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It would be nice, and is certainly the result I hope for (with all the good wishes do), as I'm not sure we will work very well with slow and expensive growth. R
by Normal_gaussian 10y ago
It would be nice, and is certainly the result I hope for (with all the good wishes do), as I'm not sure we will work very well with slow and expensive growth. Reading 'Against a Dark Background' was certainly interesting as it considers a system which essentially has its growth capped by the distance between itself and the rest of the universe.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoSomething I noticed in that novel is that they still had incredibly advanced technology. The Lazy Guns alone hint at what they lost! Maybe there's a reason Golter is where it is, and maybe it wasn't always there.
- zipwitch 10y agoI read _Against A Dark Background_ as a teen an thought of it as a pretty fun sf, almost space-opera adventure story. Then I read it again as an adult and... wow. Bank's SF work is very good, but the quiet existential horror that lurks behind the scenes in that novel really merits the title. Makes good old Lovecraft seem like a piker by comparison.