GR translation: hammerfall and doomcrack
jochen stremmel
jstremmel at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 09:42:19 CST 2011
I'm thinking more of judgment's day, hammerfall being the gavel coming
down on the table, and doomcrack the soundtrack.
2011/12/13 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:
> "Hammerfall" refers (I think) to a gun's hammer as it strikes the bullet.
> "Doomcrack" would be the sound of the explosion.
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Mike Jing
> <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> P26.1-7 It’s nothing he can see or lay hands on—sudden gases, a
>> violence upon the air and no trace afterward . . . a Word, spoken with
>> no warning into your ear, and then silence forever. Beyond its
>> invisibility, beyond hammerfall and doomcrack, here is its real
>> horror, mocking, promising him death with German and precise
>> confidence, laughing down all of Tantivy’s quiet decencies . . . no,
>> no bullet with fins, Ace . . . not the Word, the one Word that rips
>> apart the day. . . .
>>
>> What is "hammerfall and doomcrack" referring to here?
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