tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6657948145416690563..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: From Short Stories To Longer WorksKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-67628756361740703272017-01-28T07:57:36.073+00:002017-01-28T07:57:36.073+00:00Kaor, Paul!
And, of course, the Winston P. Sander...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And, of course, the Winston P. Sanders we meet in TALES OF THE FLYING MOUNTAINS is meant to be Poul Anderson himself.<br /><br />And I think we should remember that "Recruiting Nation" was meant, among other things, by PA to show us how the Asterite Republic was starting to show in appreciable numbers various kinds of flawed, criminal, or otherwise unsatisfactory persons. AND, that one way to drain social abscesses in the body politic before they became dangerously disruptive was to open up a new outlet, a new frontier for dissatisfied misfits to seek after.<br /><br />Sean<br /><br /><br /><br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com