tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post5186768532960110717..comments2024-03-29T07:50:15.957+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: The Novel Winds DownKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-12643667321140136052023-01-23T02:49:55.483+00:002023-01-23T02:49:55.483+00:00Kaor, Jim!
And, more often in Anderson's stor...Kaor, Jim!<br /><br />And, more often in Anderson's stories, we see his baffling and idiosyncratic use of "glade" for describing how the sun and moon shone on seas and lakes. Strictly speaking, "glade" means only an open space within a wooded area. A pity I never thought of discussing this in one of my letters to Anderson!<br /><br />Ad astra! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-64714064798984349472023-01-22T21:35:09.680+00:002023-01-22T21:35:09.680+00:00Sun- or moon-light as a bridge across water is a f...Sun- or moon-light as a bridge across water is a frequent image in Anderson's prose.<br />Here a writer comments on such things being cliché in her first language (Finnish) but relatively rare & exotic in English<br />https://thoughtscapism.com/2015/02/12/shamelessly-serendipitous/Jim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-26415448965892041302016-07-22T17:24:41.489+01:002016-07-22T17:24:41.489+01:00Kaor, Paul!
What interested me was realizing ther...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />What interested me was realizing there used to be a feast of Adam and Eve in the Catholic Church, on the day before Christmas. But it faded away after the sixteenth century, which is why I was not familiar with it.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com