Note: Although Foul Anderson was consulted during the preparation of this chart,
he is not responsible for its dating nor any way specifically committed to it.
Stories are listed by their most recently published titles.

21st C     century of recovery

22nd C     interstellar exploration, the Breakup, formation of Commonwealth,
           planting of early colonies including Hermes.
           "Wings of Victory," Analog Science Fiction (cited as ASF), April,
           1972. Ythri discovered.
           discovery of Merseia

23rd C     establishment of Polesotechnic League
           colonization of Aeneas and Altai

24th C     "The Problem of Pain," Fantasy and Science Fiction (cited as F & SF),
           February, 1973.

2376       Nicholas van Rijn born
           colonization of Vixen

2400       Council of Hiawatha
           colonization of Dennitza

2406       David Falkayn born

2416       "Margin of Profit," ASF, September, 1956. (van Rijn)

           "How to Be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson," in Future Quest, ed. Roger
           Elwood, Avon Books, 1974.

----       "Three-Cornered Wheel," ASF, October, 1963. (Falkayn)

stories    "A Sun Invisible," ASF, April, 1966. (Falkayn)
overlap
around
2426       War of the Wing-Men. Ace Books, 1958 as "The Man Who Counts," ASF,
           February-April, 1958. (van Riin)
           See below: The Earth Book of Stormgate

----       "Esau" as "Birthright," ASF, February, 1970. (van Rijn)
2427

           "Hiding Place," ASF, March, 1961. (van Rijn)

           "Territory," ASF, June, 1963. (van Rijn)

           "The Trouble Twisters," as "Trader Team," ASF, July-August, 1965.
           (Falkayn)

           The Trouble Twisters (includes "The Three-Cornered Wheel," "A Sun
           Invisible" and "The Trouble Twisters"), Doubleday, 1966; Berkley
           Books, 1966.

2433       "Day of Burning," as "Supernova," ASF, January, 1967.

           "The Master Key," ASF, July, 1964.

           Trader to the Stars (includes "Hiding Place," "Territory," and "The
           Master Key"). Doubleday, 1964; Berkley Books, 1964.

2437       Satan's World. Doubleday, 1969, and ASF, May-August, 1968; Berkley
           Books. (van Rijn and Falkayn)

           "A Little Knowledge," ASF, August, 1971.

           "The Season of Forgiveness," Boy's Life, December, 1973.

2446       "Lodestar," in Astounding: The John W. CampbeN Memorial Anthology,
           ed. Harry Harrison, Random House, 1973. (van Rijn and Falkayn)

2456       Mirkheim. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977, Berkley Books. (van Rijn and
           Falkayn)

late       settlement of Avalon
25th C

26th C     "Wingless on Avalon," Boy's Life, July, 1973.

           "Rescue on Avalon," in Children of infinity, ed. Roger Elwood,
           Franklin Watts, 1973.

           colonization of Nyanza
           dissolution of Polesotechnic League

           The Earth Book of Stormgate (contains "Wings of Victory," "The
           Problem of Pain," "Margin of Profit," "How to Be Ethnic in One Easy
           Lesson," "The Man Who Counts," "Birthright," "Day of

           Burning," "A Little Knowledge," "The Season of Forgiveness,"
           "Lodestar," "Wingless on Avalon," "Rescue on.Avalon"), G.P.
           Putnam's/Berkley, 1978.

27th C     the Time of Troubles

           "The Star Plunderer," Planet Stories (cited as PS), September, 1952.

28th C     foundation of Terran Empire, Principate phase begins

           "Sargasso of Lost Starships," PS, January, 1952.

29th C     "The People of the Wind". New American Library and ASF, February-April,
           1973.

30th C     the Covenant of Alfzar

3000       Dominic Flandry born

3019       "Ensign Flandry". Chilton, 1966. Abridged version in Amazing (cited as
           Amz), October, 1966.

3021       "A Circus of Hells". New American Library, 1970 (incorporates "The
           White King's War," Galaxy (cited as Gal), October, 1969.

3022       Josip succeeds Georgios as Emperor

3025       "The Rebel Worlds". New American Library, 1969.

3027       "Outpost of Empire," Gal, December, 1967. (non-Flandry)

3028       "The Day of Their Return", Doubleday, 1973. (non-Flandry)

3032       "Tiger by the Tail," PS, January, 1951.
           Flandry is a Captain.

3033       "Honorable Enemies," "Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories",
           May, 1951.

3035       "The Game of Glory," Venture, March, 1958.
           Flandry has been knighted.

3037       "A Message in Secret," as Mayday Orbit. Ace Books, 1961, from short
           version, "A Message in Secret," Fantastic, December, 1959.

3038       "A Plague of Masters," Fantastic, December, 1960-January, 1961 as
           "Earthman, Go Home". Ace Books, 1961.

3040       "Hunters of the Sky Cave," as We Claim These Stars! Ace Books, 1959,
           from abridged version, "A Handful of Stars," Amz, June, 1959.

3041       Molitor succeeds Josip as Emperor after three years of civil war,
           supplants short-lived Imperial relative as Emperor.

3042       "Warriors from Nowhere," as "Ambassadors of Flesh," PS, Summer, 1954.

3047       A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows. New American Library,  1975  and  IF,
           September/October-November/December, 1974.

3054       Hans Molitor dies, succeeded by Dietrich then Gerhart.

3061       "A Stone in Heaven". Ace Books, 1979. Flandry is a Vice Admiral.
           Dominate phase
early 4th  Fall of the Terran Empire
millennium

mid-4th    The Long Night
millennium

3600       A Tragedy of Errors," Gal, February, 1968.

3900       "The Night Face." Ace Books, 1978 as Let the Spacemen Beware! Ace
           Books, 1963 from short version "A Twelvemonth and a Day," Fantastic
           Universe, January, 1960.

4000       "The Sharing of Flesh," Gal, December, 1968.

7100       "Starfog," ASF, August, 1967.

                         --Original chart by Sandra Miesel

Last updated April 27, 2003