tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post7358882401965666465..comments2024-03-28T23:20:31.899+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: LiteratureKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-16338216276764123112014-06-30T14:53:28.070+01:002014-06-30T14:53:28.070+01:00Hi, Paul!
I don't think the cover for this ed...Hi, Paul!<br /><br />I don't think the cover for this edition of THE PEOPLE OF THE WIND shows Phlippe Rocheforte being attacked by a Ythrian. Rather, it shows Christopher Holm carrying an exhausted and brutalized Eyath after she was raped by Draun.<br /><br />And it was interesting to see how Ferune included the Bible among those Terran classics he read. He was recalling Proverbs 20.2 while on the command bridge of his flagship. I'll quote the Douai-Reims-Challoner version: "As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul."<br />The New Jerusalem Bible translates Proverbs 20.2 as: "Like the roaring of a lion is the fury of a king: whoever provokes him sins against himself."<br /><br />This makes me wonder if Ferune had a moment of doubt about the wisdom of war with the Empire, that Ythri might perhaps had been too inflexible, too unwilling to make concessions in the negotiations with the Empire before war broke out.<br /><br />Sean Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com