31 October. Gunnar Heim has bought a starship from British Minerals and plans to search for new planets to colonize.
7 November. Senator Twyman issues a statement about negotiations with the Aleriona.
14 November. Peace militants attack and seriously injure Admiral Piet van Rinnekom.
21 November. Cynbe ru Taren of the Aleriona delegation answers questions on 3V.
28 November. The Aleriona Craze sweeps through upper-class teenagers and some in Welfare.
5 December. Gunnar's daughter, Lisa, disappears.
The sequel, Fire Time, set a generation later, has a 3V interview with Gunnar Heim. These are all good future historical touches, making us feel part of Federation society. The Technic History would have benefited from a few such news reports and 3V interviews. One character does mention that he has seen van Rijn on their equivalent of television.
2 comments:
Hi, Paul!
You beat me to pointing out how one of the bad guys in "A Little Knowledge" mentions having seen Nicholas van Rijn in the Technic History's equivalent of TV! (Smiles).
Sean
Hi, Paul!
Btw, Chee Lan is also seen buying a copy, I think, of the LONDON TIMES in MIRKHEIM. A nice touch, having a non human casually reading a human newspaper!
Sean
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