Or:
"When you don't understand a machine but it seems to be running smoothly, you don't tinker much."
-"Esau," p. 527.
If I become incommunicado, then possibly:
I am dead;
there is a glitch with the computer and I can't get to the shop to get it fixed.
I need to:
finish rereading "Territory";
reread "The Trouble Twisters" and "The Master Key";
find out what comes after that.
Onward, Earthlings!
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Kaor, Paul
Iow, I think the PM is asking people in their seventies to stay home for 12 weeks. I fear that might be very difficult for people who are still active to do. And I certainly hope you and Mrs. Shackley don't get infected by coronavirus!
Besides the works of Poul Anderson and Blish, I hope you might reread some of the books of S.M. Stirling. At long last I'm finally reading his new book SHADOWS OF ANNIHILATION. And, so far, I like it! And I'll be watching our for any Andersonian allusions he slips in.
You sometimes mention Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS, but I don't recall you commenting at length on it. How would you rate or evaluate LOTR?
I again beat my chess computer last week when it replied to 1 e4 with ...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense. So, I've been replying that gave and pondering other Caro-Kann lines.
Ad astra! Sean
I meant to say "I've been REPLAYING that game and pondering other Caro-Kann lines."
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
I am not as sold on Tolkien as many. I have read the Trilogy twice, once long ago and once after the 1st film. It is a fairly un-layered, uni-dimensional narrative.
Paul.
Sean,
Over 70s. We can go out for exercise but must avoid close contact with others.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I thought so, re people in their seventies. I hope that idea works or helps!
Well, I am somewhat more "sold" on Tolkien than that! But not to the extent Astrid Larssen was (Smiles). Over the decades I must have read THE LORD OF THE RINGS at least ten times. It might be "uni-layered," but I believe it still has depth and solidity.
Ad astra! Sean
Best of luck to you!
Mr Stirling,
Thank you very much. We are learning the ramifications of our new life-style.
Paul.
I’m pulling in my horns too: it’s compulsory, with the coffee-shops and restaurants closed except for take-out. Oh, well, I like to cook and can work uninterrupted as long as I have electrical power and an Internet connection.
If the Internet goes, I am sunk.
Gentlemen,
I hope you both remain well and the Internet does NOT crash!
Ad astra! Sean
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