-Poul Anderson, A Stone In Heaven IN Anderson, Flandry's Legacy (Riverdale, NY, 2012), pp. 1-188 AT p. 32.
Retirement is not boring. It is an opportunity to blog.
In John Buchan's John Macnab, three men, each at the top of his respective profession, get so bored with life that they resort to poaching and the risk of exposure in order to experience a new kind of excitement. What is wrong with these guys?
Meanwhile, we learn that "Sandalphon" is:
the name of angel in Jewish literature (see here);
mentioned as such in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman;
the name of a member of the Jesus cult of Theontology in Poul Anderson's The Byworlder.
With all that going on, how can life be boring?
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Well, a man as extroverted and active as Flandry might find a quiet life of reading, meditating, study, etc., to be boring. I would argue it depends on the kinds of personality people have that shapes how they regard retirement.
Hmmm, so Flandry could live in decent comfort from his Navy pension and private investments? I have wondered if that included investing on Leon Ammon's mining company on Wayland! (Smiles)
I agree with your critical comment about the men who turned to poaching as a means of relieving boredom. There are better ways of doing that than by trespassing on other people's property!
Sean
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