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Some of my favourite are the ship names in Ian Banks' culture series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Culture_series https://en.wikipedi
by xioxox 11y ago
Some of my favourite are the ship names in Ian Banks' culture series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Culture_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Cult...
They're all great, but here are some examples
* Only Slightly Bent
* God Told Me To Do It
* Ethics Gradient
* I Blame My Mother
* I Blame Your Mother
* Poke It With A Stick
* Don't Try This At Home
* Contents May Differ
- vollmond 11y agoAnd on the other end of the spectrum, his drone and human names can be impenetrable. I can never keep them straight, even within a given book.
- edgesrazor 11y agoI can relate. I spent half of Player of Games just trying to internalize the pronunciation of Jernau Morat Gurgeh. That aside, great book.