Marius (short story)
| "Marius" | |||
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| Short story by Poul Anderson | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Science fiction | ||
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| Published in | Astounding Science Fiction | ||
| Publisher | Street & Smith | ||
| Media type | Magazine | ||
| Publication date | March 1957 | ||
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| Series | The Psychotechnic League | ||
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'"Marius" is a science fiction short story by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in the March 1957 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and reprinted in the collections The Horn of Time (1968) and The Psychotechnic League (1981). As a component of the Psychotechnic League future history / alternate history, "Marius" takes place in 1964, six years after the initial nuclear exchanges of World War III. Although it is chronologically the first story in the Psychotechnic League sequence, "Marius" was one of the last to be written. It serves as a prequel to the earlier novella "Un-Man", introducing the character of Étienne Fourre.