Reminders

A conversation in Poul Anderson, The Peregrine (New York, 1979), Chapter XIV, pp. 127-128, reminds us of two earlier installments of Anderson's Psychotechnic History but in different ways.

First, Trevelyan reflects on:

"The ancient war...the immemorial struggle of intelligence to master itself." (p. 127)

This recalls "the old and protean enemy."

Secondly, Trevelyan says that, when he needs an assistant, it is another Coordinator, usually "'...an otherling.'" (p. 128) This is the basis of "The Pirate," written later but set earlier. See here.

For another story written later, set earlier and based on a conversation in a spaceship, see here.