I feel obligated to point out, though, that I have always been a sucker for ideas I find aesthetically pleasing. The cosmic sweep of the thing - an interstellar kula chain - affirming the differences and at the same time emphasizing the similarities of all the intelligent races in the galaxy - tying them together, building common traditions... The notion strikes me as kind of fine.
Roger ZelaznyAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: May 13, 1937
- Died: June 14, 1995
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