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Contents
Chronology[]
Assumption: use of years without qualification, etc., in source means Earth years
Consider Phlebas[]
14th century CE
| GCU's in the first 4 years of the war | Chapter 2 |
| 1327, official start of war. | The war, briefly |
| 1375, official end of war. | The war, briefly |
Excession[]
Late 19th century CE.
| 500 years after the Idiran-Culture War | Chapter 11.5 |
Matter[]
Late 19th, early 20th century CE
| Mentions the Idiran-Culture War took place hundreds of years ago. | Chapter 16 |
| Mentions reveal of Sleeper Service' secret fleet, 20+ years after Excession | Chapter 20 |
The State of the Art[]
Starts in late 1976 CE.
| Arbitrary been at Earth six months by spring of 1977 CE. | Chapter 2.1 |
The Player of Games[]
Late 20th century
| Limiting Factor built 716 years earlier in closing stages of Idiran-Culture War | Chapter 2 |
Use of Weapons[]
Sometime in the late 21st century
| Send a stalling letter to Petrain (Assumption that its Petrain's request to Sma from The State of the Art) | Chapter 2 |
| An Idiran hand cannon is very old and quite rare. | Chapter 6 |
Look to Windward[]
Late 22nd century CE
| 803 years after the Battle of the Twin Novae | Chapter 1 |
| War ended nearly 800 years previously. | Chapter 1 |
| Mentions disappearance of Grey Area, Excession | Chapter 11 |
Recent history[]
| Year (relative) | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | Ziller goes into exile Stops completing full-length pieces |
Chapter 5, 3 |
| +? | Ziller settles on Masaq', occurs before the first Equalitarian President on Chel | Chapter 5 |
| +7 | Equalitarian President elected on Chel | Chapter 5 |
| +9 | Start of the Caste War | Chapter 5 |
| Year (relative) | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| -0 | The "present" in the book, commissioned to compose symphony for battle memorial. Symphony described as first full-length work since exile. Also first premiered off Chel |
Chapter 3, 14 |
| -7 | Ziller moves to Masaq' | Chapter 12 |
| -11 | Ziller's last symphony | Chapter 14 |
The upper bound of the "present" is +14 (from +?/+7 and -7.)
The lower bound of the "present" is +9 (from +9.) (Although from the vague times given for the progression of the Chelgrian revenge plot, there should be a bunch of weeks/months added)
Corollary: Ziller's last symphony was between +0-2 and +0 (+0, +9, and -11.) Doesn't help the above, unless only symphonies are full-length works.
Surface Detail[]
Sometime in or after 29th century
| Idiran-Culture War occurred 1500 years ago. | Chapter 3 |
| "Chel debacle" happened 600 years ago. (Assumption that its the Chelgrian civil war of Look to Windwards) | Chapter 9 |