The living quarters of Dominic Flandry's private spaceship:
"...reflected her owner's philosophy that, if one is born into an era of decadence, one may as well enjoy it while it lasts."
-A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows, I, p. 343.
"The spaceman grinned. 'Wait till you've been to the decadent stage of the Third Matriarchy! You don't know what fun is.'"
-Poul Anderson, "Time Patrol" IN Anderson, Time Patrol (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 1-53 AT 2, p. 14.
Manse Everard says that Augustan Rome is:
"'...overrated. Unless we want to go 'way upstairs, the most glorious decadence available is right in my own milieu. New York, say.... If you know the right phone numbers, and I do.'"
-Poul Anderson, "Delenda Est" IN Time Patrol, pp. 173-228 AT 1, p. 175.
Nicholas van Rijn practices decadence so here is a quiz question. How many references, whether direct or indirect, are there to van Rijn in the Flandry series and where are they?
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I never thought before of someone as able and vigorous as Nicholas van Rijn as decadent! Somehow, that word "decadent" doesn't seem right when applied to him.
Old Nick is definitely referred to as "Polesotechnarch van Rijn in THE PLAGUE OF MASTERS. Indirectly referred to in THE REBEL WORLDS when Flandry mentioned the almost equally bizarre "vanrijns." And A CIRCUS OF HELLS refers to the "high and spacious days of the trader princes," most certainly including Old Nick. And that's about it, unless KNIGHT also mentions/refers to van Rijn.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
KNIGHT does.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Then that's about it, as regards direct/indirect references to Old Nick in the Flandry stories.
Ad astra! Sean
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