"The living couch received them and responded to them." (7, p. 108)
More Futuristic Furniture.
"Night on Lunar Farside is a glory of stars." (8, p. 108)
Another Glory Of Stars. (See also here.)
Six thousand or more stars visible in blue, gold, amber or red, the galactic belt not milky but icy:
"...a winter river banked and islanded with night." (ibid.) (See The Milky Way Thread and The Sea Of Space.)
There are planets, nebulae, the Magellanic Clouds, the Andromeda galaxy and possibly even one or two further galaxies. The observer is one with the universe.
4 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
That intrigues me, a LIVING couch! How might that be possible? Some kind of pseudo plant or animal "genegineered" into becoming a couch? Interesting but perhaps a bit distasteful?
Sean
Sean,
I didn't really take the "living" literally but yeah.
Paul.
Is an adult with a small child sitting on his/her lap a "living couch"?
Kaor, Jim!
In other stories by Anderson we see mention of chairs "molding" themselves to the persons sitting on them--with nothing being said of them being alive. Iow, some kind of artifact adjusting to be as comfortable as possible to the sitter.
Ad astra! Sean
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