tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post5575018127592082307..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Reflections On The War On DiomedesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-3683500820168057022018-04-28T07:28:33.002+01:002018-04-28T07:28:33.002+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Trolwen certainly seemed callous when...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Trolwen certainly seemed callous when he said that children of his race who died young are replaceable. I would suggest that the hard lives most Diomedeans had to endure, esp. during the annual migrations, made a certain hardness of heart understandable. To have a deep emotional investment in children who died young would make their lives even harder.<br /><br />I'm inclined to think the Drak'honai warriors did the RIGHT thing, fleeing from a kind of war they had no knowledge or experience with. They and their officers would need to learn the new tactics used by the Lannachska before it would make sense to fight them again.<br /><br />Sean <br /><br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-48680770119694893402018-04-27T17:55:01.419+01:002018-04-27T17:55:01.419+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Poul Anderson was a fair writer, he l...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Poul Anderson was a fair writer, he left readers PLENTY of clues as to why Old Nick was not just a fat pig and parasite. A careful reader should have come to a proper understanding of Nicholas van Rijn's role long before Wace did. Frantically busy as he was designing and building the new technology Old Nick was persuading the Lannascha to accept, it was unsurprising that Eric needed so long to understand as well.<br /><br />Sean<br /><br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com