tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post7310282469634820472..comments2024-03-29T07:50:15.957+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: "What Else Is There...?"Ketlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-19594855113425013382016-04-30T22:15:46.331+01:002016-04-30T22:15:46.331+01:00Hi, David!
Very interesting, that the sources wer...Hi, David!<br /><br />Very interesting, that the sources were from biographies of Genghis Khan or the Schwarzenegger movie. I THINK I might have first come across these lines reading up about Genghis Khan.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-29854761104178402322016-04-30T20:32:57.110+01:002016-04-30T20:32:57.110+01:00Sean:
Both were used in the Arnold Schwarzenegger ...Sean:<br />Both were used in the Arnold Schwarzenegger *Conan the Barbarian* movie of 1982, but before that were an exchange attributed to Genghis Khan and one of his aides. The Khan asked the young aide "What is best in life?" The aide gave the answer about riding on the steppe. The Khan declared that to be wrong and gave the "crush" answer -- or, in the movie, asked Conan, who was with them as a guest. Conan spoke the "crush" line and was approved.<br /><br />Some historians have judged that "crush" wasn't really in character for Genghis Khan; despite what he did in war, he wouldn't have SAID that (the historians assert).David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-67803629919368331482016-04-30T16:44:58.206+01:002016-04-30T16:44:58.206+01:00Hi, David!
Ha! Rather grimly and amusingly put! I...Hi, David!<br /><br />Ha! Rather grimly and amusingly put! I think I came across the first alternative, but not sure where. I KNOW I came across the "To crush your enemies..." line somewhere, but I can't remember the source.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-51338620493478492692016-04-30T11:29:23.811+01:002016-04-30T11:29:23.811+01:00Paul and Sean:
"What else is there to strive ...Paul and Sean:<br />"What else is there to strive for?"<br />Depending on whether or not I'm in an easy-going mood that minute, either:<br />"The open steppe, a fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and wind in your hair."<br />or:<br />"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!"David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-43545134570022281352016-04-29T09:11:20.983+01:002016-04-29T09:11:20.983+01:00Kaor, Paul!
And, in fact, we see Gratillonius pat...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And, in fact, we see Gratillonius patiently working to persuade the Ysans to take a larger view than merely the welfare of their city. He worked to convince them that buttressing an increasingly precarious Empire benefited them as well as Rome. And to defend Rome was also to defend civilization itself.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com