Sunday, 30 March 2025

Wind And The Milky Way

The Avatar, XXXI

The Milky Way is described as:

"...the galactic river..." (p. 265)

I do not know whether I have noted this particular use of this phrase before. For others, see:

Meanwhile, Back On Earth, Time Passes

This chapter presents yet another item, in this case Caitlin's head, seen against the Milky Way but we have noticed this one before. See:

Shadow And Milky Way

Caitlin's newly composed song invokes the wind as inspiring wanderlust:

"A bugle wind is blowing
"It's time that I be going..." (p. 268)

I cannot imagine that song being sung though but maybe someone has done it at a Con?

Things go as well as they might but not perfectly for the crew after a drunken party and they prepare for the next jump.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Anderson's poem "Mary O'Meara" did become a filk song popular among some SF fans at one time--and maybe it still is.

Ad astra! Sean