tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post2427546032383719930..comments2024-03-28T23:20:31.899+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Pure ScienceKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-68043049976935667092016-10-19T02:06:17.241+01:002016-10-19T02:06:17.241+01:00Paul:
Hmmmm. Well, I'm stymied for now. I keep...Paul:<br />Hmmmm. Well, I'm stymied for now. I keep getting this feeling like the answer is tickling at the back of my mind, but nothing comes into focus.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-68519814468753797002016-10-18T00:00:00.463+01:002016-10-18T00:00:00.463+01:00David,
We are thinking on different levels here! T...David,<br />We are thinking on different levels here! There is another Anderson work where a character is doing pure science but the project is in danger of being cut short because of other considerations.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-45641870617619826042016-10-17T23:54:49.044+01:002016-10-17T23:54:49.044+01:00Paul:
At first I was thinking of the question as a...Paul:<br />At first I was thinking of the question as a quote, and I drew a blank. Then I realized it describes the solution to "Turning Point" — assimilate the super-intelligent Jorillians into humanity. Resistance is futile.<br /><br />By coincidence, Leslie Fish wrote a humorous song, "Gremlins," which actually DOES use the words: "make them work for you." Her reasoning is that gremlins are descendants of the woodland sprites who used to be bought off with a bowl of milk. They attacked technology because humans stopped paying the protection fee....<br />"So if you're bugged by machines that break,<br />Best thing you can do<br />Is make peace with the gremlin horde;<br />Make them work for you.<br />Drop some oil on an incense coal,<br />Sacrifice antifreeze;<br />Ask 'em to leave your stuff alone,<br />And go bug your enemies.<br />(Are you kidding? It worked in World War II!)"David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-31217248404805805022016-10-15T10:27:47.580+01:002016-10-15T10:27:47.580+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Absolute agreement! And, to my annoya...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Absolute agreement! And, to my annoyance, I omitted the word "act" in my first comment above, "...refusing to let mankind ACT independently of what they wanted."<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-50055779821996961072016-10-15T10:21:55.092+01:002016-10-15T10:21:55.092+01:00Sean,
Anderson considers every possibility.
Paul.Sean,<br />Anderson considers every possibility.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-45926318124192484862016-10-15T10:19:21.065+01:002016-10-15T10:19:21.065+01:00Kaor, Paul!
My objection to the sophotects of the...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />My objection to the sophotects of the HARVEST OF STARS books and the AIs of GENESIS lay in how, with the best of intentions, they were SMOTHERING the human race, refusing to let mankind independently of what they wanted. The AIs failed in the HARVEST books but, alas, succeeded in GENESIS.<br /><br />Your quiz question is tough! I seem to recall something similar in another Anderson story, but I can't remember. Drat!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com