In Poul Anderson's Technic History:
members of different species work at every level in the Polesotechnic League;
some planets are inhabited by two rational species;
some human beings work for Betelgeuseans, others for Merseians;
Dominic Flandry subverts the Scothanian Empire from within and even has intimate relations with its Queen;
human beings and Ythrians work together on Avalon and some adopt each other's life styles;
descendants of immigrants from Merseia elect one of the Houses in the tri-cameral Parliament of the human colony planet, Dennitza;
non-humans can gain citizenship in the Terran Empire and some serve in its armed forces;
inter-species sex is on sale on Irumclaw.
Poul Anderson gives the impression of approaching each issue from every angle. Here he does it with inter-species interactions.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I think Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization series is the only SF "future history" I know of which so convincingly depicts how humans and non humans interact with each other, in both good and bad ways.
Sean
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