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This has several thematic connections with and allusions to Sterling’s novel Schismatrix (1985), which predates the Culture novels.
by doctorhandshake 3y ago
This has several thematic connections with and allusions to Sterling’s novel Schismatrix (1985), which predates the Culture novels.
- stuff4ben 3y agoHad no idea. Thanks for the info, gotta go check this out now!
- blorbmajor27 3y agoIf you want to go further back, the ‘featherless bipeds’ quip is a reference to Diogenes of Sinope making fun of Plato by walking into the academy with a plucked chicken shouting “Behold Plato’s man!” All literature is a conversation between books, and all philosophy is a footnote to plato.