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Alliance/Union books
Below is her Janeness' list of Alliance/Union books in chronological reading order, not published order. Though this was requested elsewhere, I'm creating it as its own topic so it's easier to find. Enjoy!
Events leading up to the First Company War: Hinder Stars
Alliance Rising
Events leading up to the Second Company War: Sol System
Heavy Time
Hellburner
End of the second war:
Downbelow Station
Sol Post War: Sol's expansion toward Ursa Major stars rather than Barnard's (Tau Ceti)
The Pride of Chanur
Chanur's Venture
The Kif Strike Back
Chanur's Homecoming
Chanur's Legacy
Union Post War:
Forty Thousand in Gehenna
Cyteen (Also published in three pb volumes: The Betrayal,The Rebirth, The Vindication)
Regenesis
Alliance Post War:
Merchanter's Luck
Rimrunners
Tripoint
Finity's End
Way down the timeline, loosely related, if you squint
Brothers of Earth
Hunter of Worlds
Serpent's Reach
Faded Sun: Kesrith
Faded Sun: Shon'Jir
Faded Sun: Kutath
Morgaine Books
Gate of Ivrel
Well of Shiuan
Fires of Azeroth
Exile's Gate
Rider at the Gate
Cloud's Rider
Port Eternity
Voyager in Night
Cuckoo's Egg
Hammerfall
Forge of Heaven
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Thanks for bringing this over!
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""Sol Post War: Sol's expansion toward Ursa Major stars rather than Barnard's (Tau Ceti)""
Just curious as to where this info came from. Is there a reference in the books somewhere? If so I've missed it, and it's the sort of detail I do like collecting. 
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Double posting because I’ve just realised that ‘Angel with the Sword’ is missing from the list. It’s historical background is Union-side, and from the reference material it contains, I’d put it in the timeline after the Mri Wars period of the Faded Sun books. Just my 2 cents worth.
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Surtac wrote:
""Sol Post War: Sol's expansion toward Ursa Major stars rather than Barnard's (Tau Ceti)""
Just curious as to where this info came from. Is there a reference in the books somewhere? If so I've missed it, and it's the sort of detail I do like collecting.
I'm assuming it’s from that one reference (in Cyteen iirc) to life found in the other direction, although I don’t have the exact quote handy. It does seem to require a leap of assumption....
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Yeah. The other direction, ie. away from Alliance at Pell and Union beyond there is fairly clear, but I don't recall ever seeing a specific reference to Ursa Major before. I'll have to go looking again in Cyteen and 40K.
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Tully made some mention of the general topic as I recall?
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Tully made some mention of the general topic as I recall?
The only thing I found that Tully said is that there were three human governments. I've looked for any other references in my last couple of read through's and that's all I found.
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I checked the Cyteen reference - it only mentions ‘the far side of Sol’, and nothing more specific. There’s a comment in the Chanur books (Jik musing to himself iirc) about Tully’s faction of humanity being ‘the tail of the animal’ or some such. I’ll dig out the exact reference.
Meanwhile, does anyone know what the status of the mooted official Alliance-Union history is? Or should I just restart and keep working on my own version? I think I’ll do that anyway.
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I checked the Cyteen reference - it only mentions ‘the far side of Sol’, and nothing more specific. There’s a comment in the Chanur books (Jik musing to himself iirc) about Tully’s faction of humanity being ‘the tail of the animal’ or some such. I’ll dig out the exact reference.
Meanwhile, does anyone know what the status of the mooted official Alliance-Union history is? Or should I just restart and keep working on my own version? I think I’ll do that anyway.
Do you have a copy of "The Company Wars"? It's an 8 page article that came with the game of the same name, with a lot of background on A/U.
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