The Future History
The first Moon landing. Space travel has begun and will fill Volume II.
The Psychotechnic History
An Un-Man overthrows a dictatorship on Venus. A good period begins, before a decline.
Known Space
Someone is on Pluto. Initial interplanetary exploration is complete but the next question is what has been happening on Earth?
The Technic History
Nicholas van Rijn is introduced. The first major sub-series begins.
Yes. All four of of these future history series are going somewhere. Heinlein's successors go further than he did.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
IIRC, one of the things happening on the Earth of Niven's Known Space series was the rise of a UN which became a world gov't. Of course Niven was writing at a time when some still had some hopes for a UN which had not yet become so corrupt, loathsome, and contemptible.
Ad astra! Sean
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