Re: "The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes" by Robert A. Heinlein and an introduction by David Weber

In article <uvrvi7$2etvr$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

I need to reread Doc Smith's Lensmen books.  I did not remember Worsel
the Venusian dragon Lensman nor many of the other Lensmen.

You do not remember the coolest of the non-human Lensmen? *
*boggle*  I always thought that all of the L2s should have
found their counterparts and produced L3 children, especially
the Velantians, like Worsel.

I don't think any depection of him on covers (and especially
that anime botch) have ever gotten him close to right.
Though, I suppose, he's one of those alien designs that can
sound good on paper which is ... really challenging ... to
depict in a visual medium in a way that looks good.

I was kind of iffy about "Pankera", but if Worsel is in it,
I'm definitely going to have to read it.



* Depending on your definition of "cool".  Temperature-wise,
  Nadrek blows them all out of the water... er, liquid helium.

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