the ancestors on Ythri;
the founders on Avalon;
their descendants until Rennhi's time.
Rennhi's son, Hloch, wrote The Earth Book Of Stormgate which we read as one volume of Poul Anderson's History of Technic Civilization. It covers:
the Discovery, i.e., first contact with Terrans;
Ythrian-human exploration of Avalon;
other pre-colonization human activities;
the World-Taking, i.e., the two-stage human-Ythrian colonization of Avalon.
Thus, Hloch's volume covers more than the history of a single choth and recounts events on several planets other than Ythri or Avalon. Some time in the past year, I examined Hloch's reasons for including each of the narratives that he chose for the Earth Book and found that they were more relevant than they seemed.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
But Hloch did not quite write THE EARTH BOOK. Rather, he compiled it from different sources and added some editorial/explanatory comments.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
You are right but the word "write" is used in the text so I just went with that.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Aw, I'm being persnickety! I know "write" can be legitimately used in broader senses as well as the more strictly literal definition.
Ad astra! Sean
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