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Genesis is a 2000 hard-SF novel by the prolific U.S. writer Poul
Anderson, the 2001 winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. The
book’s action occurs intermittently over a billion years or so, and
is a bit hard to explain, but the narrative features several
alterna-historical interludes.
Eugene Ipavec 06 Aug 2010
One of these alterna-historical interludes involves a
timeline in which the Great Schism was resolved in the late 15th century by a
decentralization of power from Rome, the upside of which is that there is never
a Reformation or a Thirty Years’ War, and Germany replaces both
France and Britain as the dominant cultural power of Europe.
Eugene Ipavec 06 Aug 2010
image by Eugene Ipavec 06 Aug 2010
The scene takes place in a 1904 York, England, as a German-dominated Europe is engaged in a ruinous war against a Russian-led rebellion in the east. Pg.194, first Tor hardback ed.:
a flag above a post office (?) [sic], fluttering in the wind, displayed a cross of St. Andrew on which was superimposed a two-headed gold eagle.I guess a German/Scottish dynasty?
The irony is that a double-headed eagle on a
St Andrew’s Cross would make more sense
as one of the Russian flags!
James Dignan, 07 Aug 2010
Another interlude takes place in a timeline where the Americas were colonized by the Chinese. Pg. 198:
Shaven-headed men in yellow robes walked after, flanked by horsemen from which pennons streamed scarlet and gold.Eugene Ipavec 06 Aug 2010
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