-SM Stirling, The Desert And The Blade (New York, 2016), Chapter Seventeen, p. 367.
Are those threads the elementary particles that condensed in the quantum void? See here.
I wanted to compare this passage in Stirling's Emberverse History with a similar passage in CS Lewis' Ransom Trilogy. However, searching the blog for the phrase, "unmake Middle Earth," revealed that I had already compared the Ransom passage with an earlier Emberverse passage: see here.
While reading any of these works by Lewis, Anderson or Stirling, we directly appreciate the particular text while also remembering the other authors' treatments of common themes. As Kevin in our sf group once remarked, "It's endless, int it?"
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
It was interesting to see, in another blog piece, how both Anderson and Stirling used "Solipsist" in referring to Satan. I suspect Stirling was influenced by Anderson on that point. And, in THE PESHAWAR LANCERS, we see how a great nation, Russia, fell not only worshiping Satan but also to eating human beings sacrificed to him. The ultimate goal of the Solipsist is to destroy and devour all life.
Terms like "unmake Middle Earth" reminds me of the passages in Tolkien's THE SILMARILLION where the belief can be found that once Morgoth was finally overcome at the Last Battle, those Men, Elves, Dwarves, etc., who had remained faithful to Eru Iluvatar would labor together to heal Arda Marred.
Sean
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