tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post572205302083016246..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Arms Race And Space RaceKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-64099404521518330302017-01-14T21:26:58.449+00:002017-01-14T21:26:58.449+00:00Kaor, DAVID!
Now that's an alarming idea, tha...Kaor, DAVID!<br /><br />Now that's an alarming idea, that there can be decent and well meaning people with beliefs that appalls even the Draka!<br /><br />And I will google Dan Abnett!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-87008927306598821212017-01-14T18:20:08.544+00:002017-01-14T18:20:08.544+00:00Sean:
That was a SLOGAN, after all. Some people ha...Sean:<br />That was a SLOGAN, after all. Some people have written novels based on *W40k*. One of the best of them, Dan Abnett, is noted for having said there would not be only war; there would also be PEOPLE. <br /><br />Abnett and a few others focused on portraying characters who're doing their best to be good and decent people — although a few of the values they hold might raise the hair on the backs of even some DRAKA necks. David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-19666600100830279432017-01-13T17:14:21.673+00:002017-01-13T17:14:21.673+00:00Kaor, DAVID and Paul!
David, I would say rather, ...Kaor, DAVID and Paul!<br /><br />David, I would say rather, that war will remain a PART of human life. Not the only thing which human beings will engage in. There will be interludes of peace as well as war.<br /><br />Paul, and I recall how the Advisory Council on the "Astra" eventually concluded that the best thing to do was to tell their children everything about human history, good and bad alike. A decision I agree was the correct one.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-88359037220779209102017-01-13T14:04:54.891+00:002017-01-13T14:04:54.891+00:00"In the grim darkness of the far future, ther..."In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."<br />— slogan of the tabletop strategy game *Warhammer 40,000*David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.com