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> To me the culture series fails, as it has no interesting ideas. Just one of the subplots of Surface Detail involves a war conducted in virtual reality to dec
by mpalmer 2y ago
> To me the culture series fails, as it has no interesting ideas.
Just one of the subplots of Surface Detail involves a war conducted in virtual reality to decide the continued existence of virtual "hells" which advanced-but-repressive societies use to keep their citizens in line.
> There is no interesting conflict that can even exist in the setting, the only thing that the author could come up with were religious fanatics
How many of the books did you read before reaching this conclusion?
- constantcrying 2y ago>Just one of the subplots of Surface Detail involves a war conducted in virtual reality to decide the continued existence of virtual "hells" which advanced-but-repressive societies use to keep their citizens in line. That is not an interesting idea. >How many of the books did you read before reaching this conclusion? Consider Phlebas, Player of games, use of weapons. Which definitely was enough for me.