# Poul Anderson's short story Progress

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poul-andersons-short-story-progress/661423>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 20, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poul-andersons-short-story-progress/661423 "2013-06-20T02:03:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poul-andersons-short-story-progress/661423/1 "2013-06-20T02:03:45Z")

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He is one of my favorite authors, but I just read the short story _Progress_ for the first time.

Would anyone care to speculate why iron was so difficult to obtain in this story?

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poul-andersons-short-story-progress/661423/2 "2013-06-20T03:11:53Z")

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Can’t help…don’t know if I’ve read that’n… But I adore Poul Anderson’s writing. His “Flandry” cycle is brilliant. (Depressing, but brilliant.)