In his Editor's Introduction, Katze states that Poul Anderson's four main characters:
"Manse Everard, David Falkyn, Nicholas van Rijn, and Dominic Flandry are represented in this volume." (p. 6)
I have reproduced a miss-spelling of Falkayn's surname. Is he in the volume?
In his "An Appreciation of Poul Anderson," Jerry Pournelle wrote:
"This book is an appreciation of the man and his work.
"And what work it was. He built characters. He turned simple ideas into stories. He constructed worlds in less time than it takes to spade up a garden. He built worlds and civilizations, often quite effortlessly, or at least it appeared that way. Sometimes he had an idea for a story that needed a very weird world. He could dash that off, apparently effortlessly, done so well that it might later serve as the basis for new stories and novels." (p. 10)
This bears out what I guessed in Ways Of Writing.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I checked my copy of DOOR TO ANYWHERE, and it too reproduces the misprint or misspelling of Falkayn's name: "Falkyn." And, yes, none of the stories in his collection has Falkayn as a character.
Ad astra! Sean
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