Freehold outbacker Karlsarm finds that Terran Imperialist John Ridenour shows nothing of his real self but instead conceals his feelings with unconscious ease. Karlsarm theorizes that such offplanet reserve is not just aristocratic good manners but rather a defence of individuality within a large and highly organized population. Maybe. Of course, some people just go with the social flow and do not defend their individualities.
"Starfog."
Commonalty Ranger Daven Laure finds that, among the Hoborkan clan of the Kirkasanters, a planetary population that has been isolated from the rest of mankind since before the Long Night, the unconscious assumption that the body is the citadel of an inviolable ego has generated reserved personalities, hampered medicine and prevented psychoanalysis but has also fostered dignity and self-reliance. Kirkasanters are descended from Imperialist Aeneans. The Kirkasanter captain has a symbolic silver mask on the door of his cabin.
Poul Anderson shows us remote resonances between distant generations.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And I'm more like Ridenour. I feel no need or desire to just bare my soul to everybody or anybody.
Ad astra! Sean
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