"...had established themselves farther north, in the uninhabited stretch - the American called it the DMZ - between Langobardian and Chaucian territory."
-Poul Anderson, "Star of the Sea" IN Anderson, Time Patrol (Riverdale, NY, December 2010), pp. 467-640 AT 11, pp. 562-563.
When Artorius compares their surroundings to a DMZ, Filipa looks puzzled:
"...showing that she hadn't actually been born in Korea."
-To Turn The Tide, CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE, p. 371.
He explains:
"'Demilitarized zone. Buffer territory. The German tribes keep an unpopulated area around their core lands, nice and natural for hunting...and hunting each other, and hiding raiding parties to keep life on the farm from getting dull.'" (ibid.)
When, having penetrated the buffer zone, Artorius ambushes a band of barbarians by using a crossbow, he thinks:
"This is where an M7 would have come in really handy and Fuchs was a fool..." (p. 376)
"I could have finished off all the ones we don't want to take alive nice and quick and safe with one magazine of six--point-eight." (ibid.)
Why did Fuchs not pack M7's? He could not get hold of them? He did not want to take anything that destructive? The author wanted to see how much could be achieved using Type A technology alone?
3 comments:
It probably simply didn't occur to Fuchs.
I didn't think of that one!
Kaor, to Both!
Paul: I agree with Stirling, Herr Doktor Fuchs simply didn't think of tucking in 2 or 3 M7s with an appropriate amount of ammo.
Mr. Stirling: It still seems odd Filippa did not know what "DMZ" meant, if she was a Korean American with family in S Korea, that she was close to. Everyone in S Korea would know what the DMZ is, I did!
Ad astra! Sean
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