Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Inrai Demands

Poul Anderson, The Fleet Of Stars, 9.

Threedom sovereignty throughout Tharsis;

alliance with Prosrepina;

a sovereign (Lunarian) Mars;

return of Luna to the Lunarians;

full disclosure of astronomical discoveries by the solar lens and of the destinations of the new light-speed ships.

When Kinna hears the fourth demand, she thinks:

"...irrendentism..." (p. 124)

See Italia Irredenta.

Contrast The Johnnies' Demands.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And, by contrast, we see the Domain of Ythri refusing to make any such irredentist demands on the Terran Empire in THE PEOPLE OF THE WIND, for good, sound, sensible, and practical reasons!

Sean