"Most of him was listening to the fellow's accent. The inexhaustible variations on Anglic were a hobby of his." (II, p. 308)
How many planets does Poul Anderson describe as seen from space? Is this the best way to see a planet? Here is Nyanza:
"Nyanza shone before him, the clearest and most beautiful blue of his life, streaked with white cloud-belts and shuddering with great auroral streamers." (II, p. 307)
There are two moons. The fellow on the radio explains that there are:
no continents;
a medium-sized island, Altla;
rocks and reefs, "...submerged at double high tide, or even at Loa high." (II, p. 308)
Is Loa one of the moons? Is it named after the Loa? How many planets in the Technic History are mostly covered with water?
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Hmmmm, I wonder how large that medium size island was? Perhaps about the size of either Ireland or Sardinia?
For that matter, most of EARTH is covered with ocean! Hermes has a single large continent, which tectonic plate movements had not yet pulled apart. And there's Avalon, with only two smallish continents. And Talwin, of course. And that's about all I can recall, for mostly ocean covered worlds in the Technic series.
Sean
Sean,
That is quite a lot - and the ones I had in mind. I think Kraken might belong on the list.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Possibly, except we never see Kraken described in detail in the Technic History.
Sean
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