Poul Anderson describes a moon seen from space as "...a stone in heaven." See A Planet In Space III.
Julian May:
"As Earth appears to be a white-swirled blue marble from space, so Molakar looked like a white-swirled umber marble."
-Julian May, Magnificat (London, 1997), Chapter Thirty-One, pp. 527-528.
"...the planet Okanagon, which hung in the sky like a brilliant azure lantern..."
-op. cit., Chapter Thirty-Three, p. 543.
"The sun shone on [Earth as seen from the Milieu observation vessel] and it was blue and white, suspended like a brilliant agate against the foaming silver breaker of the galactic plane."
-Julian May, Intervention (London, 1988), 2, p. 26.
That third passage also describes the Milky Way.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteI like that line, "..the foaming silver breaker of the galactic plane." Worthy of Poul Anderson himself! Julian May MUST have read some of his books.
Sean