Monday 23 December 2019

Ythrian And Merseian

Dominic Flandry reflects on:

"...the domains of other starfaring civilizations, Ythrian and Merseian and the rest."
-Poul Anderson, "Tiger By The Tail" IN Anderson, Captain Flandry: Defender Of The Terran Empire (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 241-276 AT p. 243.

The rest are:

Betelgusean
Gorrazanian
Ymirite

- making, with Terra, six interstellar powers in known space.

The phrase, "...Ythrian and Merseian...," encapsulates a great deal of future history.

We have read about:

first contact with Ythri and Merseia during the Grand Survey;
crucial Polesotechnic League aid to Merseia;
war between the Domain of Ythri and the Terran Empire;
Merseian plots to destroy Terra -

- and now we are reading, or rereading, the earliest published work about Dominic Flandry. This massive future history has grown around it.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And the Empire also had client states with FTL who were vassals of Terra, such as Scotha. And by extension I think that was true as well of Merseia and the Domain.

Ad astra and Happy New Year! Sean