Facts About Avalon II

(i) By "the Discovery," Ythrians mean First Contact with Terrans, not the discovery of Avalon.

(ii) To explain "nation" and "government," Hloch says:

"It is as if a single group could permanently cry Oherran against the entire rest of society..." (Poul Anderson, The Earth Book Of Stormgate, New York, 1979, p. 24)

(iii) Most Avalonian human beings "...maintain a modified form of government...It is merely their way." (p. 24)

(iv) The Parliament of Man and the Great Khruath of the Ythrians divide the Coronan continent between the species.

(v) Neither the text of "The Problem of Pain" nor Hloch's introduction to this account of joint human-Ythrian exploration of Avalon confirms that this exploration occurred after the founding of the Polesotechnic League, as indicated in the Chronology of Technic Civilization.

(vi) Children of Emil Dalmady from Altai, hero of "Esau," moved to Avalon with Falkayn. His daughter Judith Dalmady/Lundgren wrote "Esau" for a magazine named after the Avalonian moon, Morgana.

(vii) She also wrote "The Season of Forgiveness" and "Wingless" for Morgana.

(viii) Paradox and Trillia, the planets in "A Little Knowledge," are close to Avalon. The xenologist, Fluoch of Mistwood Choth brought the story to Avalon and Arinnian of Stormgate/Christopher Holm, who has translated works from Planha into Anglic, translated this story into Planha for the Earth Book.

(ix) Before and in anticipation of the Troubles, van Rijn and Falkayn had transferred records from Earth to the care of the Hermetian Grand Ducal house. Later, Rennhi transferred the molecular patterns to Avalon and deciphered the code, thus enabling Hloch and Arinninan to write accounts of Falkan's activities on Merseia and Mirkheim.

(x) AA Craig, author of Tales Of The Great Frontier, visited Avalon during the Troubles, heard of an incident from the person who had experienced it and wrote a fictionalized account as "Rescue on Avalon."