Early in Orcadia was first published in 1987, and consists of five
stories, set hundreds of years apart in time and dealing with
different characters, but connected by their location in a
particular corner of Orkney during the period known as the Stone
Age. Mitchison links them formally by interpolating passages of
fact and explanation between the fictional episodes, and by
speculating in her own voice about what happened in prehistory, as
far as it can be known from archaeological research, and how it
fits in with the world of today. The slightly awkward jumps from
one story to the next indicate that the development of the human
race was not a completely smooth and seamless process. There must
have been significant moments when a highly important discovery or
invention took place. The structure of the book is demonstrating
its theme - that there are sudden advances but just one story
running from the earliest times to the present day, and it is the
story of humankind. From the Introduction.
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