Thursday 1 December 2016

The Discussion So Far

So far, discussion of Poul Anderson's works has involved discussion of:

cosmology
cosmogony (and here
theology
demonology
eschatology
mythology
xenobiology
theories of history
historical turning points
politics
economics
philosophy
the origins of science
stellar and cosmic evolution
black holes
neutron stars
relativity
quantum mechanics
the logic and physics of time travel
scientific and sociological extrapolations
automation
Artificial Intelligence
human evolution
sciences of society
immortality
telepathy (and here)
war
nuclear war
alternative histories
future histories
multiple universes
Sherlock Holmes
detective fiction
science fiction
historical fiction (also here and here)
fantasy
magic
humor in fiction
multi-sensory descriptions of Terrestrial scenery and of extraterrestrial environments
other authors
intelligence work
food 

I have added a few links but please search the blog anyway - if you want to.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I did some searching, focusing on discussions of John K. Hord's theories on the rise and fall of civilizations. I find Hord's theories uncomfortably plausible because I can see all too well how our current time of troubles fits it.

Sean