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

[hapaxnym.livejournal.com]

Chiming in VERY late, but it's an interesting question, so I'll toss in my two cents:

I've always considered the over-arching Story to be Jelaza Kazone. That is, the Tree, and through its relationship with its Dragons, the stewardship, guidance and protection of the new universe from threats internal (e.g., DOI, perhaps the Uncle) and external (the possible return of the sheriekas?)

Of course, under this uber-narrative, it would be pretty hard to tell a "Liaden story" that *didn't* "advance the Big Story."