Rennhi's And Hloch's Research

We are demonstrating that Poul Anderson's The Earth Book Of Stormgate is an outstanding work not only of future history but also of fictional historiography. Anderson wrote Hloch's introductions - indeed, created the character of Hloch - only in order to bind together one last comprehensive Technic History collection. However, these introductions significantly solidify the History. Rennhi's and Hloch's researches draw on contributions from many other beings:

in the University of Fleurville on Esperance, Rennhi finds a recording of a private correspondence that had been conducted on Earth, preserved by heirs and acquired by a historian;

when Jim Ching settled in Catawrayannis, his descendants kept his notebooks and granted Rennhi access to them;

someone who had been involved in the Ivanhoan Christmas celebration informed Emil Dalmady who relayed the story to his daughter;

van Rijn and Falkayn transferred many data units from the Solar System to Hermes from where Rennhi eventually acquired them, then, by initiating a code-breaking project, retrieved the accounts of Merseia and Mirkhein; 

when the Ythrian ship that had transported van Rijn and Coya Conyon to Mirkheim had been identified, it became possible to acquire further information, including the captain's journal, from Wryfields Choth on Ythri.

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