Three Boxed Sets

OK. I am worrying this bone again. I now think that the best way to publish Poul Anderson's History of Technic Civilization is in three boxed sets:

1. League And Empire (3 volumes);
2. Flandry And Empire (3 vols);
3. Aftermath And Alternatives (2 shorter vols).

Since the Fall of the Terran Empire is also the end of Technic civilization, the concluding four installments of this future history series are not part of the Technic History but instead present an "Aftermath."

The "Alternatives" would be the original versions of "Margin of Profit" and the few other stories that were revised for inclusion in the History.

Searching the blog for relevant phrases like "Children Of The Terran Empire" brings up many previous discussions of this topic. I found them too numerous to list here.