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In article <
0334bddf-809a-4c63-8eb1-20d73c7960f5n@googlegroups.com>,
Ahasuerus <
ahasuerus@email.com> wrote:
>On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 2:28:41 PM UTC-4, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>
t...@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
) writes:
>> >In article EIy4...@fx48.iad>,
>> >Scott Lurndal <sl...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> >>t...@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan ) writes:
>> >>>In article 1...@dont-email.me>,
>> >>>Default User <defaul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>>>Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>"Agent of Change (1) (Liaden Universe(R))" by Sharon Lee and Steve
>> >>>>>Miller
>> >>>>
>> >>>>The Liaden works have always been a problem for me. I like some of the
>> >>>>action and individuals off by themselves, but I really dislike all the
>> >>>>Clan and Balance business. I read some of the novels years ago, then
>> >>>>stopped. Over the past few years I`ve pretty much restricted myself to
>> >>>>the short works.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Brian
>> >>>
>> >>>I like it myself, and in the end (since this is generally positive-ish
>> >>>fiction) it doesn`t usually end up with bad results for the actors.
>> >>>It`s also a bit of a different organizing principle as the Liadens don`t
>> >>>really seem to do governments.
>> >>
>> >>It`s actually rather feudal, imo.
>> >
>> >Hmm. I wouldn`t describe it that way. I don`t know about any official
>> >definition of feudalism, but it was based on territories, and Korval, or
>> >any other clan, on one world is part of the same whole as on another;
>there`s
>> >not some squabbling heirarchy from the bottom up to some soverign point.
>> I dunno - it seems like there is a fair amount of squabbling amongst
>> the 50 great houses, and constant jockeying by the lesser houses to
>> become part of the 50.
>>
>> There`s the 50, then there is Korval. Whom a subset of the 50 are
>> eager to remove from consideration, and do so in the first novel.
>>
>> Koval`s "territory" is pilots, and trade.
>
>"Guilds"?
There are guilds, and multi-clan institutions like The Scouts, but
their legitimacy rests ultimately on agreements between the clans
I would say.
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