Ensign Flandry

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Ensign Flandry is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson featuring the early adventures of Dominic Flandry, a young intelligence officer in a declining interstellar empire.

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instanceOf science fiction novel
antagonistGroup Merseians NERFINISHED
author Poul Anderson NERFINISHED
belongsToTradition classic mid-20th-century American science fiction
characterRoleOfDominicFlandry young intelligence officer
chronologicalPositionInFlandrySaga early
containsElement covert operations
diplomatic maneuvering
space warfare
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depictsConflictBetween Merseian Roidhunate NERFINISHED
Terran Empire NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Aycharaych NERFINISHED
fictionalEmpire Terran Empire NERFINISHED
firstPublicationForm book
genre science fiction
hasCoverArtInSomeEditionsBy Michael Whelan GENERATED
hasFictionalSpecies Merseians NERFINISHED
hasFictionalTechnology advanced weapons
faster-than-light starships
hasMotiveForProtagonist to delay the fall of the Terran Empire
hasReprintIn omnibus editions of Flandry stories
hasSequel A Circus of Hells NERFINISHED
The Rebel Worlds NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm prose narrative
literaryInfluenceOn later space opera espionage fiction
mainCharacter Dominic Flandry NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus early adventures of Dominic Flandry
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
partOfContinuity Terran Empire stories
portraysProtagonistAs cynical yet patriotic
protagonistAffiliation Terran Imperial Naval Intelligence NERFINISHED
protagonistFullName Dominic Flandry NERFINISHED
protagonistRank ensign
publisher Ace Books NERFINISHED
series Dominic Flandry series NERFINISHED
Technic History NERFINISHED
settingType interstellar empire
subgenre space opera
targetAudience adult readers
theme civilizational decline
decline of empire
espionage
loyalty and duty
political intrigue
timePeriodInFiction late Terran Empire era
universe Poul Anderson Technic universe NERFINISHED
workOf Poul Anderson NERFINISHED

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Poul Anderson notableWork Ensign Flandry