Tau Zero should be better known. I read it again recently after many years, I couldn't put it down. It's a pity that more real histories don't end like this:

Tau Zero should be better known. I read it again recently after many years, I couldn't put it down. It's a pity that more real histories don't end like this: "I sure as hell can. Once a crisis is past, once people can manage for themselves ... what better can a king do for them than take off his crown?"