Lieutenant Commander Dominic Flandry is given a brevet commission as the full commander of the escort destroyer, Asieneuve, which he loses on his first mission.
Nicholas Pym is appointed:
"...to the office and commission of Colonel-at-Sea, and to the command of the fourth-rate ship, Chalgrove, of thirty-eight guns..."
-John Sanders, The Hat Of Authority (London, 1966), 1, p. 16 -
- which, as far as I remember after fifty-four years, he loses on his first mission.
We vicariously enjoy these characters' harrowing experiences at sea or in space. Pym, Bond and Flandry represent past, present (at the time of writing) and future:
the English Protectorate, the Cold War (and its immediate aftermath) and the twilight of the Terran Empire - great events in interesting times.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I definitely like some of Ian Fleming's Bond stories: such as CASINO ROYALE, THUNDERBALL, DR NO, and FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. But I would still argue the late William F. Buckley's Blackford Oates Cold War spy stories were better. E.g., SAVING THE QUEEN, STAINED GLASS, MONGOOSE, RIP, etc.
Ad astra! Sean
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