Volume two of three collecting ALL of the Psychotechnic League future
history stories, from multiple Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning author
Poul Anderson. After World War III ravages the globe, humanity, led by
the Psychotechnic Institute, bands together to create peace on Earth and
to spread that peace throughout the Solar System and beyond. But soon
the cycle of war and destruction begins anew. Includes short stories
never before collected in a Psychotechnic League volume!
FROM THE RAVAGES OF WAR, HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
After World War III has ravaged the globe and toppled once-great
nations, a new science offers hope for the future: Psychodynamics, the
ability to influence government and popular opinion. Led by the
Psychotechnic Institute, humanity denounces its violent ways, once and
for all. Peace reigns on Earth. Humankind shakes off the tyranny of
gravity and ventures out into the galaxy. But no sooner is utopia
realized than the cycle of war and destruction begins anew.
The second of three volumes collecting all of multiple Hugo- and
Nebula-Award winning author Poul Anderson's massive future history
magnum opus. Includes short stories previously uncollected in a
Psychotechnic League volume!
About Poul Anderson:
"One of science fiction's authentic geniuses."-Chicago Sun-Times
"Anderson fuses elegiac prose and a sweeping vision of man's
technological future..."-Booklist
"One of science fiction's giants."-Arthur C. Clarke
