Originallywrittenoveraperiodfromabout1979totheearly1980s,thefirstinthetrilogywasinspiredbythetheatreoftheabsurdandfocusedonthenatureofhumanrelationshipsacrossthefabricofspace-time.Thesecond,writteninthelate1980sandthefollowingearly1990s,wasfocusedonrepercussionsofeventsacrossspace-time;andthenthethird,writtenin2000andafter,moreorlessconcludesthetrilogywithelementsoftheprecedingtwointerwovenandcomingtogripswiththevicissitudesoflife.