tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post5431128801644828431..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: "Say It With Flowers"Ketlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-65368796996523948872017-01-21T15:54:52.344+00:002017-01-21T15:54:52.344+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I remember that story too! And while ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I remember that story too! And while I agree "The clue is in the title," that's not the only point Anderson was making. He deliberately portrays Flowers in ways designed to make it easy to UNDERESTIMATE him. At first Flowers seems just another dumb roughneck. But, as an Asterite intelligence was to say, that was not true. Despite his rough edges Flowers had to know considerable science and practical engineering in order to both survive and prosper in the asteroid belt.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com