I can be resistant to rereading a Poul Anderson story because it is set on a planet with an unpleasant-sounding environment, like t'Kela:
60 degrees below zero Celsius;
narcosis-inducing nitrogen pressure;
lungs-burning ammonia;
waterless air;
enough oxygen to keep you alive for several minutes...
However, t'Kela, Ikrananka etc merely counteract the beautiful, humanly habitable planets like Hermes, Avalon and Dennitza. Poul Anderson shows us the universe. So many extra-solar planets have now been detected that maybe all the kinds of planets that he imagines really are out there.
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Kaor, Paul!
And that reminds me of how my sister-in-law gave up trying to read "The Season of Forgiveness" because the planewt Ivanhoe seemed so DARK in the story. Which it is, to human EYES. But we have to expect different kinds of suns to ILLUMINATE in ways darker or brighter than what are accustomed to on Earth. Or, on Mars, for that matter, if, as I hope, a colony is soon founded there.
Ad astra! Sean
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