tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1039456443195617767..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Some Very Obscure PlanetsKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-80426063828141173772020-01-07T15:14:15.459+00:002020-01-07T15:14:15.459+00:00Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Again, I agree. And those &qu...Kaor, Mr. Stirling!<br /><br />Again, I agree. And those "passed by" worlds mentioned so briefly in Flandry's pilot's manual as having intelligent races are themselves worthy of their own stories. Such a fate could have happened so easily to Talwin as well if Ydwyr the Seeker hadn't become fascinated by its two intelligent races.<br /><br />What happened on those bypassed worlds? How did even fleeting contact with interstellar outsiders affect them? Some might have had races at am advanced enough level of culture/technology to understand what that meant/implied. As was the case with planets like Trillia and Merseia.<br /><br />Ad astra! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-65889091563702505732020-01-07T04:30:04.794+00:002020-01-07T04:30:04.794+00:00That sort of thing is one of the factors I like ab...That sort of thing is one of the factors I like about Poul’s work — he gives you a vivid sense of the -scale- of things. Each of those worlds is an immensity; the ones with intelligent natives will have histories as long and complex and contradictory as humanity’s... and you pass them by in seconds! It’s tantalizing, but exhilarating at the same time.S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.com