Theta-Ennea And Stellarosa

"The curator of Oxford...for reasons unrevealed to [Patulcius] currently used the name Theta-Ennea..."

-The Boat Of A Million Years, XIX, 7, p. 480.

Fenn and He'o are approached by a journalist from the Cosmochronicle Service who informs them that her:

"'...current name is Stellarosa...'"

-The Fleet Of Stars, 13, p. 155.

Names that are not only exotic but also merely current suggest social rootlessness. Fictional futures by a single author have common features.

Patulcius began life as Gnaeus Cornelius Patulcius in the Roman Empire. Fenn, born in an AI-dominated age, has a personal name with no surname but also a unique identification number. Poul Anderson's imagination encompasses past and future history. Immortals and time travellers experience both.