"'...Guthrie's colony at Alpha Centauri...'" (CHAPTER 6, p. 110)
- and reminds its readers that:
"'Proserpina is here in the Solar System.'" (ibid.)
Anson Guthrie led the colonization of a Centaurian planet in Volume I, Harvest Of Stars. Lunarians learned of the asteroid, Proserpina, and decided to colonize it in Volume II, The Stars Are Also Fire. Later installments of a future history series build on earlier installments.
I keep trying to convey why I appreciate future histories so much. And one of many reasons to appreciate Poul Anderson is that he gives us so many future histories.
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Kaor, Paul!
And of course Anderson gave us carefully worked out and PLAUSIBLE future histories.
Ad astra! Sean
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