"'Devil's work right enough, ser,' da Cruz said..."
-The Hammer, CHAPTER FOUR, p. 357.
This post-interstellar society calls God "the Spirit of Man of the Stars" and locates the Devil in a "Starless Realm."
For similar beliefs in other future histories, including Poul Anderson's Technic History, see:
The Black Planet
Worshiping Celestial Bodies
Religion In Cities In Flight
2 comments:
Paul:
The invocation "Spirit of Space" shows up in a number of Andre Norton's stories. And I've already mentioned — somewhere on this site — one of Norton's characters who collected and was very good at re-telling often-spooky folklore such as a "Flying Dutchman" equivalent.
Kaor, DAVID and Paul!
David: and once we finally get off this rock I fully expect similar superstitions about the space equivalents of the Flying Dutchman or "Marie Celeste" will appear.
Paul: I too thought of the Sky Cave of the Ardazirho.
Sean
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