tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3077293970908627056..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: English GeographyKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-58078855629451987902017-03-05T23:02:52.634+00:002017-03-05T23:02:52.634+00:00Kaor, DAVID!
Alas, you not touch on one of my man...Kaor, DAVID!<br /><br />Alas, you not touch on one of my many areas of ignorance. I know too little about the late Terry Pratchett to comment sensibly about his DiscWorld series. But, it's plain you unearthed another SF inside allusion by Stirling! <br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-4605794506675116752017-03-05T22:59:44.216+00:002017-03-05T22:59:44.216+00:00Dear Mr. Stirling,
Oh, I knew Nantucket has beco...Dear Mr. Stirling, <br /><br />Oh, I knew Nantucket has become a painfully expensive place to either live on or visit. And I agree this is not all bad, if it prevents the island from becoming "grossly overdeveloped." <br /><br />I'm glad you and your lady have pleasant visits to Nantucket!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-17550239696222574212017-03-05T22:40:56.718+00:002017-03-05T22:40:56.718+00:00Sean: Janet and I have gone to Nantucket nearly ev...Sean: Janet and I have gone to Nantucket nearly every April since we were married in 1988, and stayed at the Jared Coffin House. It's a magical place, tho' it has its drawbacks -- it's excruciatingly expensive, for example. But if it hadn't been ferociously defended it would have been grossly overdeveloped. (One example; 3% of all real-estate transactions go into a fund to by and preserve open space.).S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-38373510762717102442017-03-05T20:43:06.414+00:002017-03-05T20:43:06.414+00:00Mr. Stirling:
Ah, but does he also do the OTHER ve...Mr. Stirling:<br />Ah, but does he also do the OTHER version, as done by the Lancre Morris Men?<br /><br />Paul and Sean, that question was a joking reference to Terry Pratchett's *DiscWorld*. The "OTHER Morris" is an autumn ritual, "because of the balance of things."<br /><br />One of Pratchett's books showed, too, that Lancre-style Morris dancing also functions as a rather deadly martial art, at least against the Fair Folk.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-2352770303516841522017-03-05T17:12:38.561+00:002017-03-05T17:12:38.561+00:00Dear Mr. Stirling,
One reason why I read your Na...Dear Mr. Stirling, <br /><br />One reason why I read your Nantucket books with PARTICULAR interest was because of how much of the action takes place in my home state of Massachusetts. Albeit on a island, Nantucket, which I've never visited. I live in Essex county, in the north east corner of Massachusetts, and is very different from Nantucket.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-62274068041553285602017-03-05T08:09:02.166+00:002017-03-05T08:09:02.166+00:00Mr Stirling,
My deduction was that you had been on...Mr Stirling,<br />My deduction was that you had been on holiday there.<br />This also explains the earlier reference to Morris Dancing.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-89355840407391877392017-03-05T07:18:29.812+00:002017-03-05T07:18:29.812+00:00I have an informant who lives in Newport Pagnel, i...I have an informant who lives in Newport Pagnel, is a Real Ale enthusiast, and does Morris Dancing... 8-).S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.com