Tuesday 30 October 2018

Guthrie's Mortal Life

(A llama in the Andes.)

Poul Anderson, Harvest Of Stars.

3 Database is about the second download Guthrie in the narrative present.

6 Database is a flashback to the second download on Demeter with memories of download on Luna and mortal life on Earth.

In 8, Guthrie's old colleague, Aulard, converses with the second download in the present but the encounter is described from Aulard's pov so it is not a Database. Aulard sits in "...a flexchair." (p. 109)

In 9, download Guthrie and Kyra watch the second download perform on television.

10 Database is a flashback to mortal Guthrie in the Andes. Two sentences give three senses:

"The sun vanished and darkness flowed fast. Wind whittered low and chill." (p. 123)

165 posts this month! 1790 in 10 months so far this year! Cry halt, at least on this blog, till next month, the day after tomorrow! In the evenings, I am enjoying rereading Garth Ennis' The Boys (see also here, here, here, here and here), to which I have already referred quite a lot as the unexpectedly numerous links show. The Boys will soon be on TV. See here.

This is the time of the month when maybe a few posts go on other blogs like here, here and here. Also, here.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

You posted 165 blog pieces here this month alone? It's no wonder, then, that it can be so hard to keep up with you! (Smiles)

Sean