Summer Solstice
Harness Charles
Included in
Summer Solstice is the story of Eratosthenes, a geometer tasked by Ptolemy II with
determining the shape of the Earth: cylinder, disc, sphere, square? The street odds against each interesting,
rabbis, astrologers, philosophers, even sailors have their own opinion as to
the reality of the earth beneath their feet, depending on their belief of
perspective. Eratosthenes’s situation
more than precarious, a female slave awaits to poison him should his choice go
wrong. But complicating matters much
further is the unscheduled arrival of Khor, an avian-esque alien on Earth, his
ship in desperate need of repair.
Set in Alexandria after the Greeks had taken Egypt, the city is lent a
cosmopolitan feel by the Chaldeans, Carthagians, Greeks, Africans, Arabs, Jews,
Egyptians, and all other manner of cultures and races walking its streets. Moving among and through each on the road to
reaching a decision as to the true shape of the world, Harness has his finger
on the sophisticated matrix of culture that once existed in the city.
Publication: Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1984
Summer Solstice is the story of Eratosthenes, a geometer tasked by Ptolemy II with
determining the shape of the Earth: cylinder, disc, sphere, square? The street odds against each interesting,
rabbis, astrologers, philosophers, even sailors have their own opinion as to
the reality of the earth beneath their feet, depending on their belief of
perspective. Eratosthenes’s situation
more than precarious, a female slave awaits to poison him should his choice go
wrong. But complicating matters much
further is the unscheduled arrival of Khor, an avian-esque alien on Earth, his
ship in desperate need of repair.
Set in Alexandria after the Greeks had taken Egypt, the city is lent a
cosmopolitan feel by the Chaldeans, Carthagians, Greeks, Africans, Arabs, Jews,
Egyptians, and all other manner of cultures and races walking its streets. Moving among and through each on the road to
reaching a decision as to the true shape of the world, Harness has his finger
on the sophisticated matrix of culture that once existed in the city.
Thể loại:
Năm:
1984
In lần thứ:
Magazine
Nhà xuát bản:
Davis Publications
Ngôn ngữ:
english
ISBN:
01612328
File:
EPUB, 85 KB
IPFS:
,
english, 1984
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