David Hobby wrote: > >> Vars, on Stratos, are described as being vitally >> necessary to preserve the vigor of society. But what purpose do the clans >> serve? Might Brin want to get rid of the clans entirely? > > I see Brin's role as dispassionately reporting what this >society is like. The clans flow naturally from the biology, as does >almost everything else. You've heard me praise Brin for this before, >I'm sure! > Let's praise Him for being _absent_ in the narrative. All this clan-bashing and var-praising is _Maia_'s point of view. All the action, as far as Chapter 2, represents Maia's ideology. She hates the structure of Stratos's society, that pushes her to the lowest level by birth. Alberto Monteiro
