If you were vaguely bothered by Space Viking, you may want to read this

The entire "dealing with grief by murdering more people than Hitler, Stalin and Mao combined" aspect, I mean. I can't figure out how I missed that as a teen.

I am part way into Andre Norton's _Dark Piper_ (which is being reissued in an omnibus with _Dread Companion_) and it seems to be what a reply to SV might be like, if it were written from the point of view of the people on the undefended planets the Space Viking attack so freely.

If you were vaguely bothered by Space Viking, you may want to read this

The entire "dealing with grief by murdering more people than Hitler, Stalin and Mao combined" aspect, I mean. I can't figure out how I missed that as a teen.

I am part way into Andre Norton's _Dark Piper_ (which is being reissued in an omnibus with _Dread Companion_) and it seems to be what a reply to SV might be like, if it were written from the point of view of the people on the undefended planets the Space Viking attack so freely.

If you were vaguely bothered by Space Viking, you may want to read this

The entire "dealing with grief by murdering more people than Hitler, Stalin and Mao combined" aspect, I mean. I can't figure out how I missed that as a teen.

I am part way into Andre Norton's _Dark Piper_ (which is being reissued in an omnibus with _Dread Companion_) and it seems to be what a reply to SV might be like, if it were written from the point of view of the people on the undefended planets the Space Viking attack so freely.

So _that's_ what that is for!

I brought the backup space heater down from upstairs (Probably just as well, since it wasn't really Cleo-safe [1]). There's a button on the bottom I never thought about but it turns out it's a safety feature: tilt the space heater back, by bumping it, say, and it shuts off. Kind of obvious, now that I used it. And I bet it works if you knock it face down, too.

Yep (I just tilted it).

I am still never leaving it unattended.

Makes me think the mysterious black knob at the lower right hand side might do soomething, too.

1: Cleo likes to put his head as close as possible to sources of heat, and this
is a radiant heater with no fan. The mesh gets quite warm.

So _that's_ what that is for!

I brought the backup space heater down from upstairs (Probably just as well, since it wasn't really Cleo-safe [1]). There's a button on the bottom I never thought about but it turns out it's a safety feature: tilt the space heater back, by bumping it, say, and it shuts off. Kind of obvious, now that I used it. And I bet it works if you knock it face down, too.

Yep (I just tilted it).

I am still never leaving it unattended.

Makes me think the mysterious black knob at the lower right hand side might do soomething, too.

1: Cleo likes to put his head as close as possible to sources of heat, and this
is a radiant heater with no fan. The mesh gets quite warm.

So _that's_ what that is for!

I brought the backup space heater down from upstairs (Probably just as well, since it wasn't really Cleo-safe [1]). There's a button on the bottom I never thought about but it turns out it's a safety feature: tilt the space heater back, by bumping it, say, and it shuts off. Kind of obvious, now that I used it. And I bet it works if you knock it face down, too.

Yep (I just tilted it).

I am still never leaving it unattended.

Makes me think the mysterious black knob at the lower right hand side might do soomething, too.

1: Cleo likes to put his head as close as possible to sources of heat, and this
is a radiant heater with no fan. The mesh gets quite warm.