Queen of Air and Darkness and Other Stories

Queen of Air and Darkness and Other Stories by Poul Anderson. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780450031618.

«Queen of Air and Darkness», first published in 1971, is the winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Collection contains 6 stories and foreword: «The Queen of Air and Darkness», «Home», «The Alien Enemy», «The Faun», «In the Shadow» «Time Lag». The Queen of Air and Darkness – Were they the elfin kind from out of Earths past or an alien race fighting a deadly war to reconquer their world? Home – Is it where the hearth is or where government spending allocates it? The Alien Enemy – A people defeated, a culture wiped out, but who could they name enemy? The Faun – Back to nature depends on your definition of natural! In the Shadow – I met a world in the suns glare, a little world that wasnt there! Time Lag – If Vaynamo could create the weapons, relativity would provide the fuse!