Poul Anderson
The Technic History: "Starfog," civilizations in two or three spiral arms.
The Polesotechnic League: "The Chapter Ends," humanity leaves Earth.
If "The Chapter Ends" is disputed: The Peregrine, a Coordinator joins the Nomads.
Twilight World: Epilogue, descendants of mutants terraform the outer satellites.
Robert Heinlein
The Future History: Orphans Of The Sky, the fate of the first interstellar spaceship.
James Blish
The Seedling Stars: "Watershed," Adapted Men colonize the changed Earth.
Larry Niven
Known Space: "Safe At Any Speed," a short feel-good ad when human beings are becoming genetically lucky.
It is as if an editor had asked these four authors to write short culminations for these six series.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
There's also the culmination of Cordwainer Smith's not quite finished Instrumentality of Mankind future history: The Rediscovery of Man and reemergence of the Old Strong Religion.
Ad astra! Sean
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