Poul Anderson, through the planetologist Maeve Downey, describes in meticulous detail how Ythri differs from Earth:
three quarters gravity, requiring kinaesthetic adjustment, more sensory than muscular;
air as at two kilometres altitude causing "Crystalline vision..." (p. 86) and cool breezes;
smokey and pungent odours;
golden sunlight enriching colours and deepening shadows;
sun nearly half again as big;
thin clouds in a deep blue sky;
red ground cover.
This might have been a preparation for further narratives set on Ythri. However, apart from a brief reappearance of Ythri in The People Of The Wind, the remaining human-Ythrian interactions occur on Avalon where organisms from both home planets, including that red Ythrian ground cover, are imported.
2 comments:
A fair bit of that sounds like living in Santa Fe at 7,500 feet... 8-).
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
And I strongly suspect I would need to acclimatize myself to living in a highland area like that.
Ad astra! Sean
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