Van Rijn acknowledges to himself that Earth is a good place, where we belong, whereas:
"In his forebrain, he knew how much his memories of earlier-days were colored by nostalgia - space is big and cruel, not meant for mankind." (p. 118)
(But some others of his characters like to live there!)
Nevertheless, old van Rijn decides to risk his body in space once more when it is important. Lodgemasters can go in secret against Brotherhood policy and will if he leads them.
We cannot share van Rijn's nostalgia (see Fictional Nostalgia) about his earlier days because we have not read about them but we have read enough similar stories to get the idea. I always dig to read about nostalgia.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And this is also one of the few times we see anything from the interior thoughts or POV of Nicholas van Rijn! At almost every other time we see him from how he affected others.
Ad astra! Sean
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