Monday 12 November 2018

Progress On Demeter

Poul Anderson, Harvest Of Stars, 50.

To save on fuel, Kyra experiments with sail boats but growth rings in coraloids, sea-bottom isotope ratios and other data indicate that:

"'...the northern hemisphere is moving into a period of sudden and violent storms...'" (p. 437)

- so Kyra will be unable to take her young son to sea. However, download Kyra, in an appropriately designed body, will child care. The Kyras realize that "family" will have a new meaning. It has changed throughout history. The boy's father is back on Earth. Kyra went into suspended animation pregnant. Now she thinks that a boy needs a male figure to relate to but I question that.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And I agree with Kyra, children need fathers as well as mothers. Or, if a father is unavailable, a decent male authority figure.

Sean