tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1433812578090894456..comments2024-03-29T14:49:20.560+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: MimirKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-80649842708053949122016-08-29T17:06:32.352+01:002016-08-29T17:06:32.352+01:00Sean,
LAST AND FIRST MEN, not FIRST AND LAST... Th...Sean,<br />LAST AND FIRST MEN, not FIRST AND LAST... The narrator, one of the Last Men, mentally time travels to our period, that of the First Men. He inspires one of the First Men to write a history of the future. This author thinks that he is writing fiction and indeed distorts most of the information that he receives. As I have said recently, the narrative process can be extremely mysterious.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-12891559820197148622016-08-29T17:01:57.953+01:002016-08-29T17:01:57.953+01:00Hi, Lee!
Alas, I've not read Stapledon's ...Hi, Lee!<br /><br />Alas, I've not read Stapledon's FIRST AND LAST MEN, only his SIRIUS and ODD JOHN.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-23746990720381875222016-08-29T16:24:49.273+01:002016-08-29T16:24:49.273+01:00Lee,
Thank you for this update on Stapledon!
Paul....Lee,<br />Thank you for this update on Stapledon!<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-84105303861550740712016-08-29T16:10:26.483+01:002016-08-29T16:10:26.483+01:00In Last and First men, the disembodied brains were...In Last and First men, the disembodied brains were the Fourth men, who for a time enslaved their creators the Third Men by telepathically controlling them. They created the Fifth Men as successors to themselves--large brained but able to move around in the world and interact with it. The Fifth Men were the last human species on Earth. It was this species that had to relocate to Venus.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610221270273186685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-62648100153450475252016-08-28T02:53:53.869+01:002016-08-28T02:53:53.869+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Do you remember Larry Niven's sto...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Do you remember Larry Niven's stories featuring corpsicles and organlegging? Well, there actually are people who had themselves frozen at the immediate moment of death in the hope of being revived later when a cure for their illnesses was found. Some go so far as to not bother with the bodies but have only their HEADS cryogenically frozen. Real world Mimers!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com