Seeley, collects six tales from the Terran Empire era and the post-Empire era, and includes:

• "The Wheel Turns," by Hank Davis

• A Stone in Heaven, originally published by >Ace, 1979

• The Game of Empire, originally published by Baen, 1985

• "A Tragedy of Errors," originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1968

• The Night Face, originally published as "A Twelvemonth and Day" in Fantastic Universe, January 1960

• "The Sharing of Flesh," originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1968

• "Starfog," originally published in Analog Science Fiction — Science Fact, August 1967

• "Chronology of Technic Civilization," by Sandra Miesel, originally published (as "Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization Series") in War of the Wing-Men, Gregg 1976

Flandry's Legacy was reissued as:

• Flandry's Legacy, Hank Davis, ed., Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2012 (978-1-4516-3779-3; paperback edition), with cover illustration by David Seeley

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