-Poul Anderson, A Stone In Heaven (Riverdale, NY, 2012), pp. 1-188 AT XIV, p. 184.
Here is a third bird of prey.
For more about Merseian "fangryfs," see More On Merseians.
For the context of the hovering hawk, see "Autumn In The High Sierra," here.
Miriam/Banner says that her close relationship with the Ramnuan, Yewwl, came to be when they were young and now is gone. Similarly:
Chee: "We can't go home to what we left when we were young; it may still be, but we aren't, nor is the rest of the cosmos...We enjoyed the trader game as long as that lasted." (9)
-copied from here.
Fiction shows the passage of time.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Yes, glimpses of flying raptors is a recurring leitmotif of Poul Anderson. Rather like his fondness for certain words, like "trod." High time we saw one on Terra!
I think one reason why Miriam Abrams came to decide she did not want to attempt another similarly close relationship of the kind she had with Yewwl was because it would not be good for her, simply as a human being.
We also see Flandry mentioning that Emperor Gerhart, despite the mutual dislike they had for each other, realizing that Flandry would be a very good adviser to have near him.
Sean
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