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Title: An excellent component of Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization series
Review: "People of the Wind" is an interesting story about the Planet Avalon, which has been jointly and amicably settled by Earthmen and Ythrians. Ythrians are an avian race, quite capable of flight. One of Poul Anderson's strengths as a writer was his ability to create imaginative non-human races and extrapolate and attribute a non-human psychology to them. The Ythrians are an unusually imaginative example of this, and the interaction between humans and Ythrians makes for a very interesting tale.This story is part of Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization future history series, which features some of Anderson's best writing. This story is set during the rise of the Terran Empire after the fall of the free-market Polesotechnic League. The rise of the Empire and its encroachment upon Avalon is the theme of the story, and it is excellent entertainment; typical of this series. Highly recommended for lovers of "hard" science fiction. RJB.
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