These things are important in Poul Anderson's works: time, wind, men, nations, gods and seasons, so it is striking to find all six in a single phrase:
"...a sense of time as an endless storm-wind, on which men and nations and gods were blown like autumn leaves, forever." (PROLOGUE, p. 8)
My next thought was that I must have quoted this phrase before and I find that I did on 3 July 2012. See From Maurai To Skyholm. This post imparts more information about Orion Shall Rise which therefore need not be repeated here.
What better image for a future history than an endless storm-wind blowing men and gods forever?
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And "night" was also used by Anderson as a metaphor referring to bad and troubled times, as we see in the "Long Night" Dominic Flandry dreaded would accompany the Fall of the Empire.
Ad astra! Sean
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