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> My favorite Banks sci fi is The Algebraist which isn’t a Culture novel. Is it not? The Nasqueron Dwellers are very culture-y in their habits an eccentricitie
by krisoft 3y ago
> My favorite Banks sci fi is The Algebraist which isn’t a Culture novel.
Is it not? The Nasqueron Dwellers are very culture-y in their habits an eccentricities. The Sleeper Service GSV is described to be holding gas dwellers on-board in Excession. I wouldn't be surprised if there is some cross contamination between the Culture and the inhabitants of Nasqueron.
- andrewstuart 3y agoNot listed as a Culture novel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series
- krisoft 3y agoAnd what I am clearly arguing that the list is wrong. :) It should be considered a Culture novel based on the themes, and the general behaviour of the dwellers. Most culture novels are about the minds and their humanoid charges. But we also know that the minds keep not just humanoids, but also inhabitants of gas planets. They just rarely show up in the other novels because it is hard for our humanoid heroes to interract with them. The way the dwellers live their lives: hedonistic, inward focused, and when they are attacked blasts the attackes with a before-then unknown superweapon is very Culture. I posit that we are seeing an offshot of the mainline Culture. So that is my point. Even I clearly recognise that this is an unorthodox reading of the work, definietly not the mainstream interpretation. But you can’t just argue against it by saying “wikipedia says no”.
- rsynnott 3y agoIt's clearly a different setting, without proper FTL. Agreed that the Dwellers are vaguely Culture-y, tho.