tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post4678076375598813978..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Contact Re-Established (Out Of The Silent City)Ketlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-11405212953497891442017-05-26T08:08:14.333+01:002017-05-26T08:08:14.333+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Oops! And I actually noticed "Mo...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Oops! And I actually noticed "Montalbano" in the newspaper article, from the Inspector Montalbano stories.<br /><br />Until proven otherwise, I remain skeptical dolphins are as intelligent as human beings. But I do grant SF writers can play with such ideas!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-60303043970721687692017-05-26T08:02:47.268+01:002017-05-26T08:02:47.268+01:00Sean,
The parallel was just that Birmingham parks ...Sean,<br />The parallel was just that Birmingham parks were renamed after the Middle Earth Shire and an Italian town was renamed after Montalbano's fictitious town.<br />In Blish's Jack Loftus novels, it has been discovered that dolphins are as intelligent as human beings and have a language.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-73200975353041721142017-05-26T07:55:17.807+01:002017-05-26T07:55:17.807+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Welcome back! I hope you had a good t...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Welcome back! I hope you had a good time in Birmingham. And, "Out Of The Silent City"? A nice play on C.S. Lewis' OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET.<br /><br />I looked up the link to that Italian newspaper article, but no names jumped out at as being Tolkienian. Maybe It's just my ignorance of Italian.<br /><br />Yes, twice we see in person Protectors of the Merseian Roidhun's Grand Council, Brechdan Ironrede and Tachwyr the Dark. But we never see any of the Roidhuns themselves By contrast, we see several Terran Emperors and their crown princes: Josip (while still heir apparent), Hans Molitor and then Crown Prince Dietrich, Emperor Gerhart.<br /><br />I'm a skeptical of the notion of human beings and dolphins being "friends." Dolphins are intelligent animals, I agree, but still only animals. Moreover, the lack forelimbs capable of being used as arms would make it hard for them to evolve to true intelligence.<br /><br />Sean<br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com