Theor And The Pathetic Fallacy

When both of Theor's he-parents die, he becomes the new Reeve but the Nyarrans are a free people and need not heed him if he calls on them to surrender to the invaders. In any case, he refuses to make such a call despite the threats of slaughter or enslavement made by Chalkhiz, warmaster of Ulunt-Khazul.

"Chalkhiz made a spitting noise. Thunder banged overhead."
-Poul Anderson, Three Worlds To Conquer (London, 1966), Chapter 9, p. 64.

It seems to be automatic for Anderson to underline a dramatic moment for his characters by immediately following it up with a reference to threatening weather. The pathetic fallacy is almost Andersonian punctuation.

I begin to feel naked if I do not have either a Time Patrol comparison or a pathetic fallacy to draw attention to. Close behind these are multi-sensory descriptions and moments of realization.