"Sunlight, smells of woodland and smoke and salt water, distant shouts and songs, vanished from his consciousness when he entered the house." (p. 114)
Three senses and a good summary of what is happening in Avildaro.
"'When Lockridge escaped up the corridor...Brann informed his agents throughout Danish history. They are, ah, still searching for our man, no doubt...'" (pp. 116-117)
On the contrary, agents throughout Danish history are not still doing anything. The Rangers' responses to Brann's alert occur before, during or after this piece of dialogue.
Even Wells slips into referring to different times as if they were different places coexisting at the same time:
"He may even now - if I may use the phrase - " (see Now, where I erroneously state that Anderson does not make this mistake.)
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Trouble is, as you know, English simply doesn't have the kind of TENSES that would make sense when used of time traveling. So we would have to depend on context for what is actually meant when "is" and "now" are used in otherwise improper ways.
Sean
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