Two Periods In Two Future Histories

Poul Anderson's Psychotechnic History would fit into two omnibus volumes, the first beginning with "Marius" and ending with "Brake," the second beginning with "Gypsy" and ending with "The Chapter Ends."

Although Anderson's Technic History needs more than two volumes, it also divides into two sections, the first beginning with "The Saturn Game" and ending with "Rescue on Avalon," the second beginning with "The Star Plunderer" and ending with "Starfog."

Important characters live in each of these periods. Etienne Fourre is active in "Marius" and remembered in "Brake." Trevelyan Micah stands out in the later Psychotechnic period. And it should not be necessary at this stage to name the major characters in each of the two Technic History periods.