"'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.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteI 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
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ReplyDeletePaul,
ReplyDeleteAlthough 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.