Thursday 29 October 2020

Honorable Enemies In Two Timelines

After the negotiations that ended the Jihannath crisis, Chunderban Desai of the planet Ramanujan and the Terran Empire and Uldwyr of the Vach Hallan and the Merseian Roidhunate had dinner in a private room at a restaurant.

"It became a memorable evening."
-Poul Anderson, The Day Of Their Return IN Anderson, Captain Flandry: Defender Of The Terran Empire (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 74-238 AT 3, p. 85.
 
Desai, as high Commissioner of the Virgilian System in Sector Alpha Crucis of the Terran Empire, interviews Aycharaych, supposedly of the planet Jean-Baptiste in Sector Aldebaran but really from Chereion in the Roidhunate.
 
"It became a memorable afternoon." (ibid., p. 95)

After the Whale War, Laury Birken of the Northwest Union and Terai Lohannaso of the Maurai Federation have a gourmet meal in a dining room in the Seattle chapter of the Wolf Lodge, then attend a strip dance.

"It became a memorable evening."
-Orion Shall Rise, CHAPTER TWO, p. 29.

3 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Lots of "memorable" times in Anderson's works, but I'm not objecting! And one thought was wondering if Merseian agents had slipped false information about that planet "Jean Baptiste" into the Terran data banks, so anyone who checked up on Aycharaych would think he was what he claimed to be. Aycharaych would be counting on no one trying to check more deeply if he did not arouse any suspicions.

Ad astra! Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Sean,

That is what happens.

Paul.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I thought so! Sometimes I do remember things correctly! (Smiles)

Ad astra! Sean