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Yet another person who has read too many of the Culture Series books by Iain M. Banks and thinks we are close to achieving a lot described within those books.
by buro9 10y ago
Yet another person who has read too many of the Culture Series books by Iain M. Banks and thinks we are close to achieving a lot described within those books.
I do think it is achievable, but even the books acknowledge it takes thousands of years to get there.
- OscarCunningham 10y agoI don't think the books do "acknowledge" that? I mean in particular there's that nice short story where the Culture visits Earth. So the books are set in our present and not the future.
- wavefunction 10y ago"Consider Phlebas" takes place in 1331CE whereas "Surface Detail" takes place between 2700 and 3000CE, with the other books in the "series" taking place at different points within that range.
- nhaliday 10y agoHanson has actually disparaged science fiction in general for purposes of futurism. I don't think he's been influenced by it much.