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Strictly speaking, so is most of Use of Weapons and The Hydrogen Sonata, as well as significant portions of Look to Windward, Matter, and Surface Detail. In fa
by rosser 13y ago
Strictly speaking, so is most of Use of Weapons and The Hydrogen Sonata, as well as significant portions of Look to Windward, Matter, and Surface Detail.
In fact, the more I think about it, the more I'm realizing that one of his more common means of telling us about the Culture was through the eyes of non-Culture citizens.
- crapshoot101 13y agoYou're right - but Phelbus stands out to me because you get almost no internal culture perspective - you are almost entirely embedded with a person who does not simply dislike the culture, but is actively working towards its destruction. Its a bold choice given the Culture was (in Banks' own words) the closest thing to a Utopian ideal.