On extra-solar colony planets like Nerthus, the settlers scatter and dwell apart but are not isolated because they have telescreens and gravity fliers. This fits with what we were told about Nerthus in "The Acolytes" and "The Green Thumb." The Nerthusian natives, also described accurately, are no longer concealed in the forest but prefer to live in their own unmechanized quarter of Stellamont where green six-legged "ponies" pull carts.
The Comet bar on the edge of the quarter joins our list of Andersonian taverns. A Coordinator joins forces with Nomads who are on the same quest.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
One way of saving the appearances would be for "The Acolytes" and 'The Green Thumb" to have occurred either earlier or later than THE PEREGRINE.
Ad astra! Sean
They cannot be later because the Nerthusians are no longer hiding in THE PEREGRINE.
Kaor, Paul!
Then these two short stories should be set before THE PEREGRINE.
Ad astra! Sean
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