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The funniest thing about the books: They are mostly not about the Culture itself. Because it's boooooring. The fringes are much more interesting.
by cstuder 12y ago
The funniest thing about the books: They are mostly not about the Culture itself. Because it's boooooring.
The fringes are much more interesting.
- Tloewald 12y agoVery true. Indeed several of the books are about the culture dealing with some kind of (generally not serious) crisis. Most enlightening: the Culture was created initially as a setting for Use of Weapons
- api 12y ago"They are mostly not about the Culture itself. Because it's boooooring." This is why if we had the technology for a post-scarcity society on Earth there would be sets of people who would use this level of technology to do things like try to colonize Mars -- to the abject horror of the latte-sippers who would pen endless screeds about how foolish it is as they sit and sip latte. Wait... did I even make up that last part?
- ChillyWater 12y agoI think the funniest thing about the books are the names of the ships. Things like: The 'Probably Not a Good Idea' dropped into orbit around the fourth planet.
- mbillie1 12y agoThe Mistake Not...'s unveiling of its name in The Hydrogen Sonata is one of the funnier ship name moments I can think of.