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Elon Musk is a huge fan of Iain Banks’ Culture books and completely misses the fact that it’s profoundly anti-capitalist and that the villain in Surface Detail
by egypturnash 1y ago
Elon Musk is a huge fan of Iain Banks’ Culture books and completely misses the fact that it’s profoundly anti-capitalist and that the villain in Surface Detail is basically him. Rich tech nerds are really good at missing the points being made by the sf/f books they claim to love.
- kjellsbells 1y agoComing soon: The Left Hand of Darkness, where manly men cross the ice together! Sigh.
- gdbsjjdn 1y agoWe've finally built the Torment Nexus from the sci-fi classic, Don't Build The Torment Nexus.
- sidibe 1y agoIt's possible he never actually read them? Another thing Elon would hate that I vaguely remember from one of the Culture books is one of the characters is considered weird for never having been the other sex.
- becurious 1y agoAnd then there’s the apex sex in The Player Of Games. I think at least Excession has one of the protagonists transition at the end of the novel.
- computerthings 1y ago[dead]