tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post2096302848247705923..comments2024-03-28T18:59:57.979+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Exploring A PlanetKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-85288301222406565142022-07-05T22:09:25.903+01:002022-07-05T22:09:25.903+01:00Kaor, Jim!
I'm reasonably sure "xenosoph...Kaor, Jim!<br /><br />I'm reasonably sure "xenosophont" was coined by Anderson. Meaning non-human intelligent beings.<br /><br />Ad astra! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-30160422046021646892022-07-05T21:35:27.116+01:002022-07-05T21:35:27.116+01:00I think the words Anderson use that you don't ...I think the words Anderson use that you don't recognize are often N. American English. So someone who has lived in N. America is more likely to know them than you do.<br />Eg: mesa & butte are flat topped hills & IINM the words come from Spanish.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure sonoptics was coined by Anderson, & it sounds like it means devices to record both sound & images.<br />Jim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-25162106851670914742015-05-17T22:11:25.740+01:002015-05-17T22:11:25.740+01:00Kaor, Paul!
While I agree with you in believing P...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />While I agree with you in believing Poul Anderson's Terran Empire a far better and more plausible depiction of what an interstellar state is likely to be than Asimov's Galactic Empire, fairness makes me point out that here and there in the Galactic Empire stories we do see glimpses of Asimov doing better. One example I thought of being his short story "Blind Alley." The plot revolves around how the only nonhuman intelligent race found in the galaxy were saved from being smothered to extinction by the sheer overwhelming weight of the Galactic Empire. The story also interests me in giving us glimses in how the Imperial civil service work (and thus reminded me of similar glimpses in THE DAY OF THEIR RETURN). <br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com