Future Histories: Structural Differences

Poul Anderson's Technic History and Larry Niven's Known Space History each incorporate entire sub-series about individual characters whereas Robert Heinlein's original five-volume Future History and Anderson's Psychotechnic History do not. 

In Heinlein's Future History, several seminal characters appear only once:

Pinero the Charlatan;

Rhysling, Blind Singer of the Spaceways;

Dahlquist, hero of the Space Patrol,

Lazarus Long, the Senior (oldest member of the human race).

All of these characters die except Long who maybe won't.

DD Harriman, "The Man Who Sold The Man," also appeared and died in a single short story but then Heinlein wrote a prequel recounting how Harriman had sold the Moon.

In the Psychotechnic History, the important characters, Etienne Fourre, and Trevelyan Micah, each appear twice and that's it.

We need hardly again list the exploits of the Technic History and Known Space continuing characters.

Coughing and sneezing, I will not venture out through the rain to a meeting but might just read instead of blogging.

Ad futurum.