Copied from Poul Anderson Appreciation, 2 Nov 2014:
See Diomedean Geography.
A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows
presents a little more information about Diomedean geography. Kossara
Vymezal and her ychan companion, Trodhwyr, arrived at Thursday Landing
for a research project around the Sea of Achan. We already know that
Thursday Landing and Achan are separated by the Ocean. We additionally
learn that Thursday Landing is on the equator and on the east coast of a
continent called Centralia. Originally a Polesotechnic League trading
post, Thursday landing is now the seat of the Imperial resident.
Being
on the equator, the Thursday Landing area originally had few permanent
inhabitants. Instead, migrators annually arrived from north and south
and agreed to hunt or harvest in exchange for portable goods. Later,
"...a large contingent of [sea-faring] Drak'ho moved to these parts."
-Poul Anderson, Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight Of Terra (New York, 2012), p. 431.
The
Drak'ho were on the Sea of Achan so they have subsequently crossed the
Ocean, having learned of Thursday Landing from van Rijn.
Like
van Rijn before her, Kossara spends some time in mountains near the
fortified town of Salmenbrok on the island of Lannach which separates
the Sea of Achan from the Ocean. Scenes on Diomedes are scattered
through A Knight... so a few more data may emerge.
This
is an astronomical, not a geographical, datum but it is of interest to
note that the two moons of Diomedes are twice the apparent size of Luna.
Further, one is swift, the other slow, as on Edgar Rice Burroughs'
Mars/Barsoom and Anderson's Aeneas.
No comments:
Post a Comment