All Men Dream of Earthwomen, Noetic File 19.0 A Timeless Hour in the Autumn Tree
All Men Dream of Earthwomen, Noetic File 19.0 A Timeless Hour in the Autumn Tree, is now posted.
Noetic File 19.0: A Timeless Hour in the Autumn Tree
The scene of a nude earthwoman embracing an armored starman is a motif repeated in the visual and plastic arts, as Uther and Ygrain in still frames of the talking picture Excalibur, icons of Perseus and Andromeda, and, of course, the famous astral statue of Roger and Angelica. This scene is by no means the first to employ the device.
Some scholars argue that Roger and Perseus are intended to be earthmen in such representations, but the common motif, inevitably repeated, adorns them with hippogriffs or winged shoes, symbols of starflight. Archeogenetic records show no such things as winged air-steeds existed on Earth. They are native to Alpha Centauri IX.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
