tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605331598651280489.post8713511849586996365..comments2023-09-03T19:00:23.472-07:00Comments on Poul Anderson: Contributor Articles: The Widow of Georgios, by Sean M. BrooksKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605331598651280489.post-32365578047243097272019-05-17T23:55:09.255-07:002019-05-17T23:55:09.255-07:00Kaor, Keith!
I had not thought of those examples....Kaor, Keith!<br /><br />I had not thought of those examples. And Sandra Misel HAS compared Emperor Georgios to Marcus Aurelius, with the former's son Josip being all too much like Commodus! It might have been even more pointed if Marcus Aurelius' wife Faustina had survived him to be an Empress Dowager.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605331598651280489.post-70999353235495707422019-05-15T11:42:53.262-07:002019-05-15T11:42:53.262-07:00Very well written, Sean. This sounds a bit like &q...Very well written, Sean. This sounds a bit like "I, Claudius" (Caligula-Claudius) but more like "Gladiator" (Marcus Aurelius Commodus-Septimus Severus).<br /><br />-khAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605331598651280489.post-10898523203808745642015-12-26T00:54:42.400-08:002015-12-26T00:54:42.400-08:00I like your essays Sean. This one is shorter and ...I like your essays Sean. This one is shorter and to the point.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589985892832547569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605331598651280489.post-82017326394352998292014-05-14T09:36:04.906-07:002014-05-14T09:36:04.906-07:00Hi, Paul!
Yes, I'm sure Poul Anderson did exa...Hi, Paul!<br /><br />Yes, I'm sure Poul Anderson did exactly that many times, when writing additions to a series, reading between the lines of what he had already written, to see what might happen in the new work he was writing. And, of course fans would be doing exactly the same thing, and coming up with ideas and suggestions that Anderson himself sometimes adopted.<br /><br />And I do wish we knew more about characters as different from each other as the Empress Dowager and Leon Ammmon (the latter of whom we do see in A CIRCUS OF HELLS).<br /><br />And thanks for making the corrections to my "Widow" piece that I requested!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605331598651280489.post-8463310315308275302014-05-14T08:01:04.075-07:002014-05-14T08:01:04.075-07:00This is an interesting approach: reading between t...This is an interesting approach: reading between the lines; deducing what the text implies; imagining how the events described or merely implied must have affected the characters, including even those who remain off-stage. Sometimes, the conclusions reached may not have been intended by the author but they nevertheless remain valid inferences from what he wrote. This must be part of the process that an author goes through when planning a sequel.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.com