In The Accelerator
When shifting from the cell in the genetics lab to the accelerator, Eric is described as sweeping "...through space and time, at lightspeed across unseen prairies..." (p. 200) This reads like poetic license. He is somehow one with the "storms" raging in the accelerator. This has to be some sort of simulation? I find the account difficult to follow:
"This world outranged the material. He transcended the comet which meson he had become..." (ibid.)
He enters the electron shells and bursting kernel of an atom.
In An Observatory Beyond The Moon
This time they travel up a laser beam and through a satellite relay.
(Interruption by mundane responsibilities.)
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Yes, Poul Anderson, even when writing prose, could be very poetic. And was more than capable of writing poetry as well. "The Queen of Air and Darkness" and "Prayer in War" being two examples.
Sean
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