The Aphorisms of Kherishdar
Oct. 18th, 2007 04:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhalJust wanted to give a pointer to these series of wonderful short stories written by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
haikujaguar, which give us a look at an exotic, stratified, and very alien society through the eyes of the Calligrapher. They're all designed to be 500 words or less in length, using a word from the Kherishdar language to examine a single aspect of the society and how it works.
While Kherishdar tends to seem very utopian in some aspects, like any utopia it has parts that will set any individualist's alarm bells ringing very loudly. However, from a world builder's POV the whole thing is fascinating.
haikujaguar, which give us a look at an exotic, stratified, and very alien society through the eyes of the Calligrapher. They're all designed to be 500 words or less in length, using a word from the Kherishdar language to examine a single aspect of the society and how it works.While Kherishdar tends to seem very utopian in some aspects, like any utopia it has parts that will set any individualist's alarm bells ringing very loudly. However, from a world builder's POV the whole thing is fascinating.
