The Dead Race

"The Pirate."

The inhabitants of Good Luck:

had been six-fingered bipeds with long necks and beaks;

built aesthetically with frequent floral motifs;

put bronze figureheads on ships and "a merry animal face" (p. 154) on the lifting arm of a crane;

loved and cared for landscapes although they had no city parks or gardens;

avoided noise, dirt and poison even at economic expense; 

scattered industry outside cities and connected it with railways;

used horse-like quadrupeds and electric public vehicles but no automobiles;

might have foreseen and avoided the problem of generating rubbish;

put no locks or latches on doors;

had some statues and murals depicting combat and a rag-clothed being breaking out of chains.