Prose can not only describe movement but also convey or communicate it. Ivar is inside a mountain but:
"Onward. Out the door. Down the mountainside, through the sharp dust, athwart the wind which Erannath had died without feeling. To the aircar. Aloft.
"The storm yelled and smote.
"He burst above, into splendor. Below him rolled the blown dry clouds..." (p. 231)
He has gone from underground to above the clouds in a few single words and short phrases and four full sentences. A sentence needs a predicate which is usually a verb but can be a preposition. "Down with Big Brother" is a full sentence, expressing a complete thought, and so is "Down the mountainside..."
Our hero is going places.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Very dramatic and efficient writing by Anderson! I don't think I could have done it, at least not without years of practice at writing.
Ad astra! Sean
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