Poul Anderson 1 hr 17 min read

The bold warrior-woman Dyann Korlas, the wise Martian Urushkidan, and the harried Earthman Ballantyne shape the whole course of history, mostly by accident.

Poul Anderson's 1952 comic space opera launches a rollicking tale of the amazon Centaurian Dyann and her reluctant Earthman companion across the solar system. Fast, funny, action-packed golden-age Anderson at his most playful. Read it for a swashbuckling, tongue-in-cheek romp with one of SF's great larger-than-life heroines.

In its time

Published in 1952, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

1 hr 17 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Ed Emshwiller