Havig was not able to evade the Eyrie indefinitely but Leonce rescued him.
Wallis did not learn the secret of the thirty-first-century post-Maurai civilization but Havig and Leonce did because they were able to learn the Ingliss-Maurai-Spanyol hybrid language and to travel through the strangely pastoral yet high-tech global society.
Now only twenty-eight pages and three chapters of the novel remain. In that span, Havig must found a rival time travel group, defeat the Eyrie, usurp its role, bring about the Star Masters civilization and embark on an interstellar journey with Leonce, leaving Robert Anderson to wonder about the future and the past and later to bequeath his notebooks to Poul Anderson.
Regular blog readers probably know what I am going to say next: "Not at this time of night!" Tomorrow should be gym in the morning and Zen in the evening with some time for blogging between. Will we finish There Will Be Time? What will we reread next? Something else about time travel?
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul
The smart thing Wallis should have done was to write off Havig after he defected. Havig was at first willing to live quietly with his Byzantine wife and not interfere with the Eyrie. One or two checks to make sure that was all Havig was doing would have been sufficient. It was preventing Havig from giving Maria the medicine she needed that turned him into the deadly enemy of the Eyrie.
Ad astra! Sean
Yeah, letting emotion override your judgment is a -bad- idea. It's satisfying doing the dirty to someone you dislike, but exercise self-contreol. Wallis doesn't.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Exactly, exercise self control and think long term.
Ad astra! Sean
Althogh you can overdo long-termism. It's impossible to predict the future, after all. Keeping your options open is a good thing, though.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Wise leaders try to have as many options open to them as possible.
Ad astra! Sean
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