tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post7641486020718794461..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Potlach And PrayerKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-83479736191511083312017-12-05T08:30:32.870+00:002017-12-05T08:30:32.870+00:00Dear Mr. Stirling,
All of which makes me wonder ...Dear Mr. Stirling, <br /><br />All of which makes me wonder if some Mongols and Chinese were actually stranded among the ancestors of what became the potlach tribes a la Poul Anderson's "The Only Game In Town."<br /><br />And we certainly see how savage and brutal their Haida descendants were in your Emberverse books!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-27520506837938028692017-12-05T08:13:46.705+00:002017-12-05T08:13:46.705+00:00The potlatch tribes had an extraordinarily complex...The potlatch tribes had an extraordinarily complex culture for a nonagricultural people, with extraordinary arts and a very rich ceremonial life -- probably because their subsistence strategy was based on fishing and hunting marine mammals in extraordinarily rich waters, especially the annual salmon migration, with allowed them to have large, completely sedentary settlements.<br /><br />They were also notoriously savage raiders and slavers.S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-82617921630110055662017-12-04T17:49:17.872+00:002017-12-04T17:49:17.872+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I like that Space Man's prayer yo...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I like that Space Man's prayer you quoted from Heinlein! I have no doubt at all that when mankind FINALLY gets serious about space that similar prayers will be composed and used. Some might even incorporate Heinlein's text.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com