Friday, 24 November 2023

Kirkasanters

"Starfog."

Kirkasanters:

tall
robust
broad-chested
broad-shouldered
slim-waisted
blue-black wavy hair
neatly trimmed beards and moustaches on men
dolichocephlic skulls
disharmonically wide faces
straight, thin noses
long lashes
large, luminous, grey, green or yellow eyes
handsome (?)

We cannot remember all that while reading but it would have to be in front of us all the time in a visual adaptation. Different media do different things and can complement each other. We would have to demand the very highest standards of any Poul Anderson dramatizations.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

We need an artist to put all these details together, to create a portrait that, while strange to us, does not look grotesque.

Ad astra! Sean