Currently, I am appreciating the wealth of detail and background in "Un-Man" precisely because I am simultaneously rereading and blogging. In the next post, the adventure continues...
Saturday 4 April 2020
Looking Ahead
Currently, I am appreciating the wealth of detail and background in "Un-Man" precisely because I am simultaneously rereading and blogging. In the next post, the adventure continues...
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Kaor, Paul!
First, I hope you don't have trouble with your laptop for a good LONG time!
Second, different people, different methods! My inclination is the opposite of yours. Whenever I feel inspired to write an article here I prefer to make it as long and detailed as I think it needs to be. I think my "Andersonian Chess" essay was the longest I ever wrote for this blog. Also, I'm not as FAST as you are, with me taking quite a long time to write an article.
I've currently started rereading Anderson's IS THERE LIFE ON OTHER WORLDS?, partly as preparation for rereading Michael A.G. Michaud's book on the same topic.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
If I were writing articles of any length and substance (there are some such on these blogs), then I would want them to be well researched and referenced. However, this blog system allows a different approach:
reread Poul Anderson very carefully;
notice interesting points like recurring themes and stylistic approaches;
post briefly about each point as noticed;
thus, generate a large number of posts building a bigger picture;
thus, hopefully reading one post gets someone interested in reading others and in searching the blog.
I am getting a lot out of the Technic and Psychotechnic Histories by doing it this way and I can't tell how long it will go on.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
And that's good, your method works! And you sometimes stop to ponder unusual words Anderson uses. Or peculiar USE of a word, such as his baffling use of "glade."
Ad astra! Sean
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