A Flandry Tetralogy

Poul Anderson's "A Handful of Stars" (1959) was lengthened as We Claim These Stars! (1959), then re-entitled "Hunters of the Sky Cave." At the beginning of "Hunters...," Flandry, in the Solar System, says that he has returned Home after the Nyanza business, i.e., after the events of "The Game of Glory." (1958) A few pages later, Aycharaych says:

"'Congratulations upon your handling of l'affaire Nyanza... We are going to miss A'u on our side.'"
-Poul Anderson, Sir Dominic Flandery: The Last Knight Of Terra (New York, 2012), p. 160 -

- thus confirming that the events of "...Glory" immediately preceded those of "Hunters..."

Early in "...Glory," Flandry "...discovered how to lie to a telepath." -Poul Anderson, Captain Flandry: Defender Of The Terran Empire (New York, 2010), p. 303. Thus, the entire contents of "Honorable Enemies," (1951) Flandry's first meeting with Aycharaych, occur between the beginning and the end of "...Glory."

In "Honorable Enemies," Flandry is referred to as "'...the single-handed conqueror of Scothania...'" -Captain Flandry, p. 280. This happened in "Tiger by the Tail." (1951)

Thus, these four works:

"Tiger by the Tail" (1951)
"Honorable Enemies" (1951)
"The Game of Glory" (1958)
"Hunters of the Sky Cave" (1959)

- form a continuous tetralogy although they are not presented as such in the Chronology of Technic Civilization. Flandry captures Aycharaych at the end of "Hunters..." but the Merseians insist on a prisoner exchange, so the story of Flandry versus Aycharaych continues.

Introductions V

Of the three novels collected in The Technic Civilization Saga, Volume IV, Young Flandry, by Poul Anderson:

the first is introduced by excerpts from a space pilots' manual describing the planet Starkad;
the second is not introduced;
the third is introduced by an untitled, unattributed passage narrated by a Didonian composite intelligence.

Of the six works collected in Volume V, Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire:

one is preceded by Job iv, 12-16;
the others are not introduced.

Of the four works collected in Volume VI, Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra:

one is introduced by an untitled, unattributed, italicized passage in which an inhabitant of the planet Dennitza reflects on the events of the novel;
the others are not introduced.

Of the six works collected in Volume VII, Flandry's Legacy:

two are introduced by Poul Anderson and one of these is also preceded by maps;
one is introduced by an italicized passage quoting the then King of England's remark to Sir Christopher Wren about St Paul's Cathedral;
the others are not introduced.