Polesotechnic League Book Analysis

The Polesotechnic League is a series of novels by Poul Anderson the American science fiction writer. The first novel in the Polesotechnic League series was the 1958 published War of the Wing-Men that also goes by the name The Man Who Counts. With the first novel of the series receiving a long of accolades and becoming an almost instant hit with fans, Anderson wrote several more titles in the series that culminated with the publication of Tthe Earth Book of Stormgate that he published in 1978. Similar to most his colleagues in the period, Anderson wrote the Polesotechnic series in the tradition of Robert Heinlein. In writing the series, the author includes aspects of chaos theory, an analysis and intellectual distrust of history and its rewriting, and prejudice favoring individual freedom. The series is thus more of an emotional departure from encompassing systems and the embracing of the individual as a person who
The lead character, Captain David Falkayn embarks on his trading journeys on behalf of his master Nichols van Rijn. The merchant explorer stumbles into Serendipity a company that claims that it can yield connections and hook up concepts. They have machinery that can create a rogue world that is unattached to a planetary system making it possible to mass transmute elements across interstellar space. The reclusive company’s owners are willing to talk to him but after the initial discussion, he leaves and does not return. Intending to complete the negotiations, his colleagues the Buddhist and dragon like Adzel and Chee Lan the cat like woman try to communicate with him but their efforts fall on deaf ears. However, given his messages are very weird, they decide to contact their employer van Rijn back home. The rest of the novels include narratives of space chases, hiding on a planet, kidnapping, abducted children, xenopsychology and fierce honor codes that are great fun