Saturday 8 February 2020

The Game Of Empire: Some Narrative Summaries

See:

Faces Of War
Battle Sun
Battle Sun And The Milky Way
The Battle At The Red Sun
The Battle At The Red Sun II
The Map Of Daedalus
On The Highroad River I
On The Highroad River II
On The Highroad River III
On The Highroad River IV 
A Narrative With Philosophical And Literary Digressions

2 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I looked up "Faces of War" and I was interested by your discussion of how Anderson chose a different method than usual--assuming the persona of a HISTORIAN for his description of the people at Battle Sun.

Ad astra! Sean

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Another thought I had was to recall how impressed I was, as a boy, by Appendix A of JRR Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS. It was a very convincing fictional "history," and read like it, complete with lists, chronologies, genealogies. I admire the artistry of Tolkien in making Appendix A seem so real, with fictional quotes, abridgings, summaries, etc.

Ad astra! Sean