"Also by Poul Anderson in Sphere Books:
"THE AVATAR
"THE PEOPLE OF THE WIND"
-The Merman's Children, back cover blurb.
Imagine initially reading those three novels, then seeking out others by Anderson.
The Merman's Children is about intelligent sea-dwellers.
The People Of The Wind is about intelligent fliers and is one volume of Anderson's Technic History which also features intelligent sea-dwellers in Ensign Flandry.
In The Avatar, several organisms become avatars of an Other, including:
"I was a great proud salmon, but had no words for greatness or pride; I was them."
-Poul Anderson, The Avatar (London, 1985), XIII, p. 124.
"I was a crow."
-ibid., XXI, p. 185.
Merfolk, Ythrians, Starkadians, Others, salmon and crows are all united in Poul Anderson's imagination.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I did exactly that in 1968, after first reading the Chilton Books edition of AGENT OF THE TERRAN EMPIRE, seeking out others of Anderson's books.
Ad astra! Sean
Note that crows are -extremely- intelligent, for birds.
They even seem to have a sense of morality. For example, one young girl started feeding crows.
Then -they- started bringing her shiny things, the sort of thing that crows like to accumulate.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
That reminded me of the smart crow which became Virginia Matuchek's familiar in OPERATION LUNA, after Svartalf retired.
Ad astra! Sean
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