For no clearly discernible reason the following verse interrupts the text:
"The Queen of Air and Darkness
"Begins to shrill and cry,
"O young man, O my slayer,
"Tomorrow you shall die..." (p. 27)
Poul Anderson fans responds in two ways. First, we remember Anderson's "The Queen of Air and Darkness." (See here.) Secondly, we google "The Queen of Air and Darkness" to learn what else comes up. See here and here.
I had known of The Once And Future King but not that its second volume was entitled The Queen Of Air And Darkness. Thus, I have now learned where Anderson got this title from.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I have read T.H. White's THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING, even tho I missed the Andersonian echoes for the second part of White's retelling of the Arthurian mythos till today. A reasonably good chance Anderson also read White.
Ad astra! Sean
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