It was weird as an intro to The Culture series for me!
I didn't read that one first, i started with Excession which delves into the Minds that run the Culture more than any other book, so I already knew how they felt about things
but if I'd read Phlebas first I think it would have been a better book, because the protagonist describes The Culture like you would describe The Borg in Star Trek.
Yeah, it was a well done exercise in flawed hero fighting the good guys.
And it's a totally reasonable opinion to someone who hasn't lived with them, who's only seen their communications from the outside, if you're from a suspicious civilization it really does sound too good to be true
world after world "falling" to the culture without so much as a shot fired, the machine menace gobbling up the galaxy
Arguably he's not even wrong. What's her name, the Culture human who the Minds turn to to figure stuff out they can even thinks there's a good chance Horza is right.
Well in Excession
we get unabridged first person views on the Culture from the most powerful and influential minds, and he really is wrong - some of the minds think that way, but the vast majority do not and really do care about their slow witted, impossibly dull meat occupants. To the point of asking the humans onboard what they want to do about the horrible thing from beyond the universe and respecting their opinions (until such time as events move far too quickly to take a vote)
Machine minds as active and enthusiastic participants in humanism, even when not needed, delights me.
There's this brief moment during the end of the college football season every year where I giggle about the possibility of a SC Gamecocks / Oregon State Beavers bowl game.
Steep Approach to Garbadale and Transition are wildly different and both very good
The Wasp Factory was...intense. And very interesting and very good. I’m definitely going to approach his stuff with caution as a results (ie, don’t read if I’m not up for some intense psychological stuff).
Oh, neither of those are like The Wasp Factory
Some days Blue wonders why anyone ever bothered making numbers so small; other days she supposes even infinity needs to start somewhere.
It was weird as an intro to The Culture series for me!
I didn't read that one first, i started with Excession which delves into the Minds that run the Culture more than any other book, so I already knew how they felt about things
but if I'd read Phlebas first I think it would have been a better book, because the protagonist describes The Culture like you would describe The Borg in Star Trek.
Yeah, it was a well done exercise in flawed hero fighting the good guys.
And it's a totally reasonable opinion to someone who hasn't lived with them, who's only seen their communications from the outside, if you're from a suspicious civilization it really does sound too good to be true
world after world "falling" to the culture without so much as a shot fired, the machine menace gobbling up the galaxy
Arguably he's not even wrong. What's her name, the Culture human who the Minds turn to to figure stuff out they can even thinks there's a good chance Horza is right.
Well in Excession
we get unabridged first person views on the Culture from the most powerful and influential minds, and he really is wrong - some of the minds think that way, but the vast majority do not and really do care about their slow witted, impossibly dull meat occupants. To the point of asking the humans onboard what they want to do about the horrible thing from beyond the universe and respecting their opinions (until such time as events move far too quickly to take a vote)
Machine minds as active and enthusiastic participants in humanism, even when not needed, delights me.
More excession
The concept of something as powerful as a GSV, which normally houses up to half a billion people, wracking itself with guilt for 40 years over so badly miscalculating a single human relationship was fantastic
It played matchmaker and it resulted in an (almost successful!) attempted murder, something which near as I can tell is about as common in The Culture as interdimensional incursions and less common than hegemonizing swarms
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I can recommend The Algebraist as a non-Culture Banks novel
still scifi, a universe with a 40k religious space-empire flair
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Steep Approach to Garbadale and Transition are wildly different and both very good
The Wasp Factory was...intense. And very interesting and very good. I’m definitely going to approach his stuff with caution as a results (ie, don’t read if I’m not up for some intense psychological stuff).
I kinda burnt out on Banks for a while due to The Wasp Factory and Use of Weapons
Emotionally, my reaction was
we get it, you vape / are addicted to writing dark twists
I made a game! Hotline Maui. Requires mouse and keyboard.
It was weird as an intro to The Culture series for me!
I didn't read that one first, i started with Excession which delves into the Minds that run the Culture more than any other book, so I already knew how they felt about things
but if I'd read Phlebas first I think it would have been a better book, because the protagonist describes The Culture like you would describe The Borg in Star Trek.
Yeah, it was a well done exercise in flawed hero fighting the good guys.
And it's a totally reasonable opinion to someone who hasn't lived with them, who's only seen their communications from the outside, if you're from a suspicious civilization it really does sound too good to be true
world after world "falling" to the culture without so much as a shot fired, the machine menace gobbling up the galaxy
Arguably he's not even wrong. What's her name, the Culture human who the Minds turn to to figure stuff out they can even thinks there's a good chance Horza is right.
Well in Excession
we get unabridged first person views on the Culture from the most powerful and influential minds, and he really is wrong - some of the minds think that way, but the vast majority do not and really do care about their slow witted, impossibly dull meat occupants. To the point of asking the humans onboard what they want to do about the horrible thing from beyond the universe and respecting their opinions (until such time as events move far too quickly to take a vote)
One thing I really like is how miserable the Affront would be being defeated by the Culture, who would end their systematic rape of their females, their feasting on sapient creatures, and they would do it in the most compassionate, patient, and understanding way possible - which is far more humiliating to them than if the culture just parked a thousand ROUs in orbit, vaporized their leaders, and demanded subservience
A book series I've never heard of. Maybe I will start at the first book. Has anyone audiobooked this? I believe Peter Kenny is the narrator.
I just don't see three legged things evolving in gravity environments, it just seems like it wouldn't work
I think it could happen but I'd expect rotational symmetry instead of bilateral. And probably like 5 or seven legs instead.
alt post: lookit this three-legged mofo
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
All My Hexes Live in Texas
I googled them to see if anyone had drawn them
It can't be that trash
Oh, neither of those are like The Wasp Factory
*trumpets nmh’ily*
it contains a packet of nuts, chocolates, and micro cookie pieces labeled "deconstructed salted caramel chocolate cookie"
god subscription services have gone too far
Eddy you're like, what, 26-27? What did you go to school for
Oh weird, there’s actually a song with an extremely similar title, wow that’s a crazy coincidence
They have a shelf on their chest???
Yeah I thought they were like...elongated and furry...with shelves...and I never quite envisioned them in my mind.
More excession
It played matchmaker and it resulted in an (almost successful!) attempted murder, something which near as I can tell is about as common in The Culture as interdimensional incursions and less common than hegemonizing swarms
I've honestly never felt so attacked as I do right now
still scifi, a universe with a 40k religious space-empire flair
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Law
I thought we discussed this before.....
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
BEEFING.
artist depiction
so weird
I kinda burnt out on Banks for a while due to The Wasp Factory and Use of Weapons
Emotionally, my reaction was
Huh. I thought they were longer and more weasel-looking; also, where’s the shelf? His drink should be on it.
Huh, i didn't remember
I always took you for grad studies in art history or something culture adjacent
it's kinda covered up by the vest I think
I thought we had something
It's a well adapted wang.
Well, you are ammonia-poisoned
I appreciate it but no. I could never hurt a raccoon.
I think it could happen but I'd expect rotational symmetry instead of bilateral. And probably like 5 or seven legs instead.
alt post: lookit this three-legged mofo
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I might pick it up when it comes out on PC. I've never played a Monster Hunter game before.
I need to eat at Neco's place.
*commits sudoku*
What?! No! I am the night!
http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/this-19-year-old-kiwi-farmer-accidentally-became-a-character-in-a-us-board-game
This is the mashup we deserve