Periods Covered
The post-League Time of Troubles (1)
The Terran Empire (1)
The post-Empire Long Night (1)
Two post-Long Night civilizations (2)
This list demonstrates the inappropriateness of the title. The Prologue and interstitial passages are written not by any fictional successor of Hloch of Stormgate Choth, like Donvar Ayeghen, President of the Galactic Archaeological Society, who does introduce "The Star Plunderer," the opening story set during the Troubles, but by Poul Anderson expert, Sandra Miesel.
Miesel's Prologue, like Le Matelot's introduction to Trader To The Stars, praises the expansionism of the Polesotechnic League but then proceeds further into the future to:
"...the sack of Earth by the Baldic League..." (p. 10)
- the crux period of the entire Technic History.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
And individuals really do matter! What would have happened if Manuel Argos had not lived or failed to found the Terran Empire? Nothing good for Technic civilization!
Ad astra! Sean
Ditto for Augustus. Without him, it would probably have been regional Roman warlords starting dynasties all over the Republic's possessions.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I agree, absent Augustus what would most likely happen, as the Roman Republic disintegrated, would be war lords fighting over the spoils of the Empire. And that kind of chaos and disunity would have tempted the barbarians across the Rhine, Alps, and Danube to invade the shattered Roman realm. And the Parthians/Persians to the east would certainly try grabbing some of the loot!
Ad astra! Sean
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