Paul William Anderson was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA. November 26, 1926. After graduation, he entered the University of Minnesota at the Faculty of Physics. During his studies, Anderson wrote several short stories that were published in the famous journal Astounding Science Fiction, headed by W. Campbell. After graduating, Paul decided to postpone physics for a while and engage in writing. The first publication - the story "Tomorrow's children", which was written together with F. N. Walthrop
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Paul William Anderson was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA. November 26, 1926.
After graduation, he entered the University of Minnesota at the Faculty of Physics. During his studies, Anderson wrote several short stories that were published in the famous journal Astounding Science Fiction, headed by W. Campbell. After graduating, Paul decided to postpone physics for a while and engage in writing.
The first publication - the story "Tomorrow's children", which was written together with F. N. Walthrop in 1947 in the genre of science fiction And the first novel by Anderson "Brainwave" was published in 1954. After that, he begins to write 2-3 books a year.
His interests are versatile, so he writes in different genres. Anderson’s second education – historical, as well as knowledge of Scandinavian languages and literature of the European North – helped him. Among his books are popular science publications, literature for children, adventure novels, detective stories, translations of Scandinavian sagas and science fiction works.
The topic of space flights is devoted to a series of books, one of them “Tau Zero”, published in 1970. The second science fiction topic to which the author has devoted a number of books is time travel, for example, the book “Time Patrol” (1961). The historical theme is also close to the author, such works as “Crusade to Heaven” (1971), “Dancer from Atlantis” are dedicated to her. An alternative story is The Storm of a Summer Night (1974). Scandinavian tales, myths and legends come to life in the novels The Broken Blade (1954) Children of the Water King (1973).
The famous writer was awarded the Hugo Prize seven times and the Nebula Prize three times. He also received the John R.R. Tolkien Memorial Gandalf Award.
On July 31, 2001, Paul Anderson passed away.