Saturday 23 October 2021

Marches

In Poul Anderson's A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows, Merseians living on the human colony planet, Dennitza, march to and into the tricameral planetary parliament so that Kossara Vymezal, hidden among them, can emerge and address the three houses assembled to denounce a conspiratorial deception.

In Anderson's Harvest Of Stars, Fireball employees in the orbiting L-5 colony march to the space dock so that the wanted Kyra Davis, hidden among them, can emerge and depart in her torchship for Earth, carrying the word of a North American governmental deception.

Sometimes not only individual heroism but also collective action is necessary.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And beneficial "collective action" of this kind seldom happens.

Ad astra! Sean