Friday, 23 October 2020

Seven Future History Beginnings

Wells and Stapledon: future historical text books that summarize current world affairs before moving into the future.

Heinlein: four stories about technological advances.

Anderson's Psychotechnic History: rapid socio-technological recovery from World War III.

Anderson's Technic History: four stories covering interplanetary and interstellar exploration, first contact and interstellar trade.

Niven: four stories about interplanetary exploration.

Cherryh: a chapter summarizing interplanetary and interstellar exploration, first contact and the beginning of interstellar trade.

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1 comment:

  1. Sean M. Brooks23 October 2020 at 15:54

    Kaor, Paul!

    There's also Stirling's Draka and Lords of Creation books, showing us very different histories in parallel universes. And Pournelle's Co-Dominium timelime.

    Ad astra! Sean

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