Asimov quotes from the Encyclopedia Galactica whereas Anderson:
refers to The Sky Book Of Stormgate;
presents the entire text of The Earth Book Of Stormgate;
quotes from other sources like the Memoirs of Rear Admiral John Henry Reeves, Imperial Solar Navy.
In fact, in The Technic Civilization Saga, Volume III, Rise Of The Terran Empire, Hloch of the Stormgate Choth concludes the Earth Book on p. 323, then Donvar Ayeghen, President of the Galactic Archeological Society, introduces the fifth chapter of Reeves's Memoirs on p. 325.
Substantial fictional history.
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Kaor, Paul!
I agree, it would have been much better if Asimov had kept his Robots and Foundation books separate series. And I was irritated to see too many of his overrated books at Barnes and Noble, the last time I went there. And not a single one by Anderson!
I did appreciate the bits quoted from the ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA. And we see Stirling doing the same with a fictional edition of the ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA for his two Lords of Creation books. To say nothing of the many other kinds of fictional sources Stirling used for beginning the chapters for his Draka book (and the appendices).
Ad astra! Sean
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