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The space-time geometry of our world is not Euclidian, not even Riemannian. The story of "Operation Chaos" looks more chaotic than scientific. That fits with th
by idoubtit 2y ago
The space-time geometry of our world is not Euclidian, not even Riemannian. The story of "Operation Chaos" looks more chaotic than scientific. That fits with the books of Poul Anderson I've read, like the excellent High Crusade: he likes going wild and doesn't care much for the scientific pretense.
For another take on non-Euclidian geometries, I have good memories of Inverted World by Christopher Priest.
- PaulHoule 2y agoI read a lot of sci-fi as a kid but really never got into Anderson despite there being a lot of Anderson books at the library but I do remember enjoying Tau Zero (a better story about Bussard Ramjets than any of Niven's... And funny Niven was my favorite author when I was 10 and I've got much less regard for him now, the Pak really spoil Known Space for me) I wound up re-reading Tau Zero and was really blown away which got me reading the Ensign Flandry books, Corridors of Time, Star Fox, etc. I don't agree with his politics any more than I agree with Niven or Heinlein but enjoy his books anyway. I'm planning to read all the Anderson books at my library. Heinlein wrote a few crossover books like "Glory Road" and "Magic Inc" but those were the exception for Heinlein and closer to the rule for Anderson because Anderson was just as important as a fantasy writer as a sci-fi writer. I do have a copy of The Inverted World that I ought to read.
- andrewflnr 2y ago> the Pak really spoil Known Space for me Out of curiosity: why? They are rather silly, but I'm mostly thinking about their implausible evolutionary history when I say that.