In the library of the Peregrine, Trevelyan Micah reflects on the Nomads:
"Cut adrift, they could last indefinitely. But it was easier and more rewarding to exploit the planets.
"It was not all trade - sometimes they might work a mine or other industry for a while; and robbery, though frowned on, was not unknown." (p. 94)
Very like James Blish's Okies who are seemingly self-sufficient but nevertheless seek work on colonized planets and sometimes turn "bindlestiff."
When Trevelyan and Nicki go to the bridge of the Peregrine, the passage is narrated from his point of view:
"...he could see how tension bent [Ilaloa's] form into a bow." (p. 97)
- but there is a momentary shift to Nicki's pov:
"Looking on the warmth of [Trevelyan's] face, Nicki wondered how much of it was acting." (p. 99)
This blog is still a pov cop.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And I appreciate this attention to small details! Your example has been influencing me to do do the same when I reread stories by Anderson or other writers.
Having finished the Chilton Books edition of FLANDRY OF TERRA, I'm now rereading Fleming's DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, first pub. in 1956. I'm finding it an interesting look at what life was like in the mid 1950's.
Rereading Fleming has been improving my opinion of James Bond. An able and professional Intelligence officer. Those ghastly 007 movies had been making me dismiss him as a clown.
Ad astra! Sean
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