I have always thought the the Culture novels are a bad fit for a TV series. The non-chronological, only-loosely-based-in-the-same-universe style makes the books

I have always thought the the Culture novels are a bad fit for a TV series. The non-chronological, only-loosely-based-in-the-same-universe style makes the books very thematically and structurally different from one another: the shows that you would get for "The Player of Games" vs "Surface Detail" vs "Use of Weapons" vs "Hydrogen Sonata" would all look very different. As a result, I am not optimistic that they would translate well to the small screen. I would be more interested in seeing a miniseries based on a single book, though perhaps they could be done as a kind of anthology series. But this bumps into another potential issue: historically it seems like keeping the quality of an anthology series up across seasons is very difficult (see: American Horror Story, True Detective, etc), with Fargo as a notable exception. That said, a show would bring in a lot of new fans to the series, which is a big positive.