Monday, 21 January 2019

An Infinitely Cold Cataract

Poul Anderson, After Doomsday, CHAPTER FOUR.

Three crew members from the all-women European spaceship, the Europa, go EVA:

"Space gloomed and glittered around them. The sun was a fire too fierce to look at, the Milky Way an infinitely cold cataract, stars and stars filled the sky -" (p. 44) 

Sigrid Holmen, Swedish, reflecting on the silence of space and the noise of her own breath, refers to Fenja and Menja, a myth with which I was unfamiliar. However, the Wiki article refers to familiar figures: Hrolf Kraki, Yrsa, Frodi and Halfdan.

That is quite a lot of cross-reference.
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7 comments:

  1. Sean M. Brooks21 January 2019 at 21:56

    Kaor, Paul!

    Frodhi the Peace Good had one flaw as King, avarice. Because of his greed in refusing to allow the giantesses Fenja and Menja to rest, they placed a curse on him. And King Frodhi was soon overthrown by a hostile army.

    Sean

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  2. paulshackley2017@gmail.com21 January 2019 at 22:07

    Sean,
    I hope you are reading my responses to comments on the blog because I am at least temporarily unable to forward any email notifications of them.
    Paul.

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  3. paulshackley2017@gmail.com21 January 2019 at 22:42

    Now I can again.

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  4. Sean M. Brooks21 January 2019 at 23:00

    Kaor, Paul!

    I have been and I have been finally getting email notifications as well.

    Sean

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  5. paulshackley2017@gmail.com22 January 2019 at 00:51

    The notifications are still slow.

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  6. Sean M. Brooks22 January 2019 at 04:16

    Kaor, Paul!

    Some glitch in the system?

    Sean

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  7. paulshackley2017@gmail.com22 January 2019 at 09:10

    Must be.

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