Recognizable Narrative Elements

Poul Anderson, "Conversation in Arcady" IN Anderson, Dialogue With Darkness (New York, February 1985), pp. 223-233.

We recognize:

yet another hovering bird of prey -

"High overhead a fish hawk went circling." (p. 223);

a small shuttle boat that descends to Earth because an interstellar mother ship is too big to land;

interstellar travellers who should have benefitted from time dilation and from "Anti-Eld" (p. 224) but not from FTL;

a life of comfort and ease on Earth.

We remember time travellers visiting future periods in "Flight to Forever."

We expect the conversation to be a culture clash but will find out tomoz.