"There was just enough light from the sky and from a pharos in the outer harbor for Eodan to see a world of ships." (p. 107)
The image shows the Pharos of Alexandria which is appropriate first because Eodan sees a pharos, in the above passage, and secondly because he considers visiting Alexandria. See Quo Vadis?
XI.
Eodan on his stolen ship passes himself off as "...a Gaul out of Massilia for Apollonia..." (p. 140)
An annotated edition of a novel by Poul Anderson would be several times as long as the original text. Online, we can link to other relevant sites so maybe online publication is preferable to a printed edition. Or the two should be read in parallel? (Also, an audio edition to listen to while driving a car.)
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Kaor, Paul!
But I would argue for a COMPLETE COLLECTED WORKS OF POUL ANDERSON, as was done for the works of Jack Vance and Robert A. Heinlein (or Rudyard Kipling, for that matter!). Complete with explanatory prefaces and at least some annotations. I would also advocate for such an edition of Anderson's works including one, two, or even three volumes containing longer essays commenting on various aspects of PA's works.
But that's just the zealot in me! (Smiles)
Ad astra! Sean
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