Saturday, 24 March 2018

Five Senses On Diomedes

"Cliffs and crags loomed in darkling solidity, here and there a gnarled tree or a streak of snow tinged pink by a reddish sun high in a purple heaven. The wind thrust slow, strong, chill; it had not only an odor but a taste like metal. A cataract, white and green half a kilometer away, boomed loud through thick air that also shifted the pitch and timbre of every sound. Huddled in her parka, [Kossara] felt how Diomedes drew on her more heavily than Dennitza, nearly two kilograms added to every ten."
-Poul Anderson, A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows IN Anderson, Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight Of Terra (Riverdale, NY, 2012), pp. 339-606 AT V, p. 410.

Kossara:

sees dark cliffs, pink trees and snow, red sun, purple sky and a white and green cataract;
feels cold wind and higher gravity;
hears the booming cataract, its sound distorted by the Diomedean atmosphere;
smells and tastes metal.

All five senses are present and accounted for.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Like some other planets within the Empire, Diomedes has extreme changes in climate at different times of the year. Such as Talwin and Vixen. And these drastic climate changes affected how intelligent live evolved and adapted to such extreme swings in the weather on Talwin and Diomedes.

Sean