David Falkyn: Star Trader
By Poul Anderson (compile by Hank Davis)
Baen, $14.00, 512 pages
David Falkyn: Star Trader continues the epic adventures of Nicholas Van Rijn and David Falkyn. In these stories, the free market capitalism of Technic civilization is on the wane. Anderson is writing tales that, while full of adventure, are also more introspective and philosophical. The characters are deeper and more real, less like 50′s era “Lost in Space” and more like the new “Battlestar Galactica.” The world-building continues to be exquisite and scientific, and the stories are truly exciting. But, there is a hint of melancholy in them at the passing of the Technic era, soon to be replaced by the Terran Empire.
This is space adventure for grown-ups. A great book for fans of 60′s- and 70′s-era pulp fiction and those who like truly science-based fiction. The stories are full of witty characters and exciting adventure that makes the reader nostalgic for the so called “Golden Age” of SF.
Reviewed by John Ottinger III
[...] “David Falkyn: Star Trader continues the epic adventures of Nicholas Van Rijn and David Falkayn….This is space adventure for grown-ups. A great book for fans of 60’s- and 70’s-era pulp fiction and those who like truly science-based fiction. The stories are full of witty characters and exciting adventure that makes the reader nostalgic for the so called “Golden Age” of SF.” (continued at Sacramento Book Review) [...]
[...] “David Falkyn: Star Trader continues the epic adventures of Nicholas Van Rijn and David Falkayn….This is space adventure for grown-ups. A great book for fans of 60’s- and 70’s-era pulp fiction and those who like truly science-based fiction. The stories are full of witty characters and exciting adventure that makes the reader nostalgic for the so called “Golden Age” of SF.” (continued at Sacramento Book Review) [...]