tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1478420529075686408..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Old And New ReadingKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-75991292766450334002015-09-30T15:58:30.747+01:002015-09-30T15:58:30.747+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Your mention of the Jovian moon Ganym...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Your mention of the Jovian moon Ganymede reminded me of the evocative use made by Poul Anderson of Ganymede in "Murphy's Hall." We see first a hopeful "fiction within the fiction" alternative and then the "actual," grim reality Anderson used for developing the points he was making in that dystopian story.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-75467954321251003392015-09-29T08:42:12.333+01:002015-09-29T08:42:12.333+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Not often, that's for sure! I ha...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Not often, that's for sure! I have tried to recall other novels which describe a systematic conquest of the world, but none I've thought of seems to quite fit. I did think of Poul Anderson's story "Soldier From The Stars." And Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's FOOTFALL shows us aliens trying to conquer Earth. But nothing like Stirling's four Draka books comes to mind.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-25073764542379572942015-09-29T08:26:01.566+01:002015-09-29T08:26:01.566+01:00Sean,
We read about villains who want to conquer t...Sean,<br />We read about villains who want to conquer the world but how often do we read about the world being systematically conquered?<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-86567981316101184462015-09-29T08:22:45.486+01:002015-09-29T08:22:45.486+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Huzzah!!! At long last, you finally g...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Huzzah!!! At long last, you finally got your copy of Stirling's UNDER THE YOKE!!!<br /><br />And, I completely agree with what Poul Anderson said about UNDER being thought provoking, exciting, horrifying, etc. I only wish I had thought to look at the dedications page in my copy. We both know who "Poul" was! And "Dave" is almost certainly Dave Drake, an occasional co author with Stirling of various books they have written. You've already found two connections with PA in UNDER. You might find more, such as Andersonian turns of phrase, allusions, etc., in the book proper.<br /><br />And the von Shrakenberg family interests me, because Stirling uses that family to show how the Draka are not cardboard monsters and cliches. And also to show how some of them were themselves troubled by Draka ideas, beliefs, deeds.<br /><br />Sean<br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com