Sunday, 2 August 2026

In Archopolis

The Game Of Empire, CHAPTER TWELVE.

Rereading a passage set in Dominic and Miriam Flandry's Archopolis apartment, we find that we have discussed this passage in no less than three previous posts:

Four Senses In Archopolis

Cities And Stars IV

Terra In THE GAME OF EMPIRE

There cannot be much more to be said - except that I turn out to have disagreed with myself about how many senses the passage appeals to.

I like the parallels between Flandry's Archopolis, van Rijn's Chicago Integrate and Everard's New York. Hectic cities are a major part of human experience.

That slightly delayed Sunday walk (see previous post) will be to a band in a park beside Morecambe Bay.

We still live.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kaor, Paul!

I've said this before, one flaw in Chapter Twelve of GAME is that we are not told what happened to Chives! Did he die or retire to Shalmu since we last saw him in A STONE IN HEAVEN? We should have been told, either way. I think Anderson forgot to remember Chives.

Ad astra! Sean

S.M. Stirling said...

Hectic cities are not great places to raise a family...

Anonymous said...

Kaor, Mr. Stirling!

Too true, even the most protective parents can't always save their children from harm.

Ad astra! Sean