Wednesday, 29 December 2021

From Coya Falkayn To Dominic Flandry

Part of the reason for getting back into Mirkheim this time was to see what happened next with the members of the trade pioneer crew, including Coya who is back on stage at the end of Chapter XVIII bearing Nicholas Falkayn and conversing with Nicholas van Rijn. This is where the future historical narrative accelerates:

in Mirkheim, Coya bears Nicholas Falkayn;

in "Wingless," Nicholas Falkayn has a son, Nathaniel (Nat), during the colonization of the Hesperian Islands on Avalon;

in "Rescue on Avalon," Ivar Holm works in Andromeda Rescue Station Four during the colonization of the Coronan continent on Avalon;

in "The Star Plunderer," Manuel Argos leads a slave revolt and proclaims the Terran Empire;

in "Sargasso of Lost Starships," the Terran Empire annexes the colonized planet, Ansa;

in The People Of The Wind, Christopher Holm and Tabitha Falkayn marry when they and others have prevented Imperial annexation of Avalon;

from the Young Flandry Trilogy to Flandry's Legacy, Dominic Flandry defends the Terran Empire which is succeeded by later human interstellar civilizations.

That briefly summarizes the contents of The Technic Civilization Saga, Volumes III-VII.

5 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

and we should understand "Sargasso" as a fiction written centuries after Manuel Argos' time, a story set by a later writer in the Early Empire. A fiction within the fiction.

Happy New Year! Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Sean,

The Empire did annex Ansa but the Black Nebula is probably fiction.

Paul.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And many real world fictions also make mention of actual historical and current events. Which is how we should understand that annexation of Ansa in "Sargasso."

Happy New Year! Sean

S.M. Stirling said...

It’s probably a metaphor for a ‘consider the alternative’ reconciliation to membership in the empire. For want of a better, as the French saying goes.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Mr. Stirling!

Yes, that's another way of understanding or interpreting "Sargasso." Because some means would have to be found that would not make it too difficult to include that story in the Technic series.

Happy New Year! Sean