See Starfall On Hermes.
"The Children's Hour," Chapter III, pp. 226-227.
Pournelle and Stirling do with Old Munchen what Anderson did with Starfall:
tile roofs;
tree-lined streets curling through the hills;
frangipani, palms and gumblossom in parks by the broad blue River Donau;
flowers by pedestrian ways;
cafes;
honeygold University quadrangles;
houses with courtyards, green spaces and fountains;
the Gothic Ritterhuuse where the Landholders Council met;
bronze statues of the Nineteen Founders in the great square.
Elsewhere:
sprawling shanty-suburbs;
shoddy factories.
Three friends climbed to sit on the shoulders of the tallest statues in front of a crowd. I have seen this done to Queen Victoria in Dalton Square, Lancaster. (Scroll down.) The Lancaster statue is here and here.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I like Pournelle/Stirling's description of Munchen, on Wunderland. I thought it very realistic and likely: ranging from the beautiful to the shoddy and tacky. Real cities are like that!
Ad astra! Sean
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