Sir Carahue has experienced time dilation in Huy Braseal as Holger has in Avalon although Holger also suffers from amnesia and his body has regrown, having been magically regressed to infancy. Anything seems possible here.
On pp. 106 and 108, Sir Carahue refers to:
sestinas
ballades
villanelles
sirventes
I knew little or nothing about any of these verse forms before googling them. Rereading this novel after many years makes it seem like a new book. Many fantasy and sf fans must have read it once as an adventure story and thought nothing further of it. Poul Anderson deserves wider and more serious recognition.
Now I face a choice:
reread CHAPTER SEVENTEEN;
read something new;
finish a second mug of coffee and make some attempt to get into the day although a retired person, especially during a lockdown and on a rainy day, is free to make breakfast last all day.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I certainly agree Anderson's works deserve wider and more serious recognition. And I get annoyed by comments I see by those who disparage his stories as old fashioned 1950's stuff, "chauvinistic," or even "fascist" (because of his conservative and libertarian leaning beliefs).
At least, from what I've seen of the pictures of your street you have sometimes shown us, you don't have to worry about mowing your lawn. I mowed mine yesterday!
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
No lawn. Sheila cultivates a small garden, front and back. It is all her doing. I contribute occasional unskilled labor and sometimes drive garden waste for recycling.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Lucky you! Mowing is good only as a form of exercise for losing weight!
Ad astra! Sean
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