Multiple Narrative Layers II

In "Esau," Nicholas van Rijn recruits young Emil Dalmady from Altai as an entrepreneur. Dalmady's parents had made sacrifices to send him to managerial school offplanet. That is all that we learn about the Dalmadys in any Technic History instalment.

Hloch's introduction to "Esau" tells us that:

some of Dalmady's children moved to Avalon with Falkayn;

one of them, Judith, heard Dalmady's reminiscences in her youth and had a good knowledge of the conditions in his youth;

she wrote "Esau" for the Avalonian magazine, Morgana (named after the Avalonian moon).

"The Season of Forgiveness" recounts an incident on the planet Ivanhoe previously visited by Falkayn.

Hloch's introduction to "The Season of Forgiveness" tells us that:

Emil Dalmady heard of the incident from one of the persons concerned when he was an entrepreneur in that volume of space;

he recounted the incident to Judith who wrote the story for Morgana.

"Wingless" recounts an experience on Avalon of the young Nat Falkayn, grandson of David and Coya and son of Nicholas who had been born near the end of Mirkheim.

Hloch's introduction to "Wingless" tells us that:

this is the last story that Judith Dalmady/Lundgren wrote for Morgana;

she was then in "high old age" but was drawing on fresh memories.

The Earth Book has carried us from Emil Dalmady in his youth to his daughter in her old age, writing about Falkayn's grandson in his youth. 

Finally, The Technic Civilization Saga changes the order of some of the stories so that we are informed that "The Season of Forgiveness" was also written by Judith Dalmady/Lundgren before we have been told that she had written any stories. Hloch's introductions sometimes assume knowledge of what is to come. Everything is disclosed if the Saga is read to its conclusion.