Darkover: First Contact

I read this series many years ago and loved them. A recent reminder has me rereading from the beginning in the proper order (something I didn't do the first time). It's a bit dated but not enough to bother me. I still love this book.
A group of Terran colonists crashlands on a new planet and are

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forced to develop a new civilization based partly on where Earth standards but mostly on what they want in this new world. A large group of them are Scots who bring their culture in music and Gaelic tongue to Darkover.
"They lament, he thought, but they know life goes on. The Scots have been exiles for centuries, for millennia. This is just another exile, a little further than most, but they will sing the olds songs under the new stars and find new mountains and new seas..."
It's a great introduction to the series and I enjoyed it immensely.

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