The Life Of Tyre

Poul Anderson's fiction celebrates life. See here and here. It may be in individuals:

"A priest...his features aquiline and lively." (Time Patrol, p. 267)

"Gisgo...his weathered nutcracker face full of life." (p. 313)

- or in collective activities and enterprises like busy docks, a market place or a crowded street. In the Tyrian docks:

"The vitality was well-nigh overwhelming." (p. 232)

"It would die at last, all of this, centuries hence, as everything must die; but first, how mightily would it have lived! How rich would be its heritage!" (p. 328)

In a Tyrian street, booths sell fabrics, draperies, rugs, glass, jewelry, figurines carved in ivory or cast in metal, amulets, charms, geegaws, food, drink, utensils, weapons, instruments, games, toys - this reminds me of a market place on another planet in Anderson's Technic History.

Pp. 327-328 present a colorful description of the commerce and traffic in the Egyptian Harbor. However, since I must shortly go out to seize some life on a sunny evening, I will end this summary here!