To recapitulate, Poul Anderson's History of Technic Civilization, when not repackaged in chronological order of fictional events as the seven-volume The Technic Civilization Saga, comprises:
the Polesotechnic League Tetralogy;
three short stories that could be collected at this point;
two companion volumes focused on the planet, Avalon;
the nine-volume Flandry period;
one collection of four post-Flandry stories.
The Rebel Worlds, which I will shortly reread, is the third volume of the Flandry period and also of the introductory Young Flandry Trilogy, the latter corresponding to Saga, Volume IV.
Meanwhile, I am also reading for the first time CJ Cherryh's Downbelow Station where, in Book Four of Five, a space battle commences.
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Kaor, Paul!
I know I first read ENSIGN FLANDRY in May 1971, when I obtained a copy of the Chilton Books edition of that story. I think A CIRCUS OF HELLS and THE REBEL WORLDS was a year later, in paperback editions. They all made a DEEP impression on me--and still does!
Ad astra! Sean
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