Monday, 25 February 2019

The Rustumite Lowlands

Poul Anderson, High America, p. 29.

"Grass" and trees. See Rustumite Plants.

Insectoids.

Huge winged creatures very different from those on the High America plateau.

Hot, heavy windless air. (Usually the wind is a powerful presence in Andersonian narratives.)

Pungent, sweet, rank or bitter odors, none familiar to a plateau-dweller.

Trills, whispers, buzzes, rustles, footfalls and "purling water" but no speech - until now.

Four senses. The explorers do not eat anything.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

But we do see mention of how the winds on the lowlands of Rustum are slow but heavy and powerful.

Sean