Mark <-- redeacted --> writes:

>      No, it isn't.  Other than having a general Piperesque background,
>      there appear to be no specific details which link the two together.  A
>      sufficiently large crowbar could force the story into the
>      Federation/Empire universe, but it would be forcing.

Yes, "Piper-esque" is a good description.  I finished rereading it last night
and there are no specific TFH references.  This means my mention of the
z'Srauff as one of the TFH non-human races was an error.

There was an interesting comment in the story about the "Fourth World--or
first Interplanetary--War."  I wonder if this sheds any light on our earlier
discussion of the TFH Atomic Wars and the possibility that the Third and/or
Fourth World Wars might have been Interplanetary Wars involving Venus and/or
Mars.  Clearly, much of what Piper had in mind for the "Solar League" universe
of *Lone Star* was similar to the universe of the TFH Federation.

David Johnson                        Net: -- redeacted --
Rockville, Maryland, North America   Web: http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~david
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