1960s
1961 "Hiding Place"; "A Message In The Secret"; "The Plague Of Masters"
1963 "Territory"; The Night Face
1966 "The Three-Cornered Wheel"; "A Sun Invisible"; Ensign Flandry
1967 "Day of Burning"; "Starfog"; "Outpost of Empire"
1968 "A Tragedy of Errors"; Satan's World; "The Sharing of Flesh"
1969 The Rebel Worlds
(I count years, like everything else, from 1 to 10, not from 0 to 9. Thus, the first decade of the twentieth century was 1901-1910, not 1900-1909. However, "the 1960s" means "1960-1969." Thus, "the 1970s" start with 1970, not with 1971.)
1970s
1970 "Esau"; A Circus Of Hells
1971 "The Trouble Twisters"; "The Master Key"; "A Little Knowledge"
1972 "Wings of Victory"
1973 "The Problem of Pain"; The People Of The Wind; "Wingless"; "Rescue on Avalon"; "Lodestar"; The Day Of Their Return; "The Season of Forgiveness"
1974 "How To Be Ethnic In One Easy Lesson"; A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows
1977 Mirkheim
1979 A Stone In Heaven
The Ythrians come together in 1972-'73.
1980s
1981 "The Saturn Game"
1985 The Game Of Empire
The 1980s present the earliest story in the Technic History and the last work in the Flandry period.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
And of course we know Anderson revised some of the Technic stories to make them fit better into the series (such as "Margin of Profit). Or enlarged others--such as "The White King's War" (GALAXY, Oct. 1969), which became A CIRCUS OF HELLS.
Sean
Do we have any insight as to why PA decided to wrap up Technic History and proceed in new directions? Did he find it hard to hold onto a universe of FTL and abundant intelligent life?
-kh
Keith,
PA wrote an article for a special SFWA Bulletin on future histories. He thought that the Technic History had made its point in terms of social commentary. Also, it was increasingly difficult to keep a new story consistent with all the background. And there were other kinds of sf that he wanted to write.
Paul.
Much appreciated, Paul! I wished (if he didn't want to continue) he licensed/permitted other established writers to take over...
-kh
Kaor, Keith!
Ditto, what Paul said. ALSO, in a private letter to me, Anderson wrote that he wanted to try out new ideas and themes for post Technic stories. Think THE BOAT OF A MILLION YEARS, the HARVEST OF STARS series, STARFARERS, etc.
Sean
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