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OK this was too long and painful to read (esp with the background issues). My 2 cents on why you should like Iain M. Banks (for SciFi, aka Iain Banks for ficti
by xarope 3y ago
OK this was too long and painful to read (esp with the background issues).
My 2 cents on why you should like Iain M. Banks (for SciFi, aka Iain Banks for fiction, RIP):
- AI ships with cool names
- rsynnott 3y agoThat, in itself, says something about the society, though (or, at least, it was clearly intended that way).
- arethuza 3y agoI think the cool ship names was almost certainly influenced by Banks' father being in the Royal Navy/Admiralty and the RN having its own line in cool ship names... at least historically. I think I heard him say this at a talk, but it was a while ago so can't be sure...
- angry_octet 3y agoA favourite of mine: GCU Poke It With A Stick I also like the name Mistakes Were Made but I don't think it's an official name in the cannon. https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_spacecraft https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_spacecraft
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