Friday, 31 October 2025

Autumn

The Shield Of Time.

In 1765 BC:

autumn;
chill streams;
hoarfrost;
dark fir;
yellowing ash;
oak turning brown;
huge outbound flocks of swans, geese etc;
stags;
Caucasus snowpeaks.

The Bakhri, breaking camp to move to winter lowlands:

strike tents;
load wagons;
hitch oxen to wagons and horses to chariots;
round up herds.

Seasonal change and human activity: the Time Patrol series is not only time travel paradoxes and historical summaries but also realization of the world in past periods.

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2 comments:

S.M. Stirling said...

One thing that has changed is that the IE migrations are now dated earlier.

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

We have to accept that not only futures but also pasts differ in sf.