Earth is now called "Terra." (p. 327)
The Baldics have sacked Earth/Terra twice in fifteen years.
The Baldics include Gorzuni who are large, grey, four-armed and horned.
The Gorzuni, used to twice Terran gravity, can soar like John Carter on Mars.
They fire slugs containing sleep-inducing gas in order to capture and enslave.
The Baldic League has occupied the outer Solar System.
The Commonwealth government is "...hiding or nonexistent." (p. 331)
Many human extra-solar colonists have become barbaric and have joined the League.
Hermes and Nuevo Mexico will not have gone barbaric.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteI did find it hard to think the Gorzuni could SOAR unassisted like John Carter on Barsoom! But this was a very early story by Anderson, written at a tine when we should understand him to be still learning how to write. Anderson soon learned how to avoid such implausibilities.
Ad astra! Sean