Arne Torvald, second mate on the Valborg, is from the Lofoten Islands. (See image.) He tells the story of the draug and also mentions the fylgje/Doppelganger/fetch.
Referring to previous arguments between himself and Torvald, Lauring says:
"'If you looked around you just once, you'd see the Depression is over. The things that were wrong have been corrected, or can be, and without making men into g-g-government property. Uh, uh -'"
-Poul Anderson, Murder Bound (New York, 1962), i, p. 6.
Lauring stutters when excited. I agree with his "...can be..." but we are still waiting. After seeming to avoid the argument, Torvald returns to it:
"'I suppose you think a clerk in an office is a free man? Or even the manager in company headquarters? I can -'" (pp. 6-7)
He is interrupted.
OK. Do we have a Nazi and a Communist on board the Valborg? With a hint (but only a hint) of the draug...
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Both Communism and National Socialism are bad. Whatever else they might claim, the practical fact remains they both exalt the state and the concentrating of all power in the state. That is totalitarianism and will inevitably crush and end all real liberty. The only realistic alternative is a system of free enterprise economics and the limited state (under whatever form).
Sean
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