Places Visited
On Imhotep
Olga's Landing old quarter, including the Sign of the Golden Cockbeetle
a single continental forest like the Land of Trees Beyond
sea between the northern continent and the Larboard and Starboard Islands
Naval HQ in the Pyramid in Olga's Landing new quarter
On Daedalus
the capital city, Aurea
Ju Shao's inn perched on a cliff with an infinite view
a prosperous businessman's house in Aurea
Targovi's van parked in the outback
Olaf Magnusson's home in a terraformed tract facing primeval Daedalus
the veterans' colony at Paz de la Frontera
the Highroad River
Zacharia, an island in the Phosphoric Ocean
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Here I will do what I should have done earlier, and quote exactly what Anderson had written to me about the origins of THE GAME OF EMPIRE. From a letter dated "Summer Solstice 1985,"
Anderson wrote, replying to a letter in which I discussed GAME: "In fact, originally it was supposed to be only a novella, part of a package meant to include a role-playing game based on the Flandry stories. When that fell through, I just went ahead and let the yarn proceed however it wanted to."
I was interested to rediscover that at one time there was some interest in developing a role playing game based on the Flandry STORIES in general, not just THE GAME OF EMPIRE.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
That is very helpful information.
When Anderson was asked to contribute to a role-playing game and also to a juvenile anthology, this resulted in interesting additions to the Technic History.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Thanks! And I agree, these chance written stories turned out to be unexpectedly important additions to the Technic series.
One thing about THE GAME OF EMPIRE has long niggled at me, tho! Why don't we see Chives in that story? Or at least some explanation for that omission. We know from A STONE IN HEAVEN that he was aging and no longer quite as healthy as he used to be. So, did Chives die some time in the five or six years between STONE and GAME? Or even retire at last to Shalmu? I wish I had thought of asking Anderson about that in the letter he was replying to.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
I think we should infer that Chives has quietly died.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
That is probably the simplest reason for why we see nothing about Chives in GAME. Or, if Had thought of asking Anderson, he might well have exclaimed "Why didn't I think of that?!"
Ad astra! Sean
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