The technic history stories embrace a single future history including the Polesotechnic league, followed by the Terran Empire and eventually a "long night". Key characters include Nicholas van Rijn, Christopher Holm, David Falkayn and Dominic Flandry. Titles are listed here by their internal chronology.
Polesotechnic League
War of the Wing-Men (heavily edited original book publication); later issued with the author's preferred text and title as The Man Who Counts (1958). Stranded on an alien planet, facing starvation, Van Rijn's only hope of survival is to end an eternal war between furry "Wingmen".
Trader to the Stars (1964) (Prometheus Award), collects:
"Hiding Place" (1961)
"Territory" (1963)
"The Master Key" (1964)
The Trouble Twisters (features David Falkayn, not Van Rijn) (1966), collects:
"The Three-Cornered Wheel" (1963)
"A Sun Invisible" (1966)
"The Trouble Twisters" (also known as "Trader Team") (1965)
Satan's World (1969)
The Earth Book of Stormgate (many stories do not feature Van Rijn) (1978). It collects:
"Wings of Victory" (1972)
"The Problem of Pain" (1973)
"How to be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson" (1974)
"Margin of Profit" (1956)
"Esau" (also known as "Birthright") (1970)
"The Season of Forgiveness" (1973)
The Man Who Counts (first appearance of the unedited version of War of the Wing-Men) (1958)
"A Little Knowledge" (1971)
"Day of Burning" (also known as "Supernova") (1967)
"Lodestar" (1973)
"Wingless" (also known as "Wingless on Avalon") (1973)
"Rescue on Avalon" (1973)
Terran Empire
The Imperial Stars (2000), collects:
Ensign Flandry (1966)
A Circus of Hells (1970)
The Rebel Worlds (1969)
The Day of Their Return (does not feature Flandry) (1973)
Agent of the Terran Empire (1965), collects:
"Tiger by the Tail" (1951)
"The Warriors From Nowhere" (1954)
"Honorable Enemies" (1951)
"Hunters of the Sky Cave" (also known as "A Handful of Stars" and We Claim These Stars) (1959)
Flandry of Terra (1965), collects:
"The Game of Glory" (1958)
"A Message in Secret" (also known as Mayday Orbit) (1959)
"The Plague of Masters" (also known as "A Plague of Masters" and Earthman, Go Home!) (1960)
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (1974)
A Stone in Heaven (1979)
The Game of Empire (features a daughter of Flandry) (1985)
The Long Night
The Long Night (1983), collects:
"The Star Plunderer" (1952)
"Outpost of Empire" (1967)
"A Tragedy of Errors" (1967)
"The Sharing of Flesh" (1968) (Hugo, Nebula)
"Starfog" (1967)
The Night Face (1978). Previously published as Let the Spacemen Beware! (1963). Expanded from the 1960 novelette "A Twelvemonth and a Day".
Omnibus reprints
(Omnibus reprints of the Nicholas van Rijn and Dominic Flandry series by Baen Books)
The Van Rijn Method (2008), collects:
"The Saturn Game" (1981)
"Wings of Victory" (1972)
"The Problem of Pain" (1973)
"Margin of Profit" (1956)
"How to Be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson" (1974)
"The Three-Cornered Wheel" (1963)
"A Sun Invisible" (1966)
"The Season of Forgiveness" (1973)
"The Man Who Counts" (1958)
"Esau" (also known as "Birthright") (1970)
"Hiding Place" (1961)
David Falkayn: Star Trader (2009), collects
"Territory" (1963)
"Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose" (1966)
"The Trouble Twisters" (also known as "Trader Team") (1965)
