Blogging

Someone might view a Poul Anderson Appreciation blog for the first time and wonder why some recent posts are not about Poul Anderson. The posts need to be read in sequence since each is a, sometimes very brief, reflection on a book that is currently being read or reread. As recently remarked (see here), there is a lot of comparison with other writers.

Recent posts have not only compared a particular novel by SM Stirling with two series by Anderson but have also argued that Stirling is a worthy successor of Anderson (which in turn means that he is an original, not an imitator). In this context, some posts will continue to focus on details in Stirling's The Peshawar Lancers just as many earlier posts had focused on the details in Anderson's Technic History, Time Patrol series etc.

After ...Lancers, we might return to the interrupted rereading of Anderson's Fire Time or might instead move in some other direction but I trust that we will never wander too far from the blog theme of "Poul Anderson Appreciation."