The Technic Civilization Saga, Volume III,
Rise Of The Terran Empire, collects six works, only three falling before the Afterword to the
Earth Book and only two of those from the
Earth Book itself. "Wingless," about David Falkayn's grandson and set during the colonization of the Hesperian Islands on Avalon, is written by Judith Dalmady/Lundgren whereas "Rescue on Avalon," which features an ancestor of Christopher Holm/Arinnian and is set during the colonization of the Coronan continent, is written by A. A. Craig. These two short stories, concluding the
Earth Book, are preceded by
Mirkheim, the last van Rijn/Falkayn/trader team novel, which has no introduction.
Hloch's Afterword to the Earth Book is immediately followed by Donvar Ayeghen's Introduction to "The Star Plunderer." Hloch completes the story of the Polesotechnic League. Ayeghen is the President of a much later Galactic Archeological Society. "The Star Plunderer" is about Manuel Argos, the Founder of the Terran Empire, which Ayeghen calls the First Empire. Thus, we have now reached the major turning point of the Technic History. Hloch lives in the period of the Terran Empire but collects stories from pre-Imperial periods. As such, he is a transitional character.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Strictly speaking, MIRKHEIM does have an Introduction, a Prologue giving us some basic information about the star whose supernova explosion made the superjovian orbiting it become Mirkheim. There was no real need for a preface by Hloch.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
But a Prologue is not an Introduction. There would be no preface by Hloch because MIRKHEIM is not in the EARTH BOOK.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I know, but you SEEMED to have stressed how MIRKHEIM has no introduction by Hloch. And that made me remember the Prologue to that book.
Ad astra! Sean
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