tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post4047017190159671216..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: A Rule Of ThumbKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-17938328472124871222017-05-17T08:41:06.549+01:002017-05-17T08:41:06.549+01:00Kaor, Paul!
That clarifies what you meant. Thanks...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />That clarifies what you meant. Thanks!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-58794765777179261812017-05-17T07:41:06.608+01:002017-05-17T07:41:06.608+01:00Sean,
Yes, "current and past."
I should...Sean,<br />Yes, "current and past." <br />I should have said "words," not "prose."<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-69330214236482282132017-05-17T07:23:13.346+01:002017-05-17T07:23:13.346+01:00Drat! I made a mistake. I should have written THE ...Drat! I made a mistake. I should have written THE MAGAZINE OF F&SF!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-46191773150582793382017-05-17T07:21:31.513+01:002017-05-17T07:21:31.513+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I like the covers the MAGAZINE OF SF&...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I like the covers the MAGAZINE OF SF&F chose for "Operation Changeling. The editors made good choices! <br /><br />In your sixth paragraph you wrote: "...even including the identities of current post holders in high office,..." Did you mean "current and past holders of high office"? <br /><br />I would disagree with your said about Anderson working "only in prose." While it was true PA worked MOSTLY in prose, he was also poet and often included poetry in his works, both his own and quotes from other poets. And he wrote at least three long poems: "The Battle of Brandobar," "Mary O'Meara," and "The Queen of Air and Darkness." And Anderson wrote enough shorter poems to be collected into a volume called STAVES.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-22061955046426671972017-05-17T01:27:52.929+01:002017-05-17T01:27:52.929+01:00Paul:
Your citing of the truism that "immorta...Paul:<br />Your citing of the truism that "immortals and time travellers conceal themselves" brought to mind a Japanese novel series (also turned into an animated TV mini-series) about a high school girl who forms a club to seek out extraterrestrials, time travelers, psychics, and people from alternate universes (the English translation renders the last one as "sliders," and it isn't mentioned in the TV version). <br /><br />Shortly after this girl drags the narrator into the new club with her and co-opts three other kids to help, the three one by one take the narrator, identified only by his nickname "Kyon," aside — and confess that they ARE an extraterrestrial, a time traveler, and a psychic. And they're here in this high school on present-day Earth to study the club's founder ... because she possesses, without knowing it, literally godlike powers. DANGEROUSLY godlike powers. Letting her become BORED with existence as it is could have reality-warping consequences....<br /><br />Consider the irony that three of the types of people she's looking for are PRETENDING to help her look for such people.<br /><br />The series is titled *The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya*, in case you get curious about further details.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.com