starkness

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Afterward, Krag invites Maskull and Nightspore to the Starkness observatory, from which the three employ “back rays” to power a rocket that transports them to Arcturus.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

A couple of days later, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Maskull and Nightspore arrived at Starkness Observatory, having covered the seven miles from Haillar Station on foot.

From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David

"No. We go on first, and he joins us at Starkness on the evening of the day after tomorrow."

From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David

You know we might not be and still be cousins: The town is full of Chases, Lowes, and Baileys, All claiming some priority in Starkness.

From North of Boston by Frost, Robert

Nightspore recollected the back rays of Starkness, and it flashed across him with the certainty of truth that the green sparks were the back rays, and the whirls the forward rays, of Muspel.

From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David