Friday, 9 July 2021

Dinosaurs And Aquatic Mammals

 

Is there any sf idea that Poul Anderson does not use? This may seem a strange question but he gives the impression of covering everything. Surviving dinosaurs is one example - unless there is some obscure short story that I do not know about? We need not list the writers who have addressed this theme. Some are mentioned elsewhere on the blog (I think).

I have been watching TV instead of blogging. New technology and evidence show that whatever is in Loch Ness is neither a plesiosaur nor a large fresh-water-dwelling mammal. The latter would be spotted and identified when coming up to breathe. Water-dwelling mammals are relevant to Poul Anderson. We recently reread "The Horn of Time the Hunter."

OK. That is definitely my last gasp for tonight.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Michael Chrichton's novel JURASSIC PARK and S.M. Stirling's THE SKY PEOPLE are twp books where we see dinosaurs. But the only story by Poul Anderson I can recall which has dinosaurs in it was "Wildcat."

Ad astra! Sean