Wednesday 16 May 2018

Six Young Heroes

James Ching, a student in San Francisco Integrate;
David Falkayn, first met as a Polesotechnic League apprentice on Ivanhoe;
Juan Hernandez, a League apprentice on Ivanhoe;
Nat Falkayn, David's grandson on Avalon;
Jack Birnam, a later Avalonian;
Ivar Holm, a forebear of Daniel and Christopher Holm on Avalon.

Ching is a friend of Adzel who later joins the trade pioneer crew led by David Falkayn.
The Earth Book Of Stormgate tells us about Ching's later life.
David Falkayn becomes a series character and the Founder of the Avalonian colony.
Ivar Holm communicates by radio with Jack Birnam, the hero of "Rescue on Avalon."
Ching, Hernandez, Nat Falkayn and Birnam are each the hero of a single juvenile short story.
Each deserves a series and a collection of his own.

Poul Anderson gives us more than any other future historian and also makes us see how much more there might have been.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I agree, I would have liked to have seen more of Ching, Hernandez, Nat Falkayn, and Birnam. But it's amazing how much Poul Anderson did give us!

Sean