Monday, 20 October 2025

Everard's Experiences

Where should we go after rereading to the end of Poul Anderson's "Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks"?

In Time Patrolman (two stories), "Ivory..." is followed by "The Sorrow of Odin the Goth."

In The Time Patrol (nine), "Ivory..." is followed by "The Sorrow...," then by two other installments.

In Time Patrol (ten), "Ivory..." is followed by "The Sorrow...," then by three others.

In Manse Everard's experience, "Ivory..." is directly followed by The Shield Of Time, PART ONE.

The narratives become more elaborate. The Shield..., PART TWO, is divided into chapters with the headings:

1985 A. D.
209 B. C.
1987 A. D.
209 B. C.
976 B. C.
209 B. C.
1987 A. D.
209 B. C.
1988 A. D.
209 B. C.
1902 A. D.
1985 A. D.

209 A. D. is Everard's pursuit of the last Exaltationists in Bactria. The other dates are various "earlier" events except 1902 A. D. which is "later."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kaor, Paul!

I'm feeling vexed and frustrated! I somehow managed to misplace my copy of THE SHIELD OF TIME. I simply don't know what happened to it!

Ad astra! Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Sean,

That happens to me. Then the book shows up. If it doesn't, you should be able to get another one.

Paul.