Earthman's Burden
Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
Author | Poul Anderson and Gordon Dickson |
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Illustrator | Edd Cartier |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Gnome Press |
Publication date | 1957 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 185 |
Earthman's Burden is a collection of science fiction stories by American writers Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1957. The stories involve a teddy bear-like alien race known as Hokas, and spoof a variety of fictional genres.
The story "Don Jones" was original to this collection. The other stories originally appeared in the magazines Other Worlds, Universe and Fantasy and Science Fiction.
A sequel story collection appeared in 1983 under the title Hoka!. There was also a later Hoka novel, Star Prince Charlie.
An expanded version of Earthman's Burden with two of the stories from Hoka! appeared under the title Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!.
Contents
- "The Sheriff of Canyon Gulch"
- "Don Jones"
- "In Hoka Signo Vinces"
- "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound"
- "Yo Ho Hoka!"
- "The Tiddlywink Warriors"
Reception
Floyd C. Gale wrote that the stories in Earthman's Burden were "reasonably amusing. Under one cover and in company with minor works, though, the cumulative effect is less rewarding ... Hoka, like pickles, is a tasty appetizer in moderation, but leaves a characteristic aftertaste if overindulged".[1]
See also
References
- ^ Gale, Floyd C. (May 1958). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy. pp. 116–119. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
Sources
- Boucher, Anthony (April 1958), "Recommended Reading", The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 14 (4), Mercury Publications: 95
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 306.
- Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 331. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on 2008-01-06. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- Coulson, Robert (March 1986), "Book Reviews", Amazing Stories, vol. 60, no. 3, TSR, Inc., p. 14
- Gale, Floyd C. (May 1958), "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Magazine, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 116
- Knight, Damon (March 1958), "Infinity's Choice", Infinity Science Fiction, vol. 3, no. 3, p. 60
- Miller, P. Schuyler (April 1958). "The Reference Library: Law for the Prophets". Astounding Science Fiction. 61 (2). Street & Smith: 143.
- Reed, Glenn (October 1985), "Hoka Humor", Fantasy Review, vol. 8, no. 10, p. 17, ISSN 0747-234X
- Searles, Baird (March 1980), "On Books", Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, vol. 4, no. 3, Davis Publications, p. 15
- Sturgeon, Theodore (January 1958), "On Hand . . . Offhand", Venture Science Fiction Magazine, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 80
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 9. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External links
- Earthman's Burden title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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- Star Prince Charlie
- Hoka!
- Star Ways
- The Snows of Ganymede
- Virgin Planet
- The Psychotechnic League
- Cold Victory
- Starship
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- Orbit Unlimited
- New America
- Maurai and Kith
- Orion Shall Rise
- Flight to Forever
- Vault of the Ages
- Brain Wave
- Question and Answer
- No World of Their Own
- The Long Way Home
- Perish by the Sword
- War of Two Worlds
- The Enemy Stars
- The High Crusade
- Murder in Black Letter
- Twilight World
- After Doomsday
- The Makeshift Rocket
- Murder Bound
- Shield
- Three Worlds to Conquer
- The Corridors of Time
- The Star Fox
- The Fox, the Dog and the Griffin: A Folk Tale Adapted from the Danish of C. Molbeck
- World Without Stars
- Tau Zero
- The Byworlder
- The Dancer from Atlantis
- There Will Be Time
- Fire Time
- Inheritors of Earth
- The Winter of the World
- The Avatar
- The Demnon of Scattery
- The Devil's Game
- The Boat of a Million Years
- The Saturn Game
- The Longest Voyage
- War of the Gods
- Starfarers
- Genesis
- Mother of Kings
- For Love and Glory
- Strangers from Earth
- Un-Man and Other Novellas
- Time and Stars
- The Horn of Time
- Beyond the Beyond
- Seven Conquest
- Tales of the Flying Mountains
- The Queen of Air and Darkness and Other Stories
- The Worlds of Poul Anderson
- The Many Worlds of Poul Anderson
- Homeward and Beyond
- The Best of Poul Anderson
- Homebrew
- Winners
- The Night Face & Other Stories
- The Dark Between the Stars
- Explorations
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- Winners
- Cold Victory
- The Gods Laughed
- Starship
- The Winter of the World / The Queen of Air and Darkness
- Conflict
- The Long Night
- Past Times
- The Unicorn Trade
- Dialogue With Darkness
- Space Folk
- Alight in the Void
- The Armies of Elfland
- Inconstant Star
- Kinship With the Stars
- All One Universe
- Going for Infinity
- Swordsmen from the Stars
- Operation Chaos
- Operation Luna
- Three Hearts and Three Lions
- The Broken Sword
- Hrolf Kraki's Saga
- A Midsummer Tempest
- The Merman's Children
- Conan the Rebel
- War of the Gods
- The Golden Slave
- Rogue Sword
- Mother of Kings
- "Brake"
- "Call Me Joe"
- "Delenda Est"
- "Entity"
- "Eutopia"
- "Goat Song"
- "The Light"
- "The Longest Voyage"
- "The Man Who Came Early"
- "Marius"
- "Memory"
- "Night Piece"
- "No Truce with Kings"
- "The Pirate"
- "The Queen of Air and Darkness"
- "Quest"
- "Sam Hall"
- "The Saturn Game"
- "The Sensitive Man"
- "The Sharing of Flesh"
- "Un-Man"