1/ you want extended meanings connected by strings? ok, harrump, fine The Dogs split into two phyles at an event called the Discord, then retired to two separate groups of asteroids to run their own distinct societieshttps://twitter.com/random_eddie/status/1004472864492408832 …
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4/ The Blue phyle, the more rational, calm, intellectual tribe is in the Greek trojans. The Orange phyle, the more militaristic tribe is in the Trojan ...ahem...trojans.
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5/ There are thus three societies in 2074 beyond Earth: * Aristillus * Blues * Oranges There is also a theme about the three ways to order society: * autonomy * government * family These map onto the societies. There are additional theologic and mythic correlations
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6/ ...but all of this is hidden, and never actually mentioned. It's just there if you want to read it a second (or fifth) time and start to wonder at certain coincidences.
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7/ I quite enjoyed a review at Amazon. Something like "this was interesting, and not explicitly stated ... I bet it wasn't intended"pic.twitter.com/BFtmeGPX37
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8/ YES, I TOOK SIX YEARS TO WRITE THIS AND HAD 90 FILES OF NOTES, AND THE INTERESTING BIT SOMEHOW WASN'T PLANNED BY ME / ESCAPED MY NOTICE GOOD TAKE
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9/ Oh, I forgot to mention one detail in my rant: The Apple of Discord, at the feast of the gods is what started the ... wait for it... Trojan War.
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