Saturday, 30 March 2019

Neuroses And Shipwreck

Poul Anderson, Tau Zero, CHAPTER 8.

Reymont refers to "neuroses" on p. 74 but I find that I have posted about them before.

Four posts:

Emotion And Intelligence In Four Universes
Inner Conflict
Tau Zero, Chapter 8
Non-Human Races

- are collected here in one blog search result.

"The ship struck." (p. 75)

It strikes not a rock but a small nebula which, at the ship's speed, is:

"...a well-nigh solid wall." (p. 76)

Despite their many differences, we cannot avoid the comparison between spacefaring and seafaring. Poul Anderson adds "timefaring." The time dilated spaceship is perhaps at a crossroads between spacefaring and timefaring.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

You like to go swimming sometimes. If you dive or jump into a pool the wrong way it can feel like hitting concrete as you crash into the water.

Sean