Monday 18 January 2021

Gods And Devils On Diomedes

The Man Who Counts, XVII.

Wace thinks of miserly gods (p. 258) and the flying, fighting Diomedeans resemble "Bat-winged demons..." (p. 255)  Thus, the Diomedean sea battle suggests a battle in Hell and such a battle, i.e., in Hell, does occur in Poul Anderson's Operation Chaos:

 
Parallel sf and fantasy narratives, Anderson addressing every option. 

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And then S.M. Stirling succeeded Anderson in thinking up many different kids of parallel, hard SF worlds. I esp. liked the glimpse we get of an alternate Austria-Hungary in his "A Slip In Time." WHAT might have happened if there had been no Sarajevo in our 1914?

Ad astra! Sean