tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post2356011414338317760..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: An Old InnKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-88198893482991136122017-02-07T16:40:48.591+00:002017-02-07T16:40:48.591+00:00Kaor, DAVID!
Well, taverns are fairly frequently ...Kaor, DAVID!<br /><br />Well, taverns are fairly frequently seen in both the SF and fantasies of Poul Anderson! Such as the Old Phoenix.<br /><br />And we see taverns in Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The inn called The Sign of the Prancing Pony in Bree has been in the Butterbur family for many generations.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-3767050441799570672017-02-07T15:22:05.883+00:002017-02-07T15:22:05.883+00:00Paul:
Very tenuously related, but years ago I skim...Paul:<br />Very tenuously related, but years ago I skimmed historical novel *A Wayside Tavern* by Norah Lofts, featuring a tavern (surprise, surprise) that because of its location along a well-traveled road had been in business at least since the Romans departed Britain (the first section dealt with a Roman soldier left behind by his unit for some reason). <br /><br />Though I don't quite recall, I THINK ownership stayed in the same family to some degree ever since that Roman — loosely and with name changes due to sometimes passing through female inheritors rather than male.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-70212510765250419732017-02-07T15:06:24.773+00:002017-02-07T15:06:24.773+00:00Kaor, Paul!
And I'm surprised Poul Anderson n...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And I'm surprised Poul Anderson never wrote Time Patrol story set in the English Civil War. I can easily time travelers from the remote future trying to divert history into what they believed was a better channel by having the rebel Parliament and Oliver Cromwell losing the war.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com