Fine-Tuning The Three-Volume Earth Book

We had established that:

in the original reading order of Poul Anderson's Technic History, Volume I is the van Rijn collection, Trader To The Stars;

however, this collection refers to two earlier exploits of van Rijn;

further, some later-written installments of the History are set even earlier than van Rijn.

In fact, in the chronological order of Baen Books' seven-volume The Technic Civilization Saga, "Hiding Place," the opening story of Trader To The Stars, is the eleventh installment because:

there are three pre-League stories;

not just two but three earlier installments feature van Rijn;

the first two of the three stories in the original Volume II, The Trouble Twisters, are set earlier than "Hiding Place";

two other League stories are set earlier.

I suggested that, before there was a Baen Books' Saga but during the period when the Earth Book had been divided into three volumes, its Volumes I and II could have been read before Trader To The Stars. The best way to do this would be to place five stories in Volume I and six in Volume III. The sixth story, "The Season of Forgiveness," definitely comes after the first Falkayn story in The Trouble Twisters.

Thus:

if the Earth Book remains intact, then we read "Hiding Place" first;
with the Earth Book trisected in the way that I suggest, we can read six installments before "Hiding Place";
with the Saga, we can read all ten earlier installments first.

Am I obsessed about this? Definitely!