II is about Banner and Edwin Cairncross on Hermes.
III begins with "Vice Admiral Sir Dominic Flandry, Intelligence Corps, Imperial Terran Navy..." on Terra.
So this is a Flandry novel and he has last accepted promotion from captain.
II ends:
"'...have you ever perchance heard of Admiral Flandry?'"
-Poul Anderson, A Stone In Heaven IN Anderson, Flandry's Legacy (Riverdale, NY, 2012), pp. 1-188 AT II, p 16 -
- so that told us that Flandry was around. In fact, it might have been our first definite indication that this novel is part of the Technic History? The Terran Empire was mentioned on p. 14 and the name Miriam Abrams might also mean something to us but the planet Ramnu is new.
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Kaor, Paul!
And it was high time Flandry finally accepted promotion to higher rank! He had accomplished too much and was far too able a man to remain permanently at the modest rank of captain.
Sean
Kaor, Paul!
I strongly recommend acquiring a copy of the original Ace Books edition of A STONE IN HEAVEN for the illustrations as well. I was very pleased by them because the artist had first read the story before he started illustrating it. We get convincing portraits of Dominic Flandry, Miriam Abrams, Chives, Emperor Gerhart, Duke Edwin, various Ramnuans, etc.
My only quibble being my view there were too many illustrations, some could have been eliminated with no loss to the story.
Sean
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