Excession (Culture, #5)

Posted on 13 February 2017 by Iain M. Banks

The international sensation Iain M Banks offers readers a deeply imaginative, wittily satirical tale, proving once again that he is a talent to be reckoned with Locus In Excession , the Culture s espionage and dirty tricks section orders Diplomat Byr Gen Hofoen to steal the soul of a long dead starship captain By accepting the mission, Byr irrevocably plunges himself into a conspiracy one that could either lead the universe into an age of peace or to the brink of annihilation. Best Read Kindle ePUB Excession (Culture, #5) By Iain M. Banks – kino-fada.fr 1324089739734 SILLYINTRO 289534953457 MOREOFTHISTHANYOUNEED 826563495 ANOTHERRANDOMDIGITSEQUENCE 290735723 OHPLEASEGETTOTHEPOINT Hello This is Kinda Disappointed, do you read me Hello Disappointed, this is Still Plenty of Good Bits I m another superintelligent AI entity Well of course you are, Bits Let s skip the background and assume the reader knows all about the Culture universe So, what did you think of Excession Um, not too bad, considering the obvious problems I mean, how 1324089739734 SILLYINTRO 289534953457 MOREOFTHISTHANYOUNEED 826563495 ANOTHERRANDOMDIGITSEQUENCE 290735723 OHPLEASEGETTOTHEPOINT Hello This is Kinda Disappointed, do you read me Hello Disappointed, this is Still Plenty of Good Bits I m another superin...ATTENTION CULTURE SHOPPERSthis weekend s special is an Outside Context Problem this amazing special is so unique, most shoppers will only encounter it once in a millenium please look for the infinity symbol tagged on our specially marked OCP items.on aisle 1, back by popular demand, we are excited to present faction upon faction of Culture Minds, as embodied physically by their glorious Mind Ships shoppers, we have read your suggestions and we respond you will find very few examples of t ATTENTION CULTURE SHOPPERSthis weekend s special is an Outside Context Problem this amazing special is so unique, most shoppers will only encounter it once in a millenium please look for the infinity symbol tagged on our specially marked OCP items.on aisle 1, back by popular demand, we are excited to present faction upon faction of Culture Minds, as embodied physically by their glorious Mind Ships shoppers, we have read your suggestions and we respond you will find very few examples of those sad, silly creatures known commonly as Cultured humans throughout our festive OCP sale weekend and that s not all we proudly announce the debut of two marvelous new Mind Ships at the front of aisle 1, the lovely and amazing Sleeper Service necro artist and secret agent and lurking in the rear, unlisted on any official Culture regist...This happens to be exactly what I wanted when I wanted it I wanted intelligent galaxy spanning space opera with a handful of baseline humans getting caught up in an existential conundrum that the far superior AI Ships and Main Characters had to face.And we even get a BDO to spark an enormous intergalactic war Woo Woo Of course, the BDO big dumb object is nothing of the sort In fact, it might be smarter than all of them combined Who knows I loved the speculation.Life, love, sex, conspir This happens to be exactly what I wanted when I wanted it I wanted intelligent galaxy spanning space opera with a handful of baseline humans getting caught up in an existential conundrum that the far superior AI Ships and Main Characters had to face.And we even get a BDO to spark an enormous intergalactic war Woo Woo Of course, the BDO big dumb object is nothing of the sort In fact, it might be smarter than all of them combined Who knows I loved the speculation.Life, love, sex, conspiracy, extremely high stakes, this novel really pretty much had it all, but I think I had the most fun chuckling over all those damn ship names I Blame Your Mother , I Blame My Mother , Use Psychology , Jaundiced Outlook , It s Character Forming , Unacceptable Behaviour , Serious Callers Only , and Meat Fucker just to name a quick few that tickled my fancy.This novel k...The Culture series is one of the most beloved among today s sf readers, possibly the most beloved but I don t have any hard figures to back it up so I ll leave that hyperbole out for now Certainly some entries in the series arepopular than others, based on the average ratings and online discussions The Player of Games and Use of Weapons are generally held in high regard, Inversions and Matter less so As for Excession, it is one of thepopular ones, top 4 I think, and I can see why The Culture series is one of the most beloved among today s sf readers, possibly the most beloved but I don t have any hard figures to back it up so I ll leave that hyperbole out for now Certainly some entries in the series arepopular than others, based on the average ratings and online discussions The Player of Gam...Music something from Slowdive, like Souvlaki Space Station Like putting my feet back into the river, this felt like I had not taken any break from reading this series This one was fun to read, that can be said So, there s a mysterious ship that apparead many years before now it is back, and everybody seems to want to check it out, prod it, talk to it, see if there s anything new and benefitting in its secrets and even attempt to destroy it There s also a conspiracy going onThis nove Music something from Slowdive, like Souvlaki Space Station Like putting my feet back into the river, this felt like I had not taken any break from reading this series This one was fun to read, that can be said So, there s a mysterious ship that apparead many years before now it is back, and everybody seems to want to check it out, prod it, talk to it, see if there s anything new and benefitting in its secrets and even att...connection between literature and video games is one of my favorite topics I was thrilled to get to write for Tor.com about one of the best science fiction books I ve read, Excession by Iain M Banks, and its connection to Sid Meier s Civilization which, along with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, was one of the most addicting games of my life.____ If Use of Weapons was a psychological investigation into the world of the Culture, Excession is a philosop connection between literature and video games is one of my favorite topics I was thrilled to get to write for Tor.com about one of the best science fiction books I ve read, Excession by Iain M Banks, and its connection to Sid Meier s Civiliz...Excession Too complex for meat based life forms to understandExcession is the fourth book in Iain M Banks CULTURE series I ll assume you already know the far future decadent post scarcity intergalactic empire of the Culture, dominated by its mostly benign AIs, known as Minds, and its trillions of citizens, some human and othersexotic It s a great invention, a vast and limitless space for Banks to explore via the Culture s Contact and Special Circumstances divisions, especially the i Excession Too complex for meat based life forms to understandExcession is the fourth book in Iain M Banks CULTURE series I ll assume you already know the far future decadent post scarcity intergalactic empire of the Culture, dominated by its mostly benign AIs, known as Minds, and its trillions of citizens, some human and othersexotic It s a great invention, a vast and limitless space for Banks to explore via the Culture s Contact and Special Circumstances divisions, especially the interactions with non Culture empires like the Idirans or, in the case of Excession, the Affront.Excession probably arose when Banks was sitting at his computer thinking wouldn t it be cool to have a Culture story centered on Minds rather than humans But how can you easily depict the incredibly complex and cerebral interactions, motivations, stratagems, of these AIs that can process a million separate...Early on it felt like there were too many characters, too many plot threads, too many settings, and that Excession was too damn convoluted to be good Iain M Banks Excession was living up to the definition of its title Excession something excessive Excessively aggressive, excessively powerful, excessively exp...I love these books, but if you don t, I understand The series uniqueness is both awesome and offputting the sort of stuff you wish people would write, but then you find excuses not to read Reading the Culture novels is rarely the funnest thing you could be do...I gave up at about page 50.After being introduced to a woman character who had chosen to be pregnant for 40 years, and then an emissary for a nearby alien civilization where the all male representatives publicly brag about how many females they ve impregnated through rape, I was seriously put off.Every woman I ve ever met has been dying to be un pregnant by the 8th month A woman who chooses to be pregnant for 40 years No swollen ankles, no sore back, no heartburn, no weird skin issues Did Iai I gave up at about page 50.After be...

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13 February 2017

Iain M. Banks