"Beneath stars, moons, Milky Way, three sister planets, Nova Roma had gone elven. The houses were radiance and shadow, the streets dappled darkness, the river and canals mercury. Afar in the desert, a dust storm went like a ghost. Wind keened; Desai, in his warmed cubicle, shivered to think how its chill must cut. His vision sought the brilliances overhead. Too many suns, too many." (3, p. 99)
What have we here?
(i) "...moons..." We are on another planet.
(ii) A reference to the Milky Way.
(iii) An "elven" city.
(iv) The word, "ghost," used to describe a natural scene on Aeneas. See Some Details On Aeneas.
(v) The wind seems to comment yet again: chill and cutting...
(vi) The theme of too many suns/stars for anyone to know or control them. Then don't try. Will there ever be a multi-stellar civilization? So far, human beings cannot control a single planet.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
However mad it might be for humans to set up any kind of interstellar polity (assuming FTL is achieved), I expect precisely that to happen, both good and bad reasons. One good reason being unity in the face of attacks from both barbarians and civilized, but hostile powers.
Ad astra! Sean
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