Wednesday, 31 January 2018

A Pleistocene Hunter

When David Falkayn realized the potential of the planet Satan:

"Sheer instinct roused him. He was abruptly a Pleistocene hunter again.
"'Judas!' he yelled. 'Yes!'" (p. 358) (For full reference, see here.)

I quoted this passage at greater length before. See The Realization About Satan. Now I want to connect it with two similar passages about Dominic Flandry (see Our Animal Ancestry and A Moment Of Truth?) and also with some comparable passages in Poul Anderson's Time Patrol series (see Subjectivity and The Presence Of Innocence).

Falkayn, Flandry and Everard are high tech hunters.

1 comment:

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Kaor, Paul!

And it was intelligent beings Falkayn, Flandry, and Everard hunted. Far more dangerous than simple animals!

Sean