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>Not part of his 'Culture' sci-fi setting and perhaps more re-readable for that. BOOOOOOOOOOOO. But in all seriousness, as someone who genuinely re-reads the
by Loughla 3y ago
>Not part of his 'Culture' sci-fi setting and perhaps more re-readable for that.
BOOOOOOOOOOOO.
But in all seriousness, as someone who genuinely re-reads the culture series at least once a year, do you not find them re-readable? And why not?
- anigbrowl 3y agoI do find them quite re-readable, or at least some of them; others I can cheerfully never look at again. Banks' output is pretty uneven in quality, and some of his work is very formulaic. But my point is that not everyone is into franchises or wants to commit to reading all 7 or 8 when they pick up one. Self-contained works are good too.
- Loughla 3y agoThat's the thing I like about the culture series though. They're all pretty self-contained with only one exception (that I'm not going to include because it's a pretty major spoiler in The Use of Weapons and Surface Detail), I think. I can't think of any reason you can't just read one and be fine. >Banks' output is pretty uneven in quality, and some of his work is very formulaic. I'll fight you. All joking aside - so for sci-fi or hard sci-fi, who/what do you suggest? I love getting recommendations from people for this genre.
- squigz 3y agoThe Culture is some of the best scifi I've ever had the pleasure of reading :) I'd definitely be interested in some recommendations