Curious writer is curious

[rolanni]

One of the interesting things about writing in a large-ish universe for, oh, a quarter-century, is that you're pretty often meeting people who have read your work (or, even more interestingly, haven't read your work), and who have formed opinions about the plot-line, the characters, the theme, the authors' childhoods, and adult proclivities. .
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That being so, and because  people will say things either to me or within my hearing, I find myself with a question, which I will now throw out to you, the readers of the Liaden Universe®:

What is, in your opinion, the Big Story (also known as the Real Story) of the Liaden Universe® novels?

There are no right answers, or wrong answers.  Curious author is, as advertised above, curious.

Comments

[muirecan.livejournal.com]

The story? Hmm, Change and adapting to change. That is what Korval does dance at the heart of the storm of change and survive. But that point of view is probably a bit esoteric for most.

I suppose one could look on it as Clan Korval and finally ending their longest running contract. That's one story. Or maybe Clan Korval versus the Department of the Interior, that is another story. It could be the growth of this splinter/seed universe after the refugee's arrive. It could be Clan Korval versus the Sheraika's [sorry didn't stop to check spelling on that. :p ]. Actually the last might be considered the BIG story of the series.

But really to me the universe and its books are a back drop to tell many stories in. Its like asking what is The Story of Andre Norton's space universe? She used a generally commonish setting to tell many stories in. And with a bit of work most of them can be crammed into one or two universes.

I think the problem is that people some how think that THERE MUST BE A BIG STORY that a series is telling. That is often true but sometimes it isn't sometimes their is no single focus story but a framework universe that exists to tell many stories. By their nature Korval are going to drag the threads of a story to involve them if they brush past. Its just their way of shaking things up.

[muirecan.livejournal.com]

And if that whole thing wasn't clear... ie TL:DR -- Some series have an over reaching story arc others don't.