Saturday, 16 September 2023

Three Sub-Series

Poul Anderson's History of Technic Civilization was published 1951-1985. This post focuses on three sub-series:

Captain Flandry (mostly 1950s)
"Tiger by the Tail" (January, 1951)
"Honorable Enemies" (May, 1951)
"The Game of Glory" (March, 1958)
"A Message in Secret" (December, 1959)
"A Plague of Masters" (December, 1960-January, 1961)
"A Handful of Stars" (June, 1959)
"The Ambassadors of Flesh" (Summer, 1954)
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (1974)

Young Flandry (mostly 1960s)
Ensign Flandry (October, 1966)
"The White King's War" (October, 1969)
A Circus of Hells (1970) (incorporates "The White King's War")
The Rebel Worlds (1969)

Ythrians (1972-'73)
"Wings of Victory" (April, 1972)
"The Problem of Pain" (February, 1973)
"Lodestar" (1973)
"Wingless" (July, 1973)
"Rescue on Avalon" (1973)
The People of the Wind (February-April, 1973)
The Day Of Their Return (1973)

Young Flandry is a prequel to Captain Flandry.

The Day Of Their Return is a sequel to The Rebel Worlds.

"The Problem of Pain" incorporates information about Aeneas that had been introduced in The Rebel Worlds.

The reading order is:

Ythrians except The Day Of Their Return
Young Flandry
The Day Of Their Return
Captain Flandry

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