Private Eye is a British satirical magazine. However, I do not understand the following reference in Poul Anderson's novel:
"Five thousand years ago, a bibliophile acquaintance had made him read a tattered book some hundred years old - the Private Eye school - claiming it was something unique in the annals of pornography. Langley had been rather bored by it. Now, recognizing the prototype of his action-pattern, he grinned. But any pattern would do, in this amorphous world of low-level." (p. 166)
Any ideas?
Langley has been searching for Marin in Etie Town. A human informant has located her and this dialogue ensues:
"'How about my reward?'
"'You'll get it when I see her. Control your emotions.'" (ibid.)
Then Langley remembers his "Private Eye school."
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteI recently reread that part of THE LONG WAY HOME where Anderson made that allusion to the "Private Eye," but I have no recollection of coming across it elsewhere.
Ad astra! Sean