(and here) but nevertheless impresses the reader as a real place:
the Governor's palace, big and pastel-tinted with domes and colonnades, is surrounded by gardens on its high hill;
below are terraced civil service buildings;
the wealthy live around the hill;
other dwellings blend into farms to the west and the city to the east;
the Luana River has low commercial towers on one side and slums on the other;
there is a haze and a cool spring breeze;
there are vehicles in the streets and the sky;
there are also peaceful trees - and a space warcraft passing overhead -
- a quiet environment and preparations for war.
It is also where James Ching eventually settled.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Catawrayannis certainly seems a quite pleasant place to live in! A pity Aaron Snelund couldn't have been content with being governor of Sector Alpha Crucis. Considering his very real abilities and talents, he could have been a very good governor.
Sean
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