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.
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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
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