"Ruadrath: elves, gods, winter ghosts." (A Circus of Hells, CHAPTER THIRTEEN, p. 294.)
On Starkad, Max Abrams says:
"'Under high atmospheric pressure, there's enough oxygen dissolved in water to support an active metabolism and a good brain. That must be why intelligence evolved in the seas: biological competition like you hardly ever find in seas of Terra-type planets.'"
-Ensign Flandry, CHAPTER FIVE, pp. 47-48.
When space opera is written by Poul Anderson, even a Commander in Naval Intelligence has to speak like that.
On Ythri in the Quetlan System, there is an explanation for intelligence in beings capable of flight in terrestroid conditions.
The adventure never ceases and neither do the scientific rationales.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And that is what good SF and F should be like: rational and carefully thought out. With Anderson's THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS being an example of what well done fantasy is like. Also, Anderson was inspired by the work of Hal Clement.
Ad astra! Sean
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