In CHAPTER TEN, human beings, a Wodenite and a disguised Tigery travel in a Cynthian riverboat. In CHAPTER ELEVEN, Merseians attack Gorrazan. Thus, these two chapters feature five nonhuman species, all of which have appeared previously in the Technic History. There are no human beings in CHAPTER ELEVEN. This chapter makes clear that the Technic History is a future history not only of human beings but also of Merseians. Qanryf Bryadan Arrowsmith, Vach Hallen, comes from an arctic shore of the Wilwidh Ocean. We sense that the history and geography of Merseia are as real as those of Terra. At the end of this chapter, in the wake of the Merseian attack, a Gorrazanian female sings a lullaby to her dead child. That is happening on Earth now - not to Gorrazanians, of course.
Future history is here and now.
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