Yates' Jonathan Mansel, although not widely known, has been compared to:
John Buchan's Richard Hannay;
Sapper's Bulldog Drummond;
Ian Fleming's James Bond -
- and, of course, Bond is comparable to Anderson's Dominic Flandry.
But there is more here than just a few similar characters as I hope that several recent posts have demonstrated. We are now living in the post-aristocratic future that Yates and his characters dreaded. Poul Anderson's sf addresses a spectrum of futures, utopian, dystopian and ambiguous. Both authors address humanity and society.
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Kaor, Paul!
You may recall my basic view, ALL societies have "aristocracies," if we define them as simply being the sectors, groups, classes, etc., which all societies have and from which most of its leaders come. The trick, in my opinion, is making sure such "aristocracies" don't govern too badly and are open to new blood and widening of its base.
Sean
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