Is Poul and Karen Anderson's Dahut possessed? Surely some of her behaviour suggests this? See here and here.
I ask about possessions because I am currently reading about one in Miracle Monday. In the Inferno, Dante meets the soul of a guy who is still alive on Earth. The explanation is demonic possession. We have referred to a possession in CS Lewis' Perelandra and to another in Garth Ennis'
Royal Blood.
In real life, some people either are possessed or imagine that they are with comparable results.
3 comments:
Paul:
"Lord of a Thousand Suns" comes close, but with a technological explanation. I can't, off the top of my head, think of a genuinely supernatural example in PA.
David,
Thanks. That is just the sort of example that is worth remembering even though technological as against supernatural.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul and DAVID!
I think the closest we see anyone possessed by a demon in the works of Poul Anderson is how Will Greylock, Virginia Matuchek's brother, was possessed by the spirit of the deceased Japanese Crown Princess in OPERATION LUNA.
And I think Poul Anderson had the recently deceased Princess Diana in mind, from how he described the Crown Princess.
Sean
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