Evolution And Devolution II

The previous post also omitted these comparisons:

Poul Anderson presents mankind evolving into physically time traveling Danellians;

earlier, Olaf Stapledon had presented mankind evolving into mentally time traveling Last Men;

earlier again, HG Wells had presented mankind devolving into Time Traveler-visited Morlocks and Eloi.

Beautiful contrasts! Wells and Stapledon are universally recognized as major science fiction writers. Anderson should be similarly recognized. His Danellians are literary successors and conceptual sequels to the Morlocks and Eloi and to the Last Men.

And now I must return to other tasks, possibly also meditation group this evening since there will be a visit by a monk. And Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy deserves a post on another blog.

For something on Millennium, see here.