Lloyd Biggle, Jr's _The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets_ posits a future where mankind has spread to the stars, and attempts to integrate newfound worlds with intelligent life into a galactic Federation. One of the prerequisites for entry is a global, democratic government. The galactic federation believes that it cannot visibly impose democracy on a world, so it works through the machinations of the Interplanetary Relations...
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Science fiction authors tackle many themes in their work, from politics to sociology, from history to the military. But how many write creatively of the interplay between people and their artistic culture? The only author I know to attempt this regularly is Lloyd Biggle. In Trumpets, a prequel to World Mendors, he asks the question: how would a deeply artistic people appear to those who are blind to this aspect of culture?...
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