[LMB] request for factual help - the timeline

[Dan Tilque]

Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

>> http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FanFic/vortimes.html
>
>  So (A) "Last two digits"
> On 2002-6-2   JJ Brannon wrote:
>
> Vortimes || 2968 Miles born

Where is that from? Definitely not the timeline. The entry for
2773 says, among other things, birth of Miles.

>
> According to p. 232 of _Borders of Infinity_,
> Miles arrive at Dagoola Prison Camp #3 in November '97 Earth
> CE. He is 24 at the time.
> Whatever century he was born in, the last two digits should be
> 73 (or possibly 72 or 74). ==

Miles birthday is considered the date of his placental transfer,
which happens in mid-autumn. The date in BoI is Nov 2 '97, which
could be either before or after his birthday.[1] If it's before,
he was born in '72; after, '73.


There's another correction. The timeline has

c. 2703
New wormhole connection to Barrayar via Komarr discovered. Time
of Isolation ends.

But somewhere in _Barrayar_ Cordelia says that it's been 80 years
since Barrayar has recovered modern tech. So the date of
rediscovery should be about 2693 or about the time Piotr was
born. This contradicts the deductions made in footnote 7 (which
admittedly were not rigorous in the least).


The entire timeline, except for the first couple entries, should
be moved back at least 100 and possibly as much as 300 years. The
timeline gives the ToI as lasting from about 2300 to about 2700,
or 400 years. LMB has said on this list that the ToI lasted
between 500 and 700 years. That should put the end of it between
2800 and 3000.

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Dan Tilque

[1] Assuming that the seasons on Earth and Barrayar are aligned.