tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post8912903560820385956..comments2024-03-28T18:59:57.979+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Spy FictionKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-66142370148675004772016-09-27T20:35:24.836+01:002016-09-27T20:35:24.836+01:00David,
A very good point.
Paul.David,<br />A very good point.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-59874483272878644842016-09-27T20:24:34.806+01:002016-09-27T20:24:34.806+01:00Sean and Paul:
There's the problem with having...Sean and Paul:<br />There's the problem with having to be an "event police" like the Time Patrol. James Blish's Service from *The Quincunx of Time* took careful precautions to keep its knowledge of what would be from ever putting Service agents in the position of having to ensure the DEATH of someone -- especially one of their own.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-54808994153102221532016-09-27T14:55:52.247+01:002016-09-27T14:55:52.247+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Dang! I should have thought of that, ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Dang! I should have thought of that, it makes sense!<br /><br />Yes, it makes sense to think Patrol agents in the KGB would focus on making sure the USSR did not somehow survive the collapse of 1991.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-29893762591441706902016-09-27T14:46:49.245+01:002016-09-27T14:46:49.245+01:00Sean,
I think that they would have very clear guid...Sean,<br />I think that they would have very clear guidelines/instructions/information about when to cooperate with each other and when to act in the interests of the separate countries. Those in the USSR would only be ensuring that the regime held together until it collapsed.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-6038707910762899022016-09-27T14:42:12.929+01:002016-09-27T14:42:12.929+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I would like to have known more about...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I would like to have known more about these Time Patrol agents who also "doubled" as agents of the intelligence agencies of the US, UK, or USSR. Did they ever suffer any conflicts of loyalty about where their allegiance lay, with the Patrol or the countries they ostensibly served?<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com