Sensory Experiences On Unan Besar

"The Plague of Masters."

The sound of a canal freight boat engine;

water streaming silkily around the fugitive Flandry;

smells of tar and spice;

the steersman crooning while tapping a gamelon;

red columns and gilt roofs of upper-class apartments;

low, dark warehouses, tenements and factories above water;

sheet metal, rough timber, thatched roofs;

light dim through dirty windows;

muted machine growls;

floating corpse;

a woman's scream;

darkness around a harsh blue lamp.

Does Anderson overdo the squalor? In any case, I would instantly have forgotten most of these details if I had not paused to record them.