Literary References
Alice
Mephistopholes
Donne
Dante's seventh circle
Christian leaving the City of Destruction
Historical References
Egypt
Babylon
Rome
India
China
the Puritan Commonwealth
the Periclean era
the Renaissance
the Rome of Commodus
Massachusetts
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Religious References
a white church
a smiling idol
monastic orders in four milieus
English Puritans
Quakers
Catholics
Mormons
a Buddha
Jewish Zealots
Russian Old Believers
Philosophical References
Socrates
Spengler
Machiavelli
Astronomical References
Epsilon Eridani
E Eridani
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I was esp. interested to rediscover here that Anderson did mention Dante more than just once in his stories, in OPERATION CHAOS.
For some reason, the Rome of Commodus stuck in my mind.
And I remember Anderson using monastic analogies for the scientist "Brothers" of Venus Base in "Sister Planet."
Ad astra! Sean
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