tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1462016523320505414..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: The Pathetic Fallacy In FLAGKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-6280256530220551852022-11-01T16:15:54.785+00:002022-11-01T16:15:54.785+00:00"from the west"
If this earth like plane..."from the west"<br />If this earth like planet rotates about as fast as earth & the cardinal directions are defined so that 'the sun rises in the east', the prevailing winds will be from the west between about 30 & 60 degrees from the equator. (another assumption is that the axial tilt isn't radically different from earth's)<br />We get a clue about where on the planet the events are occuring.Jim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-79843937161824603042016-02-18T15:51:00.479+00:002016-02-18T15:51:00.479+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I agree; and I'm reading the coll...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I agree; and I'm reading the collection called COLD VICTORY (currently "The Troublemakers"). That's one of Poul Anderson's early stories, belonging to his early phase. I can tell that, while eminently readable, it's not quite as skillfully written as the works of Anderson's middle and late phases. E.g., not like how he uses the pathetic fallacy in his later phases.<br /><br />I admit I had not noticed the pathetic fallacy as used by Anderson as often as you have--which I consider an example of the skill any good writer has to have to carry it off successfully.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-30888705379937276192016-02-18T08:02:33.375+00:002016-02-18T08:02:33.375+00:00Sean,
Far from it. He uses it brilliantly and it w...Sean,<br />Far from it. He uses it brilliantly and it will affect the readers whether or not they recognize it. I have got used to examining every detail, hence my querying of the significance of "...from the west."<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-63028593020385526702016-02-18T02:51:39.081+00:002016-02-18T02:51:39.081+00:00Kaor, Paul!
And I have been reading, with interes...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And I have been reading, with interest, that debate you had on that other blog, and how the arguments were then transferred to the "Religion and Philosophy" section of your blog. Interesting, and above my noggin! (Smiles)<br /><br />While I agree it would be out of place to transfer the Terrestrial connotations of "East and West" to an extra Solar planet, things like clouds and screaming beasts could still be use to exemplify the pathetic fallacy. Is it your belief that Poul Anderson tends to overuse this literary device? <br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com