Thursday 23 September 2021

Subtleties And Complexities V

The previous post refers directly or indirectly to eleven of the forty three installments of the Technic History or perhaps to twelve of forty four installments if the Earth Book interstitial passages count as an additional installment. They certainly increase our knowledge and enhance our enjoyment by informing us that:

 James Ching settled in Catawrayannis;

children of Emil Dalmady accompanied Falkayn to Avalon;

Judith Dalmady/Lundgren wrote three of the stories in the Earth Book;

Christopher Holm wrote three of the stories;

van Rijn and Falkayn anticipated the Time of Troubles by moving data units from the Solar System to Falkayn's home planet, Hermes.

These passages also introduce the Avalonian Ythrian characters, Renhi and her son Hloch, thus adding immeasurably to the Technic History.

4 comments:

S.M. Stirling said...

Worldbuilding is good occupational therapy for lunatics who think they're God, but Poul imitated a deity far better than most.

It all hangs together.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Mr. Stirling!

I agree, albeit Anderson did make some slips here and there. And thought it desirable to revise some of the stories so they would fit better into the developing Technic worldline.

But even those slips has become material used by fans to debate over and strive to somehow rationalize.

Ad astra! Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

I appreciate these comments especially since I am essentially just repeating what I have said several times before but it always seems fresh.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And I'm enough of an Andersonian fan not to mind those "repetitions"! (Smiles)

Ad astra! Sean