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1、TRIPLANETARYFirstserializedin"ASTOUNDING,"Sep'37-Feb'38;Firstbook,FantasyPresshardbound,1950;BOOKONEDAWNCHAPTER1ARISIAANDEDDORETwothousandmillionorsoyearsagotwogalaxieswerecolliding;or,rather;werepassingthrougheachother.Acoupleofhundredsofmillionsofyearseithe
2、rwaydonotmatter,sinceatleastthatmuchtimewasrequiredfortheinter-passage.Ataboutthatsametime-withinthesameplusorminustenpercentmarginoferror,itisbelievedpracti-callyallofthesunsofboththosegalaxiesbecamepossessedofplanets.Thereismuchevidencetosupportthebelieftha
3、titwasnotmerelyacoincidencethatsomanyplanetscameintobeingataboutthesametimeasthegalacticinter-passage.Anotherschoolofthoughtholdsthatitwaspurecoincidence;thatallsunshaveplanetsasnaturallyandasinevitablyascatshavekittens.Bethatasitmay,Arisianrecordsareclearupo
4、nthepointthatbeforethetwogalaxiesbegantocoalesce,therewerenevermorethanthreesolarsystemspresentineither;andusuallyonlyone.Thus,whenthesunoftheplanetuponwhichtheirraceoriginatedgrewoldandcool,theArisianswerehardputtoittopreservetheirculture,sincetheyhadtoworka
5、gainsttimeinsolvingtheengineeringproblemsassociatedwithmovingaplanetfromanoldertoayoungersun.SincenothingmaterialwasdestroyedwhentheEddorianswereforcedintothenextplaneofexistence,theirhistoricalrecordsalsohavebecomeavailable.Thoserecords-foliosandtapesandplay
6、ablediscsofplatinumalloy,resistantindefinitelyeventoEddore'snoxiousatmosphereagreewiththoseoftheArisiansuponthispoint.ImmediatelybeforetheCoalescencebegantherewasone,andonlyone,planetarysolarsystemintheSecondGalaxy;and,untiltheadventofEddore,theSecondGalaxywa
7、sentirelydevoidofintelligentlife.Thusformillionsuponuntoldmillionsofyearsthetworaces,eachthesoleintelligentlifeofagalaxy,perhapsofanentirespace-timecontinuum,remainedcompletelyinignoranceofeachother.BothwerealreadyancientatthetimeoftheCoalescence.Theonlyother
8、respectinwhichthetwoweresimilar,however,wasinthepossessionofmindsofpower.SinceArisiawasEarth-likeincomposition,atmosphere,andclimate,theArisianswereatthattimedistinctlyhumanoid.TheEddoria
