In a North American wood in a summer before Columbus:
gigantic oak, elm and birch mingle;
their fragrance fills the air;
their leaves cast shadows;
the underbrush is nearly solid;
a woodpecker drums;
a bluejay scolds;
a fire glows;
a grouse roasts;
Leonce says:
"'...what a wonderful world this is before machine man screws things up."
-Poul Anderson, There Will Be Time (New York, 1973), XIII, p. 141.
See Before The Settlers.
Leonce agrees with Jack Havig, Manse Everard and Dominic Flandry.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I doubt any of these persons, esp. Flandry, would enjoy a wholly primitive world with no machines! And that would mean no FTL interstellar journeys for Flandry.
Sean
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