"History of the Future" - Poul Anderson
The editorial note on p. 28 quotes Poul Anderson as saying that the time chart:
"...is only a bare outline of a much more complex thing."
That is good to know. An sf author always has more background material than he can incorporate into his texts. In this case, this is indicated both by the stories "To be written..." and by the lists of "Events," "Sociology" and "Technology," which Anderson, imitating Heinlein, includes in the chart. There is more detail here than in the charts presented in the much later collected Psychotechnic History editions.
This information should provide material for another post or posts later today but right now I need to finish some coffee and get into town to our vibrant Market Square.
In the name of Cosmos, rendezvous.
1 comment:
The more I study history, the more I become convinced it's unlikely accidents bouncing off each other.
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