Sunday 13 December 2020

As Their Enemies See Them

We enjoy seeing our heroes through their enemies' eyes. I present three examples: two from Poul Anderson; one from Ian Fleming.

"'... Max Abrams. And Abrams was, is, definitely a troublemaker of the worst sort. Flandry appears to be a protege of his. Perhaps, already, an associate?'"
-Poul Anderson, A Circus Of Hells IN Anderson, Young Flandry (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 193-365 AT CHAPTER TWELVE, p. 278.

"'...the Avalonian Admiralty is excellent on security measures. The second in command, chap named Holm, seems to have made several extended trips through the Empire, official and unofficial, in earlier days. I understand he did advanced study at one of our academies. He knows our methods.'
"'I understand he's caused not just the Lauran fleet but the planetary defenses to be enormously increased, these past years,' Cajal said, 'Yes, we must certainly take care of him first.'"
-The People Of The Wind, VII, p. 513.
 
"It was Colonel Nikitin of the MGB who broke the embarrassed silence.
"He said hesitantly, 'There is a man called Bond.'"
-Ian Fleming, From Russia, With Love (London, 1959), CHAPTER 5, p. 40. 

3 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And Morioch Sun-In-Eye was very eager to interrogate Flandrdy, including using the hypnoprobe, to wring him dry of any information he might have!

Ad astra! Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Sean,

You have caught up for the day. I am not going to post any more this evening.

Paul.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Ha! Sometimes it' very hard to keep up with you! I try to find something apt or to the point applicable to your blog pieces.

Ad astra! Sean