"...written over a span of thirty-odd years. They were meant to be first and foremost science fiction adventures, entertainment. Yet I tried, as well, to convey some feeling of how endlessly varied and wonderful the universe is in which we live, and to provoke a little thought about real history and politics."
-Poul Anderson, The Game Of Empire, INTRODUCTION, pp. 191-192 AT p. 191.
The Flandry series provokes a lot of thought about extra-terrestrial environments and evolution, political theory and practice, economic systems, real and future history, theology, physics, philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence. Some readers are still thinking.
2 comments:
Yup. Poul did more serious thought with rip-roaring adventure than a lot of scholars can pack into thick nonfiction studies.
Here I agree with both Paul and Stirling. Plus, Stirling has packed a lot of thought into his own stories.
Well, I do like SOME "...thick nonfiction studies"!
Ad astra! Sean
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