tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1355646873708059086..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Remember WellsKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-59965214721934492172022-09-29T22:44:40.601+01:002022-09-29T22:44:40.601+01:00Kaor, Jim!
I don't think so. Patrol agents we...Kaor, Jim!<br /><br />I don't think so. Patrol agents were forbidden to simply hop forward in time and read reports written in the future about how problems were solved. Because those cases had to be solved before the reports were written. To do otherwise would tangle up history. That reasoning applies to the Danellians as well.<br /><br />Ad astra! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-14464184208383987522022-09-28T21:54:48.062+01:002022-09-28T21:54:48.062+01:00Maybe the Danellians use time travel to look forwa...Maybe the Danellians use time travel to look forward for mistakes that could result in their downfall & correct them.Jim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-60246503536559264102015-12-11T16:13:06.620+00:002015-12-11T16:13:06.620+00:00Kaor, Paul!
My view is that Poul Anderson tends t...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />My view is that Poul Anderson tends to be skeptical of dreams, speculations, or hopes for a "mature integrated culture. Even his most carefully worked out speculations about what such a culture might look like (in his four HARVEST OF STARS books) shows how flawed and prone to conflict it was.<br /><br />I think the only example of such a "mature integrated culture" to be found in Anderson's works are the Danellians, who founded the Time Patrol. And we never SEE the Danellian civilization close up, so we don't know what it was like. And I'm sure you recall me suggesting that even the Danellian civilization might eventually fall.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com