The kindly ones
By: Melissa Scott
Publisher: Baen Books; Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Science fiction
Description: Violations of socio-political rules on Orestes were punished using 'social death' or shunning. Now that galactic civilization is spreading, the Oresteian aristocracy wants to remain with the status quo. However the ostracized citizens are determined to have a voice.