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I've read in a Amazon review that it is recommended to start with Consider Phlebas, then The Player of Games and finally Use of Weapons (as a first start into t
by jvzr 14y ago
I've read in a Amazon review that it is recommended to start with Consider Phlebas, then The Player of Games and finally Use of Weapons (as a first start into the Culture, that is).
I've bought them three myself and will read them in this order.
- StavrosK 14y agoI will too, thank you.
- swombat 14y agoI'd actually consider starting with one of the latter two. Consider Phlebas is great still, but distinctly less mind blowing than PoG or UoW..
- StavrosK 14y agoAha, well, Player of Games it is, then! Especially since, like ceejayoz said, they don't really depend on each other. Thanks for the recommendation.
- codeulike 14y agoI wouldn't start with Consider Phlebas.
- engtech 14y agoRead this: http://nuwen.net/culture.html http://nuwen.net/culture.html then: The Player of Games Consider Phlebas Use of Weapons Use of Weapons is great, but the writing is poorer than the other two.
- adrianhoward 14y agoUse of Weapons is great, but the writing is poorer than the other two. Heh. Interesting. I'd say exactly the opposite myself. Not that I dislike the other two - PoG is one of my faves of his SF work - but to me UoW is a vastly better work of literature, both in structure and character development. Less full of SFnal goodies than some of his later work, but all the better for that in some ways.