After
"The Master Key," the focus shifts. We now see not only people
within the Polesotechnic League but also the problems
of the League. Thus, although the institution survives an external threat in
Satan's World, its internal problems multiply through "A Little Knowledge" and "Lodestar" and reach a crescendo in
Mirkheim, the first instalment to be collected in Volume III,
Rise Of The Terran Empire. And
that is
our last sight of the League. In fact, the title of Volume III warns readers of a change of historical periods although both League and Empire are regarded as phases of Technic civilization and that civilization will last until the Fall of the Terran Empire some time in Volume VII,
Flandry's Legacy, the Fall to be followed by the Long Night, then by later civilizations. The Technic History is so internally interconnected that it is difficult to refer to one of its parts without referring to every other part. However, I find Volumes I-III particularly intricate and organic.
2 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I thought the idea of carnivorous herbivores in SATAN'S WORLD esp. interesting because of how counterintuitive that seems.
Ad asta! Sean
I have read that herbivores like cows or deer will eat small animals that they find dead. Meat is relatively easy to digest.
The hard part for a herbivore to add meat in substantial quantities to its diet is developing the adaptations to catch prey or chase off other animals from carcasses it might scavenge.
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