Hmmm, Leiberish? I'll have to check out those Gray Mouser stories...I'm a beginner with Leiber.

On another tangent, I liked how after his encounter with the mysterious woman, Brandoch Daha used the moon to resolve his experience of time disparity. He did this as if the heavens were unsusceptible to earthly curses; beyond reproach as it were.

This isn't the first time Eddison has appealed to the heavens I don't think; astronomy seems to play a more important role in this work than most fantasy. I recall mentions of Arcturus (a voyage to which was documented just two years earlier) and some others.

In today's random Wikipedia wanderings I noticed that Pluto was discovered only a few years after the publication of Ouroboros. Back in '22 they were calling it Planet X, suspecting it was out there but never quite finding it.

Maybe in the wake of the last century's scientific discoveries, the concept of 'solar system as setting' has passed from the realm of fantasy to that of science fiction? Maybe our solar system is just not fantastic enough any more?