More Beginnings Than You Can Shake A Stick At (Assuming That's Your Idea Of A Good Time, Of Course)

"Wings of Victory" (1972), introduced by Hloch, is the beginning of human-Ythrian interaction.

"The Three-Cornered Wheel," (1963) introduced by an excerpt from Vance Hall's Commentaries on the Philosophy of Noah Arkwright, is the beginning of David Falkayn's career in the Polesotechnic League.

"The Trouble Twisters," (1965) introduced by an excerpt from the diary of Urwain the Wide-Faring,is the beginning of van Rijn's first trade pioneer crew, led by Fallayn.

"Day of Burning," (1967) introduced by Hloch, is the beginning of anti-Terran sentiment on Merseia.

Mirkheim is the beginning of the end of the Polesotechnic League!

"How To Be Ethnic In One Easy Lesson," (1974) introduced by Hloch, is the beginning of James Ching's career in the League and "Esau," (1970) also introduced by Hloch, is the beginning of Emil Dalmady's career as a van Rijn-sponsored entrepreneur. Neither of these stories initiates a series but, in both cases, Hloch imparts some subsequent information.

"Wingless," (1973) and "Rescue on Avalon," (1973), both introduced by Hoch, are the beginnings of two successive stages of human-Ythrian colonization of Avalon.

"A Tragedy of Errors," (1968), introduced by an unsigned italicized passage, is the beginning of some important interstellar alliances during the Long Night.

"Starfog," (1967) is the beginning of a period of immense wealth in the civilization of the Commonalty.