Wind On Arzun

"Sargasso of Lost Starships."

"She turned her back. The wind blew a thin hissing veil of dry snow across her ankles. A wounded man suddenly screamed out there in the dark." (p. 403)

A woman turns, the wind blows and a man screams. This early, in January 1952, Poul Anderson had already begun his practice of punctuating dialogue and action with the sound of the wind. There would have to be appropriate sound-effects in any screen adaptations. The Terrans and their Ansan companion have just arrived on Arzun. There will probably be more Arzunian wind as we continue to reread "Sargasso..."

Often the wind not only punctuates but also effectively comments but we in turn have commented on that before. This wind hisses... Readers are affected by what they read, and also recognize the richness of a text, even if they do not reflect on it. 

We will continue to notice the wind or other such details in "Sargasso..."