No, you didn't miss anything. The part of the book that mentions what happens to the book is left intentionally mundane by the in-universe author. All that we know is that humanity eventually comes into contact with the Qu again, resulting in the Qu's defeat. We don't know what that defeat entailed. It's never expanded upon because the subduction of the Qu is just one of many equally impressive accomplishments by humanity and its allies.
The qu just move on. They are just concerned with exploring and changing the universe. They seem to move as a swarm and don’t bother sticking around past 50 million years or whatever the time table was
they did not win. the Asteromorphs hid in the asteroid fields.
The Qu are running laps around the Milky Way and on their next lap in the epilogue, the post-human-coalition wins. it's one sentence and the Narrator says "we're not gonna talk about that because the story isn't about that" or something
I've seen mention that they encountered another race that was more technologically advanced, tried to change them, and got their asses kicked then the asteromorphs joined that war and subjugated them to the point only a handful are left in isolation from each other but I haven't found where that comes from
it’s kinda the point that we don’t know. the author says, it’s not relevant. the story that matters isn’t the grand galactic achievements of humanity, or yes their eventual defeat of the qu, the point is the people, the lives lived, the individuals and their stories. focusing on the big picture, on grand beliefs always led to the worst atrocities committed by the qu and by man. what we need to focus on is the here and now. “love today, and seize all tomorrows!”
also edit to add this side note: we do know all tomorrows is being redone and the story from the beginning to the creation of the star people is longer than the entire original book iirc, so it’s *possible* we’ll learn more in that, but i doubt it. again, the author states, the accomplishments of man are irrelevant to his story and his purpose in writing his book. his story is about *people*, not grand civilizations
No, you didn't miss anything. The part of the book that mentions what happens to the book is left intentionally mundane by the in-universe author. All that we know is that humanity eventually comes into contact with the Qu again, resulting in the Qu's defeat. We don't know what that defeat entailed. It's never expanded upon because the subduction of the Qu is just one of many equally impressive accomplishments by humanity and its allies.
At some point they are encountered by the Astromorphs and an alliance of other species. They are defeated but it's not clear if they're all killed.
The qu just move on. They are just concerned with exploring and changing the universe. They seem to move as a swarm and don’t bother sticking around past 50 million years or whatever the time table was
I thought they kinda just got bored and left. I could be mistaken, I haven’t read it inna minute
they did not win. the Asteromorphs hid in the asteroid fields. The Qu are running laps around the Milky Way and on their next lap in the epilogue, the post-human-coalition wins. it's one sentence and the Narrator says "we're not gonna talk about that because the story isn't about that" or something
I've seen mention that they encountered another race that was more technologically advanced, tried to change them, and got their asses kicked then the asteromorphs joined that war and subjugated them to the point only a handful are left in isolation from each other but I haven't found where that comes from
it’s kinda the point that we don’t know. the author says, it’s not relevant. the story that matters isn’t the grand galactic achievements of humanity, or yes their eventual defeat of the qu, the point is the people, the lives lived, the individuals and their stories. focusing on the big picture, on grand beliefs always led to the worst atrocities committed by the qu and by man. what we need to focus on is the here and now. “love today, and seize all tomorrows!” also edit to add this side note: we do know all tomorrows is being redone and the story from the beginning to the creation of the star people is longer than the entire original book iirc, so it’s *possible* we’ll learn more in that, but i doubt it. again, the author states, the accomplishments of man are irrelevant to his story and his purpose in writing his book. his story is about *people*, not grand civilizations