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

[growlycub.livejournal.com]

What attracted me originally was the tag line 'Regency in Space'. I do think there's an over-arcing big theme which others have already mentioned: change and how different societies, families, individuals do or do not adapt to it.

I'm intrigued by the idea that Korval stands for honor. To me Korval is all about family loyalty at any and all costs which is embodied by Cantra's quote 'can he shoot, will he aim at your enemy?' and which has very little to do with honor as it's commonly defined (as in doing the culturally 'right' thing even if it's detrimental to oneself or one's family).