tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post7409951960275034010..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: The Hardest ThingKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-30823863301573487732017-06-28T08:08:07.573+01:002017-06-28T08:08:07.573+01:00Sounds like it.Sounds like it.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-22827513058536048782017-06-28T07:41:43.679+01:002017-06-28T07:41:43.679+01:00Dear Mr. Stirling,
Ha, ha!!! Meaning the Queen...Dear Mr. Stirling,<br /><br />Ha, ha!!! Meaning the Queen's Corgis were better guards than the bunglers who botched her security at that time? <br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-67492558749276086492017-06-27T22:24:24.913+01:002017-06-27T22:24:24.913+01:00I remember at the time; there was a cartoon of her...I remember at the time; there was a cartoon of her dogs gnawing on some bones with a skull in the background, and Her Majesty saying: "Who's been a naughty little Corgi?"S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-64503388265356217492017-06-25T22:48:06.280+01:002017-06-25T22:48:06.280+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I should have remembered that! And I ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I should have remembered that! And I recall reading as well of how Her Majesty kept her cool and handled it all with aplomb!<br /><br />Still, I'm surprised security could have slipped so badly that a POTENTIAL assassin could have gotten in like that. Even allowing for lesser activity in the palace at night, there should have been SOME near the queen's apartments. It was very mortifying for the gov't and I think people got more serious about security after that.<br /><br />Sean Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-40226678035062444642017-06-25T10:20:21.871+01:002017-06-25T10:20:21.871+01:00Sean,
Although, years ago, an intruder got into he...Sean,<br />Although, years ago, an intruder got into her bedroom and she had to signal for security.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-92021039544874603322017-06-25T05:10:51.434+01:002017-06-25T05:10:51.434+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I've been wondering, I'm sure...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I've been wondering, I'm sure your Queen has precious little privacy, as we understand the word. There are ALWAYS people around her: guards, officials, staffers, visitors, servants, etc.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-23375503794654474752017-06-23T08:43:50.786+01:002017-06-23T08:43:50.786+01:00Dear Mr. Stirling,
And I'm glad you make suc...Dear Mr. Stirling, <br /><br />And I'm glad you make such ingenious homages to Anderson, Blish, and Tolkien!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-110704309870638882017-06-22T23:08:46.856+01:002017-06-22T23:08:46.856+01:00Mediocre writers have influences. Great writers -...Mediocre writers have influences. Great writers -steal-... 8-). Or you might consider it a homage.S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-21806496025242118922017-06-22T16:47:36.227+01:002017-06-22T16:47:36.227+01:00Kaor, Paul!
And Manse Everard responded to Keith ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And Manse Everard responded to Keith Denison/Cyrus the Great: "Privacy hasn't been invented yet either," Everard reminded him, "and VIPs like you never did have much, in all history." Yet another ingenious Andersonian allusion by Stirling, and one making a serious point.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com