Thursday 21 September 2017

A Trepidation Vortex

Having just reread to the point in Poul Anderson's Star Ways/The Peregrine where the Nomad spaceship, the Peregrine, is hit by a "trepidation vortex," I search the blog for data about such vortices and find a wealth of information. See Trepidation Vortices. Also relevant are Star Ship, Lost Starships and The First Nomads.

Poul Anderson was right to move on to other future histories. However, the Psychotechnic History with its nineteen (or twenty) installments, including three novels, remains a substantial future history series and a major part of its author's complete works.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

The Pyschotechnic series a major part of Anderson's works despite its flaws? I agree. And I can see why the author became so dissatisfied with this series (as he explained in a note at the end of THE PSYCHOTECHNIC LEAGUE). I think some attention should be paid to that note, btw.

Sean