-The Boat Of A Million Years, XIX, 7, p. 480.
Fenn and He'o are approached by a journalist from the Cosmochronicle Service who informs them that her:
"'...current name is Stellarosa...'"
-The Fleet Of Stars, 13, p. 155.
Names that are not only exotic but also merely current suggest social rootlessness. Fictional futures by a single author have common features.
Patulcius began life as Gnaeus Cornelius Patulcius in the Roman Empire. Fenn, born in an AI-dominated age, has a personal name with no surname but also a unique identification number. Poul Anderson's imagination encompasses past and future history. Immortals and time travellers experience both.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Changeable names of this kind suggest not only social rootlessness but also discontent, boredom, frustration, exc. We are getting ominous hints.
Ad astrra! Sean
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