Friday 15 December 2017

Evocative Ship Names

In SM Stirling's Prince Of Outcasts:

(i) the South Sea Adventure, explicitly evocative;

(ii) the Tarshish Queen, named after a mysterious Biblical realm (see Wiki) which has been identified with Tartessos and Carthage and associated with Hiram of Tyre (and the attached map places it close to Gibraltar, which also plays a role in Stieg Larsson's Trilogy);

(iii) the Silver Surfer, named after a Marvel superhero.

3 comments:

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Kaor, Paul!

And I think Tarshish is the same as the Tartessos ruled by King Isketerol in Stirling's Nantucket books.

Sean

S.M. Stirling said...

Sean: yup, that's it.

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Dear Mr. Stirling,

I thought so! Thanks!

Sean