tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post8018415348854757397..comments2024-03-28T23:28:54.305+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Marine MetaphorsKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-40515550554984785322017-05-05T07:50:00.526+01:002017-05-05T07:50:00.526+01:00Kaor, Paul!
And of course Chives reminds me of ot...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And of course Chives reminds me of other fictional butlers: Bertie Wooster's bulter Jeeves in Wodehouse's books; Mr. Bunter in Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey novels; Henry (not exactly a butler, but very butler like!) in Asimov's Black Widowers' stories. And, naturally, Batman's butler Alfred. What they all had in common was efficiency, discretion, loyalty to their employers.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com