Flandry flies an airboat up to an orbiting spaceship. Anyone can write such a sentence. However, Poul Anderson's account includes the following paragraph:
"Korych flamed over the edge of the world. That sunrise was gold and amethyst, beneath a million stars." (CHAPTER THIRTEEN, p. 137)
Any screen adaptation should show that sunrise. Such descriptions are not a necessary feature of hard sf but are always included in Anderson's prose in any genre. Readers focusing on narrative alone and anxious only for the next stage in Flandry's escape might read past Korych-rise as if it was not there but it should certainly be noticed on rereading.
I will shortly repair to the previously mentioned Gregson Institute for conversation with some sf and comic book readers so this is probably the last post for today.
Hunt well.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
You and those other SF fans might even talk about ENSIGN FLANDRY.
Ad astra! Sean
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