tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1967142266299307533..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Magic Swords IIKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-58512546639756072192017-06-28T15:41:14.220+01:002017-06-28T15:41:14.220+01:00Kaor, DAVID!
At least I have read Myers' SILV...Kaor, DAVID!<br /><br />At least I have read Myers' SILVERLOCK. Yes, PA took Tyrfing from Norse myths and legends. But we did get hints from Anderson about a possible sequel to THE BROKEN SWORD. Here is what he wrote at the end of his Foreword to the 1954 edition: "As for what became of the people of this story, and the sword, and faerie itself--which obviously no longer exists on Earth--that is another tale, which will perhaps some day be told." A statement which Anderson basically repeated in the Foreword for the revised 1971 edition: "As for what became of those still alive at the end of the book, and the sword, and Faerie itself--which obviously no longer exists on Earth--that is another tale, which may someday may be told." Alas, Poul Anderson never got around to writing a sequel! <br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-54931693045835513212017-06-28T11:02:24.168+01:002017-06-28T11:02:24.168+01:00Paul and Sean:
Well, remember that Poul Anderson d...Paul and Sean:<br />Well, remember that Poul Anderson didn't INVENT Tyrfing; he drew it from actual Norse myth. And in *Silverlock*, Odin used one of the title character's white hairs to test Tyrfing's edge.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-85630112156688692122017-06-27T17:34:55.816+01:002017-06-27T17:34:55.816+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I agree. But Poul Anderson, regrettab...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I agree. But Poul Anderson, regrettably, never wrote a sequel to THE BROKEN SWORD. That sinister sword might have shown up again in such a book!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-60347870252632113222017-06-27T16:56:38.904+01:002017-06-27T16:56:38.904+01:00Sean,
I think that it was going to reappear.
Paul....Sean,<br />I think that it was going to reappear.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-85199320451452158112017-06-27T16:36:24.620+01:002017-06-27T16:36:24.620+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Shouldn't Fr. Ignatius have also ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Shouldn't Fr. Ignatius have also mentioned Charlemagne's sword Joyeuse and Ogier the Dane's Cortana? After all, the former is an actual sword which still exists. Even the French Revolutionaries couldn't bring themselves to destroy it!<br /><br />I understand what you said about your thought processes being verbal, not visual. But aren't your DREAMS "visions"? And I recall how both the OT and NT mentions some being granted visions by means of dreams.<br /><br />Yes, the friendships and alliances Rudi made during his Quest will be enormously important and useful for him and Montival. But the Sword he obtains will also play a real role.<br /><br />Poul Anderson does show us Imric the Elf Earl taking pains to JETTISON Tyrfing far out to sea and in deep waters at the end of THE BROKEN SWORD. But of course there was no guarantee the accursed sword won't somehow again appear!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com