"Due north rose the sheer black wall of Kusulonga the Mountain, jagged against the Milky Way. The city carved from its top could be seen only as a glimpse of towers like teeth." (p. 13)
Anderson describes night on t'Kela with unfamiliar constellations, the larger moon and the Milky Way which must be visible from everywhere in the Milky Way. I always look out either for a description of the Milky Way or for some object seen against it, as above.
Anyone who wants to know what happens in "Territory" had better read the story. Although I am rereading it, I am currently posting only about details that catch my attention like van Rijn's hoarse basso or Kusulonga the Mountain. Alternatively, searching the blog either for this title or for the name of the planet, T'Kela, generates a search result of previous posts on the subject. And there have been enough posts for today, I think (ten). Tomorrow, we will walk by the river or canal and attend a moot with food and a ritual. "High is heaven and holy."
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
One thing I remember about "Territory" is that at the time t'Kela was undergoing a severe ecological crisis, the planet was rapidly becoming more and more a desert. And that the well meaning team from Esperance was having trouble getting its advice accepted by t'Kelans because they did not understand the sociology and politics of that planet.
It's a pity we only see t'Kela once in the Technic stories!
Sean
Sean,
t'Kela sounds like Earth now.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
If you mean the politics and sociology, it does!
Sean
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