A Stone In Heaven: Some Earlier Relevant Posts

A Stone In Heaven, see here.

Hermes
Hermes In The Empire
A Few More Details About Hermes
Ramnu
The Ramnuan System
Ramnuan Miscellania
Ramnuan Society
The Golden Tide
Cairncross
Edwin Cairncross' Ambitions
"Every Man Who Had Ever Been Dominant On Terra"
Archopolis 
In Archopolis
Archopolis And Earth In Flandry's Time
Archopolis And Earth In Flandry's Time II
Dayan And Terra
Autumn In The High Sierra
A Stone In Heaven
Rereading A Stone In Heaven
A Stone In Heaven And Flandry's Legacy
Flandry's Theoretical Understanding
A Planet In Space
A Planet In Space II
A Planet In Space III
Starfall
What Is Truth?