tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6256622776580866828..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Intersecting Histories IIKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-27008746720522172952017-02-26T04:12:38.668+00:002017-02-26T04:12:38.668+00:00Kaor, Paul!
Indeed! And the smaller population an...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Indeed! And the smaller population and technology base that implies meant it took the Kirkasanters longer that they otherwise might have needed to regain high technology.<br /><br />The question also arises, what happened to the other exiles led by McCormac? We see no mention of them in the stories set in the Post Imperial Era.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-21883802752216190532017-02-25T17:57:33.312+00:002017-02-25T17:57:33.312+00:00Sean,
Only one ship on Kirksasant: a crucial detai...Sean,<br />Only one ship on Kirksasant: a crucial detail.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-53123133094436323732017-02-25T17:28:13.956+00:002017-02-25T17:28:13.956+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I have speculated that not all the Ae...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I have speculated that not all the Aenean exiles led by Hugh McCormac settled on Kirkasant. Because "Starfog" mentions the ruins of one ship only being studied by the Kirkasanters as they strove to regain higher technology. Also, a planet as metal "heavy" as Kirksasant with a higher than normal radiation level would not have been wholly satisfactory for colonization. In fact, these heavy metals and background radiation levels CHANGED Kirkasanter humans just enough that they could not have children by humans from other planets.<br /><br />We even see speculation in "Starfog" that the ancestors who settled on Kirkasant broke away from a larger fleet. Perhaps one of McCormac's ships became lost to the main fleet. Or there was a dispute and that ship mutinied and left the fleet.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com