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I intentionally stopped reading the thread when he died. Somehow I felt that if I didn't see people discussing it on the Internet, it wasn't real. Now I'm sad again.
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xian posted:Holy crap the end of look to windward is satisfying The climax, the afterword, or the retribution?
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Basically everything from when Ziller gets into the argument with Tersono about field colors, and subsequently thrown into the river by that beast he's trying to ride (can't remember the name, don't have the book in front of me) and on. Climax, Afterword, Retribution, Epilogue all came together quite nicely.
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I picked up Elite: Dangerous a few days ago and while flying I found a name that looked familiar:  Might be time to start reading the series again as I haven't done in quite a while! Happy new year too thread!
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That's so cool. Someone needs to make a culture game already.
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xian posted:That's so cool. Someone needs to make a culture game already. Press X to drugorgy.
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LSV Once More 'Round the Sun
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Otisburg posted:Press X to drugorgy. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. maybe I should say: a special circumstances game. But they loved their drug orgies too.
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But do you play as an agent of Special Circumstances or as a weapon?
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pseudorandom name posted:But do you play as an agent of Special Circumstances or as a weapon? You play as a magical talking sword trying to convince some kid to pull you out of a rock and overthrow the oppressive and tyrannical king in favor of a more progressive form of government.
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I can't really see how a Culture game would work unless it was maybe an adventure game.
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MikeJF posted:I can't really see how a Culture game would work unless it was maybe an adventure game. I'd play the hell out of that.
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The Culture: A Telltale Games Series.
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John Charity Spring posted:The Culture: A Telltale Games Series. Livueta will remember this Elethiomel won't
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John Charity Spring posted:The Culture: A Telltale Games Series. Uuuuuuuh Oh God yes.
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General Battuta posted:Livueta will remember this Holy shiiit
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General Battuta posted:Livueta will remember this Slow clap
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I decided to do my first re-read of the whole Culture series since Iain died. I'm halfway through Excession now (one of my favorites). God, I love Mind-chat. We miss you, Sun-Earther Iain El-Bonko Banks of North Queensferry. 
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General Battuta posted:Livueta will remember this Oh my god.
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pseudorandom name posted:But do you play as an agent of Special Circumstances or as a weapon? What's the difference?
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Phanatic posted:What's the difference? Weapons are more reliable.
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Kesper North posted:Weapons are more reliable. Because they lack autonomy.
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Culture ship name: ROU The One Who Knocks
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GOU The One Who Doesn't Knock
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rejutka posted:(D)ROU John Wick Heh. That was a suprisingly good movie.
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Have a long drive with my mom coming up next week. She listens to audiobooks and not music. Which culture novel should I find on audible to introduce MY MOM to the culture? I'm thinking look to windward on account of all the cool nature stuff and the fact that's it's the least rapey that I can think of. Maybe excession but I could see that being really off the deep end to start with. Use of weapons? Consider phlebas?
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Is she in to sci-fi? If not, it might end up being pretty uncomfortable - like "xian, what the hell are they talking about?" I gave Dune to a girlfriend to read and she lost interest really quickly, even though she was a regular reader (of non sci-fi). Not trying to be sexist or anything, I wouldn't try to get my dad to read any of the Culture books either, since his taste just isn't there. It's really easy to forget how much common knowledge is assumed in sci fi - assumed to the point where an author can riff on an abstract concept and evolve it further, and you're still supposed to recognize it when some character spits out the in-universe slang for it. If she is a sci-fi fan, then I'd say Player of Games, since it's straightforward and acts as an intro to the Culture universe as a whole. Excession would be too much too fast. Same with Use of Weapons.
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She's very into Sci Fi and Fantasy, I thought about Player of Games (I haven't read it in a few years), but isn't there like a chapter long passage where Gurgeh gets to see all the weird raping that the Azad do? That's not something I really want to sit through with my mom, heh.
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xian posted:She's very into Sci Fi and Fantasy, I thought about Player of Games (I haven't read it in a few years), but isn't there like a chapter long passage where Gurgeh gets to see all the weird raping that the Azad do? That's not something I really want to sit through with my mom, heh. Yeah, there is, and I don't blame you. It really put my girlfriend off wanting to check out any more Culture stuff, so it might not be the best introduction to the setting even if you weren't going to be there.
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Maybe Surface Detail would appeal to someone with a more religious sensibility?
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MeLKoR posted:Maybe Surface Detail would appeal to someone with a more religious sensibility? He said he wants stuff less rapey.
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xian posted:Have a long drive with my mom coming up next week. She listens to audiobooks and not music. Which culture novel should I find on audible to introduce MY MOM to the culture? I'm thinking look to windward on account of all the cool nature stuff and the fact that's it's the least rapey that I can think of. Maybe excession but I could see that being really off the deep end to start with. Use of weapons? Consider phlebas? Honestly I think Look to Windward suffices. It has good coverage of the setting; bits on culture life, tech, orbitals, Minds, old wars, Contact meddling, etc. The couple dozen pages of ship name banter may or may not go over well, though. Liveware fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Jan 22, 2015 |
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FrozenDorf posted:Honestly I think Look to Windward suffices. It has good coverage of the setting; bits on culture life, tech, orbitals, Minds, old wars, Contact meddling, etc. The couple dozen pages of ship name banter may or may not go over well, though. You can probably just skip over that part and explain it's an in-joke for long time series readers
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MikeJF posted:He said he wants stuff less rapey. Shame that this is also the book in which Banks pokes fun at confusing technobabble. Kassad fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Jan 22, 2015 |
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MikeJF posted:He said he wants stuff less rapey. 
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In case you don't read spaceflight thread you may have missed this - but Elon Musk of SpaceX named its spaceport drone ship Just Read the Instructions. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/558665265785733120
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LCU Gravitaslax
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