"'Look - there - rising over the Hand of God. Is it?'
"'Yes, I think so. Our ship.'
"They were the last to go as Millesgarden was closed." (p. 1) (See Wiki, which refers to Tau Zero, here.)
The two astronauts see:
dolphins;
Pegasus;
Folke Filbyter; (See Wiki here.)
Orpheus;
"...young sisters embracing in their resurrection..." (p. 7)
They also see sunlight and shadows, feel breezes and hear fountains.
On p. 9, Reymont compares the world-governing Swedes to Pilate, yet another Biblical reference. It has proved to be fruitful to stay with the Swedish timeline.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I looked up the link to the Millesgarden and noticed the reference to Anderson's TAU ZERO.
I also wondered if the "Hand of God" statue was supposed to represent hand of God holding the newly created Adam, but the reference I checked out made no mention of that.
Sean
Paul,
Although I live not far from Stockholm, I happened to have read Tau Zero before visiting Millesgården where the story opens. It added a layer to when I finally did visit it.
Otherwise, the idea of Sweden as a global hegemon made me smile, even if the justification for it made some sense.
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