The Merman's Children

Blurb

The Merman's Children is a 1979 fantasy novel by Poul Anderson, inspired by Danish legends of Mermen and Mermaids from Danish folklore. Portions of the work had previously been published as an identically titled novella and the novelette "The Tupilak" in the anthologies Flashing Swords! #1 and Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians. The complete novel was first published by hardcover by Berkley/Putnam in September 1979, which also issued two later editions, a Science Fiction Book Club hardcover edition in February 1980 and a paperback edition in October 1980. The first British editions were issued in 1981 by Sphere Books and Sidgwick & Jackson. It was also included in the Sidgwick & Jackson omnibus Science Fiction Special 44 in 1983.