"An ache in every muscle reminded him that he was no young man."
-Poul Anderson, A Stone In Heaven IN Anderson, Flandry's Legacy (Riverdale, NY, 2012), pp. 1-188 AT XIII, p. 173.
Bruce Wayne, returned to costumed vigilantism after a ten year retirement, hears above him:
"If it is him... ...he's got to be pretty old..."
"Shhh!"
- while he reflects:
"Old enough to need my legs to climb a rope..."
-Frank Miller, The Dark Knight Returns (London, 1986), Book One, p. 29.
Remember the days when Wayne and his sidekick walked up the sides of skyscrapers?
Another Flandry-Wayne parallel: see Chives And...
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Even the antisenescence of Technic Civilization could only do so much for Flandry. Not that I scorn being able to remain vigorous and healthy till about age 100-110.
Sean
Paul and Sean:
In the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, there's a brief appearance by retired Admiral McCoy, who as a lieutenant commander was the chief doctor aboard Kirk's Enterprise 100 years before. It was meant as a "passing of the torch" scene for the new Enterprise. He's 137 years old, but still able to walk.
Kaor, DAVID!
Cool! Even tho I'm not a STAR TREK fan. I can JUST barely see it as being possible for human beings living to about age 130-40, as in Poul Anderson's HARVEST OF STARS books. Assuming the advances in medical science and technology needed for that.
I really wish movie director/producer would try his hand at making Nicholas van Rijn or Dominic Flandry films. IF done well I hope they would be far better than most of the dreck which passes for TV/filmed SF.
Sean
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