tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6325885314065696250..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Science Fiction Library: Tiger by the TailJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-31954363460795369772011-12-05T11:46:38.249-05:002011-12-05T11:46:38.249-05:00Thanks. I may well have to treat myself while Chri...Thanks. I may well have to treat myself while Christmas shopping at Amazon. :)Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54008855012921492432011-12-05T11:38:31.213-05:002011-12-05T11:38:31.213-05:00Is there a particular collection you'd recomme...<i>Is there a particular collection you'd recommend?</i><br /><br>Baen has collected all of Anderson's Flandry stories into four trade paperbacks. They're all good in my opinion, but I'd especially recommend the first three -- <i>Young Flandry</i>, <i>Captain Flandry</i>, and <i>Sir Dominic Flandry</i> -- as must-reads.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15767431556161375822011-12-05T11:35:46.956-05:002011-12-05T11:35:46.956-05:00I've enjoyed Anderson's stories, but, for ...I've enjoyed Anderson's stories, but, for some reason, never read any Flandry tales. Is there a particular collection you'd recommend?Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79591643857472229302011-12-05T08:08:04.380-05:002011-12-05T08:08:04.380-05:00"But there is also the time when the civiliza...<i>"But there is also the time when the civilization is old, when it wants nothing but to be left in peace"</i><br /><br>I suspect (though cannot know) that what Cogswell meant was something along the lines of "left alone," i.e. allowed to continue as it is at present without interference. It's a desire to wall off change and preserve things as they are, which certainly describes Anderson's Terran Empire.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-72107376859167699292011-12-05T07:19:16.753-05:002011-12-05T07:19:16.753-05:00Actually it was the 1929' crime novel Red Harv...<i>Actually it was the 1929' crime novel Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett that inspired Yojimbo.</i><br /><br>True, but my point was only that "Tiger by the Tail" couldn't have been inspired by <i>Yojimbo</i> any more than by James Bond, since both works post-date this short story.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35032841468108199162011-12-05T06:45:50.261-05:002011-12-05T06:45:50.261-05:00What have the Space-Romans ever done for us?What have the Space-Romans ever done for us?anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-53319687774771131672011-12-05T05:06:18.849-05:002011-12-05T05:06:18.849-05:00"But there is also the time when the civiliza..."But there is also the time when the civilization is old, when it wants nothing but to be left in peace"<br /><br />I don't think that's exactly right. Non-universalist civilisations like ancient Egypt and China may fundamentally wish to be 'left in peace', but universalist empires often have great difficulty in moving to a status-quo paradigm. An empire may be both decadent and still have pretensions to universal rule; whether Roman, Arab, Turk, or the modern US and (in its way) the EU.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173759805310975320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80961108625926201002011-12-05T03:44:54.951-05:002011-12-05T03:44:54.951-05:00Actually it was the 1929' crime novel Red Har...Actually it was the 1929' crime novel Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett that inspired Yojimbo.crowkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03066821931343968827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80985091743187200832011-12-05T00:35:32.292-05:002011-12-05T00:35:32.292-05:00Thank you. I'd never heard of Flandry and his ...Thank you. I'd never heard of Flandry and his adventures before, despite their having such a famous author. I'll be sure to take a look.Dangerous Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494853825931603065noreply@blogger.com