tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post2384998696763890869..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: In The Phoenix HouseKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-28766269629728075012016-11-08T07:10:53.525+00:002016-11-08T07:10:53.525+00:00Kaor, DAVID!
yes, your comment explains better pu...Kaor, DAVID!<br /><br />yes, your comment explains better puts why Christopher Holm's denigrating of the human race in this part of the book was irritating me so much.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-28541148328620001292016-11-07T20:45:24.023+00:002016-11-07T20:45:24.023+00:00Paul and Sean:
She's being a bit unfair. He...Paul and Sean:<br />She's being a bit unfair. He's NOT trying to have it both ways. He's trying to repudiate his humanity and regard Ythrians as wholly superior — he's as bigoted as any Klansman, but against his own species. Trying to be something he's physically incapable of being....<br /><br />He rather decidedly rubs me the wrong way.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-21736053025110382292016-11-07T16:10:35.836+00:002016-11-07T16:10:35.836+00:00Kaor, Paul!
And the Phoenix House reminded me of ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And the Phoenix House reminded me of the Old Phoenix Inn! Perhaps Poul Anderson hoped readers who had read the Old Phoenix to remember that? <br /><br />And we on Terra and most human colonized worlds in and out of the Empire would have said: "Uh-uh. Can't have it both ways, son." And, "...a man or woman who tries to be an Ythrian is a fool" is how most of us would have put it.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com