Valenderay And Merseia

In Poul Anderson's "Supernova"/"Day of Burning" the planet Merseia is threatened by radiation from the supernova, Valenderay.

In Anderson's "Lodestar," Epsilon Aurigae, Sirius B and Valenderay are listed as famous supernovae.

In his The People Of The Wind, the Terran High Admiral's super-dreadnaught flagship is called Valenderay.

Part of the pleasure of reading a future history series is recognition of such background references to events in earlier installments.

More significant than Valenderay is Merseia:

needing League help in "Day of Burning":

discontented Merseians in Mirkheim;

the Merseian Rhoidunate growing in The People Of The Wind;

the Roidhunate a major threat to other civilizations in the Flandry series;

however, some Merseians have settled peacefully on the human colony planet, Dennitza, in the Flandry novel, A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows.