Los Angeles

Poul Anderson, The Byworlder, X.

Ships, tugs, barges, fishing boats, yachts, police and watercleaner craft nearly covering the glistering blue of San Pedro Bay;

helicopters filling the sky;

white contrails;

drifting thunder;

pastel buildings;

green parks;

skyscrapers rising like spires;

soaring railway arcs;

crystalline air;

the megalopolis stretching beyond the horizon;

the deep continuous querning sound of men and machines;

heat;

sailors bustling on the flagship.

Three senses and yet another concretely realized future location.