"Wings of Victory" (ASF, April, 1972)
"The Problem of Pain" (FSF, February, 1973)
"Lodestar" (Astounding Anthology, 1973)
"Wingless" (Boy's Life, July, 1973)
"Rescue on Avalon" (Children of Infinity, 1973)
The People Of The Wind (ASF, February-April, NAL, 1973)
The Day Of Their Return (NAL, 1973)
The Earth Book Of Stormgate (Berkley, 1978)
Observations
The Ythrians are entirely of the 1970's, mainly '73.
The Earth Book includes the five short stories with new introductions written by an Ythrian.
Thus, there is an Ythrian Trilogy (two novels and one collection):
The People Of The Wind
The Earth Book Of Stormgate
The Day Of Their Return
- which is:
preceded by, and overlapping in content with, the Polesotechnic League Tetralogy (two collections and two novels);
interrupted by the Young Flandry Trilogy (three novels);
followed by the Captain Flandry Trilogy (two collections and one novel) and the Flandry's Legacy Trilogy (two novels and one collection).
Far out. I didn't realize all that.
7 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
This stress you place on the Ythrian stories, comprising only a small number of the Technic stories, seems overdone.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
They are a major part of the series and a turning point.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
A turning point how and why? Ythri played no role in the first turning point in Technic civilization, the beginning of the open decline of the League because of the Mirkheim/Babur crisis. Nor did it have anything to do with the second turning point, the founding of the Terran Empire by Manuel Argos.
Again, too much stress on Ythri.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
The Terran Empire, the Merseian Roidhunate and the Domain of Ythri all arose out of the Troubles. Together, they represent the next phase of Technic civilization. Avalon is a major post-League achievement of the Falkayns.
Sandra Miesel's Chronology note to THE PEOPLE OF THE WIND states: "The Empire's war on another civilized imperium started its slide towards decadence."
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I can agree with the first sentence of your comment above--the three powers you listed arose to cope with the Troubles and restore order.
I emphatically disagree with Sandra Miesel's annalistic comment because it makes no sense. First, the war between Terra and the Domain occurred because the latter had shown itself unwilling/unable to come to terms with the Empire on long lasting disputes between them. Ythrian intransigence was very unwise when recalling how much stronger Terra was compared with the Domain. Second, civilized nations like, say, the UK fought many wars with other civilized nations in the 18th/19th centuries without any single one of those wars leading to decadence. Third, Stirling pointed out how the Terran/Ythrian war was fought with Terra having only limited gains in mind. That should not logically lead people to concluding it was the beginning of the Empire's decadence.
Conclusion: still too much stress on the Ythrian stories.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
And I think the same about Sandra Miesel's comment. She was obviously trying to tie the History together but this comment was unnecessary.
I still think that the Falkayns' long term contribution by founding Avalon was important.
I forgot to mention in the post, although I have subsequently added it, that the EARTH BOOK not only follows the Polesotechnic League Tetralogy but also overlaps with it in content.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Exactly, Miesel's comment about THE PEOPLE OF THE WIND doesn't really make sense when compared in context with the evidence to be gleaned from the stories. As you said it was unnecessary and I'm glad I omitted it from my revision of Miesel's Chronology.
Heck, the comment I added to the Chronology about the Battle of Mirzan made more sense because it was directly based on material in "Tiger by the Tail."
Yes, Falkayn's founding of the Avalon colony was important, it simply should not be overstressed.
Ad astra! Sean
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