Monday, 20 July 2020

Sit

"[Flandry] saluted and snapped to attention. 'At ease,' the Emperor grunted. 'Sit. Smoke if you want.'"
-Poul Anderson, A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows IN Anderson, Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight Of Terra (Riverdale, NY, 2012), pp. 339-606 AT III, p. 378.

"Weoch-Captain came to attention and presented himself. 'At ease,' the High Admiral said. ''You may sit, stand, or pace as you wish. I expect you will, from time to time, pace.'"
-Poul Anderson, "Inconstant Moon" IN Larry Niven, Ed., Man-Kzin Wars III (New York, 1990), pp. 167-310 AT Chapter I, p. 170.

Anderson's first Man-Kzin Wars story lacked a kzinti pov but his second, "Inconstant Moon," begins with one.

There is more to be said here but we are on our way out for the day. Laters.
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1 comment:

  1. Sean M. Brooks20 July 2020 at 14:06

    Kaor, Paul!

    And I remember when Crown Prince Josip was receiving guests at that very same Coral Palace in Chapter 1 of ENSIGN FLANDRY, his visitors would bow or curtsy.

    And I think Anderson was very good at showing both the strengths and limitations of the Kzinti personality in "Inconstant Moon."

    Ad astra! Sean

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