(04-22-2020, 07:43 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: In those cases he was expecting different cultures and even knew of them due to his reading. But he's a man from the United States from 1940-41 (the original five Shea works all take place within a year or two of each other, by his home timeline's calendar), where Doug originates almost sixty years later. The cultural change in that period is enough that Doug might as well be an alien... Shea, upon learning that Doug is a college-educated American (para-)military officer is going to be expecting certain behaviors and attitudes common to a well-off white male of his time period that Doug will regard as antiquated or even borderline villainous. And possibly vice-versa. It's basically the Captain America cultural thing, flipped.
Shea would probably have less, given his exposure to the other worlds (which were expanded further by Christopher Pratchett after both Pratt and deCamp passed away), but you're very right, since Shea is, basically, of my grandparents' generation. The pop culture references alone would leave him dizzy.
Add to that, I suspect that Doug, both through the dissemination of public education and his own specialized training, would probably know enough psychology to know that some of Shea's assumptions about behavior and such are pretty much bullshit.
Still, though, meeting another dimensional wanderer would probably be a good brainstorming session. Especially if Shea's mentor, Reed Chalmers, who was a much more level-headed sort (as well as being a better wizard), was along for the ride.