appeared in 1953. Many of these early tales relate the adventures of resourceful humans scheming against their alien masters, although a work like Three Hearts incorporates the real-life drama of good struggling against evil that was being played out on the battlefields of the Europe he left behind. Following these works, Anderson began the intricate Technic History series of novels and short stories that he returned to again and again during the next decade. This series follows two heroes: first, Nicholas van Rijn, a merchant prince leading a group of interstellar traders through a free-market galaxy; and then some 300 years later, Dominic Flandry, who must act within a corrupt and
