"Holmes, Lewis and Bond have all been important on this blog."
Poul Anderson referred several times to Sherlock Holmes, most notably incorporating him as a character in the Time Patrol series;
like CS Lewis, Anderson addressed theological issues in sf;
before Ian Fleming had created James Bond, Anderson began a series about a comparable character who however, unlike Bond, reflects on the legitimacy of the social status quo instead of merely defending it.
But Doyle, Lewis and Fleming are entirely unalike. Anderson's versatility is demonstrated by the fact that he can be compared to these three authors and also to many others whom we have mentioned.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And I have been amused by the non human "Sherlock Holmes" we see in Anderson's "The Martian Crown Jewels" and "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound."
Compared to the ALTERNATIVES faced by Flandry and Bond, they were right to defend their societies, whatever their flaws. The Merseian Roidhunate and the USSR would have been far worse rulers!
Sean
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