tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1326569982170344770..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Van Rijn POV VIKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-88758816289286574272016-10-14T08:29:34.240+01:002016-10-14T08:29:34.240+01:00Kaor, DAVID!
This time I remembered to address yo...Kaor, DAVID!<br /><br />This time I remembered to address you correctly!<br /><br />Good points! And I am convinced Old Nick WOULD make sure his factors and merchant ship captains took pains to ensure his stock in trade would not either poison would be customers or be addictive.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-18040256481547950932016-10-13T22:11:15.990+01:002016-10-13T22:11:15.990+01:00Paul and Sean:
A merchant dealing in van Rijn'...Paul and Sean:<br />A merchant dealing in van Rijn's sort of stock would also always have the problem of making sure his wares weren't poisonous to a new batch of customers. If ethical, he'd also want to ensure they weren't addictive (if unethical, he'd hope they WERE). That worry came up in one of Andre Norton's stories. Interestingly, the spaceship's expert on trade matters in the Norton book was named "J. Van Rycke."David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-4549690780445710432016-10-13T15:18:04.267+01:002016-10-13T15:18:04.267+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Coffee might well not have taken the ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Coffee might well not have taken the fancy of Merseians or beings of other races, but I can see many human colonies either growing coffee themselves or eagerly importing it.<br /><br />The mention of Cavor reminds me of how I SHOULD get back to reading Wells novel of how men first traveled to the Moon.<br /><br />And I agree with van Rijn's advice! Hank Davis discussed in one of the introductions he wrote for the Baen Books collecting of the entire Technic Civilization series how some of van Rijn's shrewd sayings were used to teach how to do business.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com