Friday, 28 March 2025

Wind Gone Cold

The Avatar, XXIII.

Joelle and Eric end their relationship:

"He walked out into a wind gone cold at evening." (p. 204)

Of course this wind is not warm but cold... Should I stop quoting passages in which the wind comments on human affairs? A recognizable style could easily be parodied.

Alternatively, an attentive author would be able to write sequels or imitations close in style to the originals:

descriptions of skies, sunsets, seas and landscapes;
appeals to three or more of the senses;
descriptions of stars and galaxies seen from space;
sudden moments of realization, not explained until later;
competent heroes;
sympathetic treatment of their antagonists;
a positive evaluation of freedom and diversity;
the wind...

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Well, writers are allowed to have favorite tropes and idiosyncrasies. Others I noticed in Anderson's works being his odd use of the word "glade." And he has favorite words like "Hold" or "trod." Truthfully there were times when "Stop" or "Wait" would have been better than "Hold."

Ad astra! Seannnn