tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post4745584609550100321..comments2024-03-28T17:35:04.736+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Sultan After SultanKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-65378992930587271402016-11-13T03:04:58.968+00:002016-11-13T03:04:58.968+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I would have liked to have seen more ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I would have liked to have seen more of the Terran Emperors myself! Besides the Founder, Manuel the Great, we saw Josip III (while still crown prince), then the reluctant usurper, Emperor Hans and his two sons Dietrich and Gerhart. I've regretted how, considering the favorable mentions of him we've seen, that we never saw Emperor Georgios. Then we saw the would be usurpers Hugh McCormac, Edwin Cairncross, and Olaf Magnusson.<br /><br />Rather oddly, aside from the usurper Magnus Maximus, we never meet any of the Roman Emperors of who lived during Gratillonius' lifetime: Valentinian I, Valens, Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I, Arcadius, Honorius, and Theodosius II.<br /><br />We do get a very interesting chapter about Cardinal Richelieu in THE BOAT OF A MILLION YEARS. Some readers might be surprised at how favorably PA regarded the Cardinal. And we see Charles I of England in A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST.<br /><br />Hank Davis, who compiled the Technic Civilization stories for Baen Books, might have named the final volume FLANDRY'S LEGACY that way because Flandry's struggles, toils, and efforts might very well have helped to come into existence the more favorable things we see in the post Imperial stories.<br /><br />Sean Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com