Descriptions of natural beauty are welcome in fiction. Descriptions of natural endings, showing the passage of time, are relevant and resonant in time travel fiction.
Poul Anderson describes "October country":
flames in a hearth;
noisy wind;
sunshine in clear air;
tossing colorful trees;
geese trumpeting;
leaves capering;
a quiet old road;
Morgan Woods;
a gurgling creek;
a squirrel in a century-old oak;
chilly air;
damp odors.
Later:
sunset flaring gold;
mumbling wind;
ticking clock;
wind flowing like a river;
"...high autumnal stars..." (p.176)
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I agree with you in appreciating Anderson's descriptions showing us scenes of beauty. And disagree with those who complained of how writers like Anderson and Tolkien "bogged" down their stories with careful descriptions of background and nature. They wanted non stop action action action!
Ad astra! Sean
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