Thursday 6 September 2018

The Viking Fleet

Poul Anderson, The Byworlder, VIII.

The flagship, Ormen den Lange, like a floating conurb, has:

ample quarters for four thousand;
command posts;
offices;
comfortable, well decorated cabins;
schools;
a hospital;
cultural and recreational facilities;
sports;
games;
restaurants;
taverns;
a theater;
many small private enterprises;
electronic links to the rest of the world.

The half dozen other ships do the work. See here.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

There is one thing lacking in the list of the facilities and amenities held by the "Ormen den Lange": chapels! I would have expected some Christian and Jewish chapels and clergy for thse Vikings.

And these people were not like the Vikings of a thousand years ago: attacking, invading, plundering, and ravaging their neighbors!

Sean