-Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest (London, 2010), CHAPTER 5, p. 106.
Are they not already in the shadows? Why should they not retire? I suspect that this is just a romantic fictional perspective.
"Flandry could retire whenever he chose: to a modest income from pension and investments, and an early death from boredom. He preferred to stay in the second oldest profession. In between adventures and enjoyments, an Intelligence officer - a spy - must needs do a vast amount of grubby foundation-laying."
-Poul Anderson, A Stone In Heaven IN Anderson, Flandry's Legacy (Riverdale, NY, June 2012), pp. 1-188 AT III, p. 32.
How many real-world Intelligence officers have "adventures"? If retirement is boring, then what is the point of living?
4 comments:
Depends whether your job is just something you do to keep fed, or whether it's what you do for satisfaction.
I'm going to write until I die or get too senile, for example. Writing fiction is what I would do for a hobby if I couldn't make a living at it.
Right - su you are not going to be bored in retirement!
so
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
And your "hobby" has given many, many readers great pleasure!
Ad astra! Sean
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