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

Korval, not DOI

[charlie russel (from livejournal.com)]

I'm not sure I think there IS a "Big Story". The series title really says it all -- Liaden Universe(r). It's a universe, with characters and events and stories. But if there is one overarching "theme", it is Clan Korval, not the DOI, IMHO. From Jela and the Tree, right up through Theo, Clan Korval is always there. Even the Regencies have Korval at the periphery. So, more Brideshead Revisited than Downton Abbey, since we're dealing with far more than a single generation or two. But really, a far greater vision than either.