tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post8857355237780314913..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: A New Eon IIKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-73519310541224213652014-08-18T01:53:43.718+01:002014-08-18T01:53:43.718+01:00Hi, Paul!
First contact with extraterrestrial int...Hi, Paul!<br /><br />First contact with extraterrestrial intelligent non human beings? I'm reminded of how today I've finished reading Michael A.G. Michaud's CONTACT WITH ALIEN CIVILIZATIONS. Michaud exhaustively examines virtually ever possible way humans might make first contact with non humans, whether remotely or directly. And I mean exhaustively: militarily, scientific, political, religious/theological, philosophical, etc.<br /><br />If I have any caveats to make with Michaud's book, it's from what seems his odd use of "antropocentrism" as somehow meaning humans allegedly believe they or earth were at the center of the cosmos. He really should have read C.S. Lewis' essay "Religion and Rocketry," to help counteract that idea.<br /><br />And as a devout fan of Poul Anderson, I was annoyed that there was not a single mention of PA's works, fictional and nonfictional, and the many ways they could have illustrated what Michaud was discussing. He does not cite even IS THERE LIFE ON OTHER WORLDS? (despite frequently quoting Isaac Asimov, David Brin, Sir Arthur Clarke, Fred Hoyle, Carl Sagan, etc.). <br /><br />Sean<br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com