tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post9209200298984242885..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Successors And The Time PatrolKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-46109435206757980292016-09-07T14:27:49.542+01:002016-09-07T14:27:49.542+01:00Kaor, Paul!
By and large I prefer Stirling's ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />By and large I prefer Stirling's books to those of Turtledove. I came to think the latter's "alternate history" books somewhat too formulaic to be quite satisfactory. Just a bit too much like painting by the numbers. But I do like Turtledove's Basil Argyros stories.<br /><br />I also agree that when it comes to alternate universe stories, Stirling has surpassed L. Sprague De Camp and Poul Anderson. My chief criticism being the implausibility of using large numbers of women in combat military units. But he did manage to make that seem doable in the Draka books.<br /><br />But I don't think anyone has truly surpassed Poul Anderson in straight-forward hard SF and creating plausible non human aliens.<br /><br />And whoever wrote the introductio to "The Man Who Came Late" should have substituted "some" for "most." That would have been unobjectionable!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com