Jeeves Again

I am learning a great deal by rereading and posting about Poul Anderson's The Shield Of Time. I have asked questions and found the answers in the text, have clarified which passages I think are philosophically problematic and will probably continue to reread the Time Patrol novel in this way.

Meanwhile, Sheila has bought a copy of Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, a Jeeves-Wooster book that I had not read before. For previous blog remarks on Wodehouse, see here. I will probably read Aunts... to its conclusion rather than just sampling the opening chapters.

All of this is relevant to Poul Anderson Appreciation because surely Dominic Flandry's extra-terrestrial servant, Chives, is an sf version of Jeeves - or so I have always assumed. I do not expect to post much more about Wodehouse here, although you never know, but blog readers may expect to read more about Anderson's Time Patrol (which prevents divergent timelines) and also about SM Stirling's Draka (who inhabit one).

Service to the State (I don't think).