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( XLII-XLIV: C.J. Cherryh, The Faded Sun Trilogy (1978-9) )
I was thinking more about the paradigm of the privileged human who joins a (supposedly) technologically less advanced society and risks going native, which was also there in Brackett and I suspect the John Carter/Barsoom books. I had a moment of thinking Lawrence of Arabia, but that's about the same time. Kurtz, too, but a bit earlier. And when Mr Privilege turns out to be able to teach the simple folk his ways, you get Avatar.
I am about to order the collection of essays on Cherryh, and I ridiculously amused by it taking four weeks on Amazon but five days secondhand because it's POD. But, surely, a used POD should take longer to get to me? I'll pay the extra 50p.
Whilst it might be sensible to read another Cherryh trilogy next - the Vanye/Morgaine books - I think I'll lighten the load by reading a Dick or two. If only because a minor character in Faded Sun is George Stavros. And Dick wrote a novel called A Time for George Stavros. Odd.
I was thinking more about the paradigm of the privileged human who joins a (supposedly) technologically less advanced society and risks going native, which was also there in Brackett and I suspect the John Carter/Barsoom books. I had a moment of thinking Lawrence of Arabia, but that's about the same time. Kurtz, too, but a bit earlier. And when Mr Privilege turns out to be able to teach the simple folk his ways, you get Avatar.
I am about to order the collection of essays on Cherryh, and I ridiculously amused by it taking four weeks on Amazon but five days secondhand because it's POD. But, surely, a used POD should take longer to get to me? I'll pay the extra 50p.
Whilst it might be sensible to read another Cherryh trilogy next - the Vanye/Morgaine books - I think I'll lighten the load by reading a Dick or two. If only because a minor character in Faded Sun is George Stavros. And Dick wrote a novel called A Time for George Stavros. Odd.
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