Friday, 27 September 2024

Wind And Stefan

"Un-Man."

"'[Stefan Rostomily] died five years ago. A cave-in. I buried him there on Mars.'
"The trees about them whispered with wind." (XVII, p. 114)

This wind whispers, of course.

Stef was a superman in two senses: first, a rare individual with every good quality - omnicompetent, inventive, creative, good as a person etc; secondly, he became the template of the apparently unkillable "Un-man."

In haste here. Have a good day.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

From previous readings of these stories I knew Stefan was the source of the DNA used for cloning the UN-men.

Ad astra! Sean