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Your comment makes me wonder if I should give the series another chance. I only read Consider Phlebas and didn't continue with the series because I found the bo
by segphault 4y ago
Your comment makes me wonder if I should give the series another chance. I only read Consider Phlebas and didn't continue with the series because I found the book so frustrating. It felt like there was a ton of context missing. I kept expecting it to provide some details about the culture that would justify the protagonist's antipathy towards it, but a coherent explanation for his world view never materialized.
- empedocles 4y agoThat was my experience, but I am glad that I tried again. Player of Games is much more explicit in the world building (almost too much), and then a good balance is found in Use of Weapons. So I always recommend reading those two first before circling back to really understand the value of Consider Phlebas as an outside view on the Culture (and really, The West).
- TrevorJ 4y agoYeah, I would pick up another book in the series. Consider Phlebas is set in the same universe but almost seems like a different genre.
- JonChesterfield 4y agoExcession is spectacular. The focus is on the machine intelligence as opposed to the people.
- agentwiggles 4y agoPlease do - Consider Phlebas is good in its own way, but it's a lot different from the rest of the series. Player of Games is a great entry point, but I think Surface Detail might be my favorite. It might be my favorite sci-fi book I've ever read, in fact.
- jaqalopes 4y agoI hope you will try other entries in the series! Player of Games and Excession are big favorites of mine, but they're quick reads and if you have the time I would really encourage all of them in order of release!