Escaping from the Merseians, Flandry reviews his knowledge of Talwin:
"Snowfall was moving south from the poles. The Ruadrath would be leaving the ocean..." (p. 316)
Surely snow is moving south from the North Pole and north from the South Pole? But the main point is that Flandry is in the northern hemisphere. Now we are about to learn about the Ruadrath. CHAPTER SIXTEEN begins:
"When first they woke, the People had no names. He who was Rrinn ashore was an animal at the bottom of the sea." (p. 317)
Rrinn will be our viewpoint character for just under six pages until he comes face to face with a being that is:
"Not a Merseian! Too erect. No tail. Face yellowish-brown where it was not covered with hair -" (p. 322)
A double space between paragraphs signals the return to Flandry as viewpoint character. pp. 317-322 have informed us about the Ruadrath.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Either you caught a small error by PA or that was simply the author showing us how Flandry was thinking at a moment when he didn't really need to be technically precise as regards the poles.
Ad astra! Sean
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