tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6953499917851567663..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Who Lives On The Moon?Ketlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-60124047043486758412017-04-20T16:50:11.561+01:002017-04-20T16:50:11.561+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Found it! The relevant text from Chap...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Found it! The relevant text from Chapter XVII of WORLD WITHOUT STARS is: "There was something about him-- After a minute I recognized it. He looked as youthful as I did, but he had the manner of beings I have met who cannot be immortalized and have grown gray."<br /><br />And I remembered it being mentioned in WORLD WITHOUT STARS that some intelligent races could not be "immortalized."<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-43172800133327668422017-04-20T08:35:05.785+01:002017-04-20T08:35:05.785+01:00Sean,
Deffo. Check out what Captain Argens says of...Sean,<br />Deffo. Check out what Captain Argens says of the civil monitor in Chapter XVII of WORLD WITHOUT STARS.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-48880937003706804392017-04-20T08:29:26.814+01:002017-04-20T08:29:26.814+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I would add as well that the gravity ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I would add as well that the gravity control mastered by Technic Civilization enabled unmodified humans to live on the Moon.<br /><br />I've never read Moorcock's DANCERS AT THE END OF TIME. Even given "immortality," or simply a very long life, I have wondered if it might be possible to tell if such a person was not TRULY young. Perhaps something about his body language or eyes would give that away? <br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-57764702985706355812017-04-20T08:19:59.915+01:002017-04-20T08:19:59.915+01:00Sean,
And, of course, I omitted unmodified Terrest...Sean,<br />And, of course, I omitted unmodified Terrestrials in domes in the Future History and the Technic History.<br />Michael Moorcock's DANCERS AT THE END OF TIME also counts as CUTTING EDGE. When a Dancer visits the 19th century and returns home, he tells his contemporaries, "I really think that no one in that era was acting! If someone looked old, the he was old..."<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-90105011430557478022017-04-20T07:59:54.211+01:002017-04-20T07:59:54.211+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I too wondered if Wright's "...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I too wondered if Wright's "lunarians" were human beings genetically adapted for living on the Moon. Analogous to Anderson's Lunarians.<br /><br />Sean<br /><br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com