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I agree, but the downside is that you'll be spoilt for most of the rest of the genre, because little else measures up. Perhaps read everything else first. Amaz
by chimprich 8y ago
I agree, but the downside is that you'll be spoilt for most of the rest of the genre, because little else measures up. Perhaps read everything else first.
Amazon Prime currently has an adaptation of Consider Phlebas in the pipeline, something I have very mixed feelings about.
- rsynnott 8y agoNot sure why they went for that one, really; even as a novel it's kind of messy and confusing, and I struggle to imagine how an adaptation will work. Player of Games would have been a much more obvious choice.
- NikolaNovak 8y agoI'm torn; it's my least favourite of Culture novels, and I almost consider it an early trial, very different in spirit and nature than the rest; but I can see how it'd be an obvious choice for a movie/series: it has the most action/adventure feel and a simple linear storyline (even if you account for the "twist" of who the good guys / bad guys are). There's a single protagonist, we focus largely on him, and he goes out and has adventures in space. Whereas something like Excession - that can never ever be a movie, really...:-/
- rsynnott 8y agoI'd love to see someone try Excession, just to see what happened.
- Herodotus38 8y agoI started the culture series with the first book that you mentioned but thought it wasn't that great. I hear the others with more of The Culture are much better. I could see how it could be a decent movie though, lots of action.