tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post7637775722591092258..comments2024-03-29T07:50:15.957+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Warm And ColdKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-6802072069488729412015-07-05T17:36:34.450+01:002015-07-05T17:36:34.450+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Alas, I have to admit I found the fra...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Alas, I have to admit I found the frank declaration of his depraved and thuggish desires by the pirate captain you quoted from IN THE COURTS OF THE CRIMSON KINGS to be amusing. It's only fair to point out that the Martian agent acting for a more powerful Martian expressed distaste for such depraved behavior, albeit in terms equally cold and umempathetic.<br /><br />I do see your point in not quite liking IN THE COURTS OF THE CRIMSON KINGS, because of finding so many of the Martian characters in it far too cold, clinical, detached, umempathetic, austere, astringent, etc. One reason why I liked the book was precisely Stiring was able to CONVINCINGLY depict these Martians as real people and as hominids plainly coming from the same stock as the hominids of Earth.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com