The Last Viking Trilogy, historical fiction;
the Time Patrol series, historical science fiction;
The King Of Ys Tetralogy (with Karen Anderson), historical fantasy;
the History of Technic Civilization, a science fiction future history.
This is in no way a complete list.
In recent posts, we have followed the question of narrative points of view from the Time Patrol to the Technic History but have not escaped from historical processes. In "The Sorrow of Odin the Goth," Huns and Goths were migrating while the Roman Empire was divided and converted to Christianity. In A Circus Of Hells, the Merseian Roidhunate is expanding in every direction except where it is barred by the Terran Empire which however is withdrawing from outlying planetary systems like a receding tide. We do not know what will happen next but we do know that there will be change.
In historic Lancaster, it is raining and also the day of the annual Green Fair.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
What happened in 395, besides the death of Theodosius I, was the permanent division of the Empire into two Roman realms.
A CIRCUS OF HELLS is also about Flandry's determination to take steps that would stop the Terran Empire from weakly letting of Irumclaw in a generation or so. Because abandoning the planet would gravely weaken the Empire, the loss of that anchor point would force the evacuation of an entire frontier for parsecs. Merseia would eagerly move in!
Ad astra! Sean
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