tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post5152732807313713653..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Endings And BeginningsKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-18605245780916303722016-12-20T08:04:02.773+00:002016-12-20T08:04:02.773+00:00Kaor, Paul!
Good, regards Ketlan being able to co...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Good, regards Ketlan being able to come back home. I hope he gets fully well!<br /><br />Oops! Sometimes I browsed on some of your other blogs, esp. when you include links to them in the PA blog. I need to leave more comments over there!<br /><br />Merry Christmas! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-60304435087335511772016-12-20T08:01:05.529+00:002016-12-20T08:01:05.529+00:00Kaor, Nicholas!
Absolute agreement! I would love ...Kaor, Nicholas!<br /><br />Absolute agreement! I would love to see filmed versions of some of the van Rijn and Falkayn stories.<br /><br />The fact that the original STAR WARS movies are STILL the standards by which SF movies are compared doesn't say anything very good about those standards!<br /><br />And the Terran Empire is far more convincing than Emperor Palpatine's Empire. That is, instead of being an irredeemably wicked polity, the Terran Empire was a flawed, imperfect, but far from being a monstrous state. No more worse, really, than most Western or Westernized nations.<br /><br />Merry Christmas! Sean<br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-67306796019109968092016-12-20T07:51:06.375+00:002016-12-20T07:51:06.375+00:00Sean and all,
Ketlan will return home today.
I am ...Sean and all,<br />Ketlan will return home today.<br />I am experimenting with blogs. A couple of posts have gone on other blogs and have been linked from an addendum to the above post - but page views on those other blogs have not increased significantly! All will be copied to Poul Anderson Appreciation in the New Year.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-67064059887382262122016-12-20T04:46:41.387+00:002016-12-20T04:46:41.387+00:00Kaor, Sean!
Great minds work in the same directio...Kaor, Sean!<br /><br />Great minds work in the same directions. When the first STAR WARS film came out, some people were much impressed; I, a fan of written sf, was not, and I remember wishing for a David Falkayn movie or TV series.<br /><br />Merry Christmas,<br />Nicholas D. RosenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-15192282776204495032016-12-19T15:06:33.136+00:002016-12-19T15:06:33.136+00:00Kaor, Ketlan and Paul!
Ketlan, and a Merry Christ...Kaor, Ketlan and Paul!<br /><br />Ketlan, and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family as well. Get well fast! <br /><br />Paul, I certainly hope Ketlan is able to check out of the hospital today.<br /><br />Aloha! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-57320036552943227342016-12-19T15:02:45.631+00:002016-12-19T15:02:45.631+00:00Kaor, DAVID!
Many thanks! And a Merry Christmas a...Kaor, DAVID!<br /><br />Many thanks! And a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours as well.<br /><br />Aloha! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-31686000183498927242016-12-19T15:00:12.769+00:002016-12-19T15:00:12.769+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I will be very eager to know what you...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I will be very eager to know what you think of Stirling's DIES THE FIRE and any Andersonian allusions or echoes you find in the book. I had wondered, because of your interest in the issue of intelligent, self aware computers, if you would try <br />Drake/Stirling's THE GENERAL series. But the fascination you have for time travel and alternate histories certainly justifies your selection of DIES THE FIRE.<br /><br />I had hoped to comment again about William Walker, but that may have to wait till I come back from Hawaii. I did start rereading Poul Anderson's SATAN'S WORLD.<br /><br />I read John Wright's review of the movie titled ROGUE ONE, and it seems interesting enough that I might watch it while in Hawaii. I found myself wishing, YET AGAIN, that some director/producer would take a chance on filming one of Poul Anderson's Terran Empire stories featuring Dominic Flandry.<br /><br />Merry Christmas! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-57119692603620326582016-12-19T14:05:20.895+00:002016-12-19T14:05:20.895+00:00Ketlan comments from hospital but will hopefully r...Ketlan comments from hospital but will hopefully return home today.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-47012554142882659782016-12-19T11:20:33.698+00:002016-12-19T11:20:33.698+00:00And seasonal greetings from me, too. Hope you all ...And seasonal greetings from me, too. Hope you all have a good one and a very enjoyable 2017.Ketlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-87415904085437379572016-12-19T10:31:57.560+00:002016-12-19T10:31:57.560+00:00Best Christmas and New Year wishes to you all.Best Christmas and New Year wishes to you all.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-53456819628395751202016-12-19T09:20:25.810+00:002016-12-19T09:20:25.810+00:00Mr Stirling,
Thank you. I do not know what next ye...Mr Stirling,<br />Thank you. I do not know what next year holds. I have been delayed finishing ON THE OCEANS OF ETERNITY by watching ARROW dvds (see the Comics Appreciation blog). Meanwhile, DIES THE FIRE has been ordered.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-73048719929456332852016-12-19T07:13:28.329+00:002016-12-19T07:13:28.329+00:00Dear Mr. Stirling,
Many thanks! And the same to ...Dear Mr. Stirling, <br /><br />Many thanks! And the same to you and your family.<br /><br />I fear I've been somewhat critical of how you handled certain ideas, themes, or incidents in ON THE OCEANS OF ETERNITY. I trust I have not offended you!<br /><br />Merry Christmas! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-29076094520714475152016-12-19T05:41:18.662+00:002016-12-19T05:41:18.662+00:00Seasonal greetings, all the best to you and yours,...Seasonal greetings, all the best to you and yours, and looking forward to your interesting posts next year!S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-40932562570337148112016-12-18T17:35:01.967+00:002016-12-18T17:35:01.967+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I actually thought of "The Littl...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I actually thought of "The Little Monster" when I saw the cover of PAST TIMES. It might well be the story I like best in that Anderson collection.<br /><br />And one thing I remember about "Monster" is how Antonio Viana, the uncle of Jerry Parker, the boy accidentally sent back to that ancient past wondered if the "pre-men" Jerry met were already human, already had souls. The way the "pre-human" chieftain (perhaps too formal a title, that early, but it seems to fit) thought and PRAYED certainly seemed human to me! And don't forget how the uncle suggested that the skull of "Old Father" the boy saw was not a head hunting trophy of victory but a revered relic. All this makes me think Uncle Antonio and Jerry were both Catholics. The story would be another example of how Poul Anderson treated religious ideas seriously.<br /><br />And fire as a gift from Old Father, God, or the gods, certainly reminds me of the Prometheus legend. Altho the story has him STEALING fire from the gods (and getting punished for the theft), not a gift from them.<br /><br />And I remember reading, in another part of ON THE OCEANS OF ETERNITY, how one of the Nantucketers (possibly CEO Cofflin himself) thought the Alban Sun People tribes, resenting the Nantucketer Protectorate, still practiced human sacrifice when not being watched by Islander proconsuls.<br /><br />And the bits about the Sun Peoples beliefs in Sky Father and the Wolf reminded about the Scandinavian Eddaic myths. Not accidentally on Stirling's part, I'm sure!<br /><br />Happy Birthday to you and your neighbor when Jan. 1 comes!<br /><br />Merry Christmas! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com