Perhaps the best known was the planet of The Man Who Counts in which Anderson adjusted its size and composition so that humans could live in the open air but flying intelligent aliens could evolve, and he explored the consequences of those adjustments.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 00:07:52 Associated-names Sweet, Darrell, illustrator Boxid IA40421511 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier A specialty was imagining scientifically plausible non-Earthlike planets. Much of his science fiction is thoroughly grounded in science (with the addition of unscientific but standard speculations such as faster-than-light travel). He also wrote some quieter works, generally of shorter length, which appeared more often during the latter part of his career. His plot lines frequently involved the application of social and political issues in a speculative manner appropriate to the science fiction genre. His characters were nonetheless thoughtful, often introspective, and well developed. "Anderson is probably best known for adventure stories in which larger-than-life characters succeed gleefully or fail heroically. The dust jacket has some generalized ground-in dirt, spots of foxing (mostly to the flaps) and a couple of small semi-closed nicks / tears, along with some light edgewear to the spine ends. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has Very Good- dust jacket. The cover art for this book was done by Edward Gorey. This copy has been signed, by the author, with a short inscription, on the title page.
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