Introductions II

Of the eleven works collected in The Technic Civilization Saga, Volume I, The Van Rijn Method, by Poul Anderson (New York, 2009):

one is introduced by an extract from Francis L Minamoto's contribution to a report for Apollo University, Luna, in 2057;

seven are introduced by Hloch of the Stormgate Choth in his Earthbook Of Stormgate;

one is introduced by an extract from Vance Hall's Commentaries on the Philosophy of Noah Arkwright;

one is introduced by an extract from Noah Arkwright's An Introduction to Sophontology;

one is introduced by (an extract from?) "Le Matelot."

Thus, there is a very elaborate background universe that we can miss if we heed only the contents of the individual stories. In a much earlier post, I listed the several sources referenced by Hloch throughout his Earth Book. Hloch and Arkwright become characters in their own rights.