Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Seven Other Careers In The Technic History

Poul Anderson's Technic History includes some full biographies and a few that we can reconstruct in part.

Nicholas van Rijn
spaceman
Master Merchant, Polesotechnic League
founder and director of Solar Spice & Liquors
leading League independent
later, expedition leader (maybe)

James Ching
student
League apprentice
spaceman
diarist
retired in Catawrayannis

Emil Dalmady
from Altai
Solar Spice & Liquors factor on Suleiman
trainee entrepreneur
entrepreneur
father of Judith who went to Avalon with Falkayn and wrote in Morgana

John Ridenour
xenologist on Starkad, then Freehold

Chunderban Desai
earlier diplomatic posts
delegate to negotiations to end the Jihannath crisis
High Commissioner of the planet, Aeneas, after the McCormac Rebellion
later, guest lecturer at the Diplomatic Academy on Terra
retirement on Ramanujan to study Imperial history

Roan Tom
star rover
bandit or hero
maker of interstellar alliances

Daven Laure
Ranger of the Commonalty

They fade away into the further future.

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