tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post2603945507118122692..comments2024-03-28T23:31:48.203+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: From The Obvious To The FantasticKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-33866549507537239352016-12-14T08:36:32.695+00:002016-12-14T08:36:32.695+00:00Kaor, Nicholas!
Amusingly put! My copy of THE SCR...Kaor, Nicholas!<br /><br />Amusingly put! My copy of THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS might well contain Introduction.<br /><br />And Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, in their book INFERNO, gives us some glimpses of the Hellish bureaucracy.<br /><br />And a US civil servant? Somehow I thought you were British! (Smiles)<br /><br />Merry Christmas! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-73112228320567547202016-12-14T01:56:26.958+00:002016-12-14T01:56:26.958+00:00Kaor, Sean!
"Personally, I like bats better ...Kaor, Sean!<br /><br />"Personally, I like bats better than bureaucrats," wrote C.S. Lewis, explaining his choice of symbolism in an introduction to THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS.<br /><br />Merry Christmas,<br />Nicholas D. Rosen, C.S. Lewis reader and federal bureaucrat (patent examiner)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-27276984133140466372016-12-11T21:59:31.275+00:002016-12-11T21:59:31.275+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I STILL come across anti-Catholics wh...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I STILL come across anti-Catholics who falsely denounce Catholic and Orthodox devotion to the BVM as idolatry. And too many obstinately refuse to listen to Catholic/Orthodox explanations of why veneration of the saints is NOT idolatry.<br /><br />Commenting on your last sentence: a bureaucracy in heaven? An amusing thought, but I hardly think a heavenly civil service will be needed! I remember how Robert Heinlein had Michael Valentine Smith joining the heavenly bureaucracy at the end of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.<br /><br />A bit more plausibly, we see bureaucracies in Hell. E.g., Uncle Screwtape is a medium low ranking (not medium high ranking!) official of Satan's civil service in THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS. And the HEROES IN HELL books shows us Satan as a harassed bureaucrat constantly being outwitted by Julius and Augustus Caesar.<br /><br />Merry Christmas! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com