"The Milky Way flowed as a river of radiance..." (p. 121)
"The huge circle of the Milky Way...glimmered..." (p. 126)
Here are two phrases to describe the Milky Way. I must have posted about both phrases before, so I thought. However, I cannot find either phrase by searching the blog.
The search for "river of radiance" had only one result:
Poul Anderson Appreciation: A Beautiful Paragraph
This post contains the words "radiance" and "river" but not the phrase, "river of radiance."
The search for "The huge circle of the Milky Way..." had no result.
This post, "River And Circle," will now be added to The Milky Way Thread which must surely be approaching completion.
In Brain Wave, humanity stands at the threshold of a galactic civilization but it is one that we would not be able to understand. In Poul Anderson's Technic History and many other such works, human beings as we know them go out into the galaxy.
Brain Wave has many covers but we have nearly exhausted the supply.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I doubt, however, that all lines by Anderson worth of being included in that Milky Way thread has been found. There may well be similar lines in the large number of stories by Anderson which has never yet been collected and republished.*
Ad astra! Sean
*See my "Uncollected Works of Poul Anderson" article.
He did have a way with words...
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Absolutely! He was inspired by masters like Kipling and works such as the Bible.
And I like your stories as well!
Ad astra! Sean
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